@Skink: Wow, that response took awhile.

@Unregular: Jalopnik has gotten kind of right wing (at least in the comments). I remember back in the day it used to be ok to publicly claim that a foreign car was cool. Now you get jumped on by the domestic truck lynch mob for suggesting such a thing. Coincidentally, the same chest-thumping mouth breathers are…

@Unregular: People like to smack talk and even go so far as to wish death on someone over the internet. Get them in person (especially in front of the person they're ripping on) and I doubt you'd see quite so much bluster.

@theallpowerfulme (living waters church of subaru; elder): People read what they want to read. Buddy over here wants to think that his favorite car site is conservative, so he'll imagine things to make it that way.

@Flathead Smith Prefers the Days of Danger: Cue conservative redneck survivalist fantasies in 3...2...1...GO!

@mechimike: If the IIHS and similar organizations didn't test and regulate cars, there would have been no business incentives for companies to force those engineers to work on safety. All parties involved can take some of the credit for the improvements in safety.

@wojo: Even people who are normally very good drivers can have a momentary lapse of concentration, and it doesn't have to involve texting or changing the radio station or whatever. And when you're driving down the highway at 70+ mph, a momentary lapse of concentration is all it takes. Or what if there's a…

@ShantJ: No you wouldn't. You may say that on the internet, but that's just the internet toughguy talking. I'm pretty sure you'd much rather survive a car accident, though.

@lilwillie hides autos in the attic: And get off of my lawn?

@gabeedwards01: The plural of "anecdote" isn't "data"

@GotaGurt: If there was no one to hold automakers to task for increased safety standards, they wouldn't have done it. Sure the automakers complying are an integral part of the process, but so is what the IIHS does.

@kerc (wants a Mustang!): Don't worry about him. He's all talk until he survives that accident in the Bel Air but loses his legs. All of the internet toughguys here that say they'd rather die driving the Bel Air are full of shit and they know it.

@bzr: It's not "weight" and "heft" that contributes to the new car surviving, it's the intelligently designed crumple zones, structural members, and airbags that contribute to driver survival in accidents like that.

@Ben Wojdyla: I was going to say, everyone who matters does pretty much everything in SI units anyways.

@fmcfad01: Look at power delivery and the RPM's that power occurs at. Plus, I guarantee you there's a lot more power available in the 3.8L that hasn't been tapped yet.

@TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah: Those 10,000 rpm NASCAR motors only rev that high because they're replacing engines on a regular basis. A production engine pushrod engine with a realistic lifespan that you wanted to take to 10,000 RPM would be ridiculously expensive. Plus, the extra weight in the valvetrain…

@Spectacular Sam: Yeah Fresno State is pretty good, but that still doesn't take away how bad Wisconsin is this season. Looking at their schedule and their performance thus far, I have a hard time seeing them get any more than 7 wins, and I wouldn't be surprised if they get less.

So Dash didn't like the joke, I guess?

@theeastbaykid: Apparently some people LIKE mullets.

@Maymar: Isn't she addicted to meth or something now?