HDC Fault! Limited Gears Available! When I owned an LR3, I learned to just read that as "It rained last night! Congratulations, your vehicle is mostly running anyway!" The disconcerting bit is when the air suspension panics a few minutes later and drops you into "Loading grandma" mode while you're trying to merge.

A silver B6 wagon (3.0 v6 + 6 speed) was my first reintroduction to VW since a Ghia tried to kill me in high school. A fine fine automobile that I regretted the hell out of selling, right up until I found my current B7 wagon. My only complaint was that the v6 didn't feel nearly as quick as the numbers suggested, but…

The bread thing is standard in Portugal. Most guidebooks will warn you about it, but that's just how they do appetizers. They deposit it on your table, and if you don't take a bite they take it away and present it to the next table. It's actually kinda nice once you get used to it.

This whole thing has Blofeld written all over it.

I liked it better when it was called Operation Wolf.

It's the one component of Puritanism that has survived in my family.

Still hate the floating nav screen. Deal breaker.

Oh the pain as I read that first paragraph. Body on frame you say? Diesel?! THREE PEDALS?!! Oh, Australia. Fuck. <weeps softly>

If I still had an MG, I'd pour out a little crankcase oil in honor.

I was at the Met, I think, and came around a corner to find myself face to face with three or four full size dummies in full medieval horse armor, and my first instinct was to duck for cover. I can't even imagine seeing that coming at you at full gallop with a crazy person on top of it.

Land Cruiser - costs as much as an entry level Range Rover, the metric standard for luxury SUV's, but looks like a Highlander, the metric standard for GHlkkjzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Not even debatable.

IQECAG or GTFO

I like electro, I cannot lie. But I lost patience with it too - less music MOAR JET ROAR.

So, for the active gentleman/lady that wants something that actually is more truck than car, with just a touch of creature comfort, at a reasonable price, what the fuck is left? The Tacoma and Wrangler are the only things I can think of at this point, and I'm sure some shithead designer has plans for them both.…

I was pretty underwhelmed by the BR-Z. So hyped, and it looked great on paper, but it just didn't quite do it for me. But maybe testing a previous gen STI hatchback on the same day was a bad idea.

My money is on there being some undersea comms cables in that area that they either wanted to tap, or wanted to prove they could tap. It's been an open secret that both the Americans and Russians have the technology to do this in deep water.

Low range, fist gear, idle, get out. First zombie truck to die or get stuck loses.

Yes. It's called the DFCO - Deceleration Fuel Cutoff. All modern engines completely stop fuel delivery while decelerating in gear - diesels are even better at this since (contrary to popular belief) they have very little engine braking effect to overcome without the addition of a jake brake. Out of gear, the engine…

Alluded = made reference to. His snide remark alluded to her poor grammar.