@CaveTroll: Oh they are. My '97 Range Rover is a small fortune to insure... plus doesn't the heep have removable doors/roof/seats/all safety features still?

@NotAnEvilLobbyist: Fair enough. Like @citroën67 says, it's just the material that matters.

If GM had discovered that there was a way to build a car out of turnips, run it on chicken shit, have it perform well AND that the american people wanted it, by god they would have built a million of them.

Did anyone else notice the ez-pass velco strips on the windshield? Totally legitimized the segment for me.

@Skunky: +1

Car commercials today need to be made in this exact manner. Just a nicely-suited guy calmly talking you through why you should buy their car, instead of someone yelling at you for 30 seconds, or playing a campy song extolling the greatness of their vehicle.

@G-Ram in High Performance Trim: It gets worse. This is at my school... someone drove their smart car inside then took a good 5 minutes to turn it around and get out, all while the police are there writing them tickets. Excellent.

@strllng plyr: was it an L322, P38A or a classic?

@Plecostomus will never win COTD... but has a: My Dad's MKS has a USB port and a line-in, both in the armrest. He plugs in his iPod (or mine, or my iPhone) hits a few buttons and it's off and running.

@smalleyxb122: Also sadly nowadays going to the dealer with your car is a ticket to expensiveville. It's like the mechanics actively look for problems instead of just fixing what you brought it in for.

I've been stopped five times, only two of which resulted in moving violations. One of them is a good story.

I [i]died[/i] of laughter at 'the book of songs'. I actually woke my roommate up this morning from laughing so hard at it. Thanks for making my day, Jalopnik.