The Ferrari release says Raikkonen is leaving Ferrari by "common consent." This means Santander probably paid him the $36 mil he wanted to break his contract and shuffle off to McLaren.

@engineerd: I agree with that, it is sort of like the grill they put on Alfas that always looks tacked on.

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It has the grill shape of a Jeep Liberty.

Jean Todt could be played by Rick Moranis in his biopic. Also, when did Lewis lose his hair?

DPD once gave a drunk driving ticket to someone I know. They had drunkenly crashed into a guardrail and then passed out. Everything short of that has been ignored or got a warning.

Side note: What is with all this SWAT/crowd control training going on in Metro Detroit? Why would they use military helicopters, when they couldn't use them in real SWAT operations?

That is Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport to you.

One of the surprising things about the time I spent living in San Francisco was that every car parked on the street had bumpers that were beat to shit. I was glad I didn't bring my car out with me.

I liked driving through New Mexico, but it could be because of the side trip to see Billy the Kid's grave and the few roadside Billy the Kid museums.

I saw the supposed A-Team van at a museum in Auburn, IN, but the accents were orange, not red. Myabe it is like the thing where Mr. Ed was rumored to be a zebra.

Hey, there's me and my car.

@Bullitt417: "agreement with F1" = pay Bernie more money than it is worth.

The problem is that Bernie Ecclestone owns Formula One Management Ltd. They own all broadcast footage and rights, and are pretty diligent about removing footage from Mr. Hurley's website. I like where he's going with this, but it will be interesting to see how it plays out.

@citroën67 mourns our loss: I think it is the Subaru GL

I drove round trips from Detroit to Vegas twice and Detroit to Los Angeles once.