To be fair, it's among the best cars for an off-road-trip.

Nothing better than helping a friend out with their flat and finding that the included tire iron is made out of aluminum...

Or a broken parking pin in the transmission?

In total 27 people were killed, 24 at the scene and three at an area hospital. Investigators said the brakes failed on the truck, and prosecutors may seek to charge the trucking company as well.

Do you know how much five dollars of California-grade gasoline will cost you? That's $20 minimum just to burn the crap!

I drive what I can.

Given the electrical infidelity of the older Mustang I've driven, those Deluxe Hood turn signals were really useful in knowing which direction I was indicating at the time.

Deuce and a half. They're pretty cheap to buy, too, owing to the fact the government made them for about 45 years straight.

I've done this more than a few times in my car.

I saw one of those that had a Corvair engine swapped into it a few weeks back. Really cool cars!

Probably all the left entrances and exists on the freeways...

Any non-US airline. In the US, there are a lot of limits, regulations, and policies that pilots must follow, and in the aftermath of the Asiana crash at SFO, we've become a lot more aware of them. What a lot of those news stories haven't mentioned is that US pilots usually are better than their foreign counterparts…

Was it a situation where safety equipment wasn't used or was not brought up to modern specifications? A sort of Dale Earnhardt Sr. situation?

What the fuck? You must hate yourself...

Could torque steer have been a contributing factor as well?

The Prowler. Weird, but distinctive, looking, no power, unreliable, room for only two people, no storage room for anything, giant hood for a tiny engine.

That model of brand loyalty still exists to some extent. I can't count the number of people who ask me, "What car should I buy?" ... then buy a Honda or a Toyota because, "It's reliable/efficient/safe/etc." Whether it holds true for their next car, I can't say, but it's staggering the resistance people have to even…

It's a problem— supposedly, in the eyes of marketing— because kids look at the cars grandma and grandpa are buying and say things like, "Yo homies, that ride ain't bangin' no more because geezers are ruining the swag value." It's sort of a, things are cool until your parents do it, then you have to find a new cool…

The correct spelling is Carnegie Mellon University. The hyphenated version of the school name only existed for a brief time right after the Carnegie Technical School and the Mellon Institute merged and was quickly dropped.

Did you hear that sound? It was the sound of a joke going over your head...