@tankman: GM does sell the cars to the dealership. The liability part is that it also loans the money to the dealership to buy the cars. So if you have a bunch of GM dealerships with questionable financial security, GM has a bunch of risky loans on its balance sheet.

Pretty mundane, but there's a white '05ish Altima with the Excessive Gold Package and full vinyl roof that totters about the western Chicago suburbs being driven by a woman who is either an aging mob moll or a professional Betty Loren-Maltese impersonator. A buddy has an SE-R of the same generation and I've been…

@Hit Bull Win Steak: +1 I'm now getting a raised eyebrow look from my boss.

In the last recession, the brain trust running the company I worked for had a cunning plan for their first layoffs. They started letting people know face-to-face at 8 am. At 11 am the victims' computer access was shut off and a list of the departed were posted on the intranet, along with a notice for a firm-wide…

@Larry Horse: Or at least Big Al's.

@mytdawg: Should have used plenum-rated cable. It smells better.

It's totally staged. It's a viral ad for the next gen Rodius.

@bigredgambler: And V-neck pullover jerseys.

@F*ckingPlushroom: Yeah, when I saw this thing, the name 'Ssangyong' drifted into my mind like an unwanted cloud of kimchee and soju farts.

@Feds: I'm pretty sure they used one toward the end of Saving Private Ryan.

It's part of Obama's plan to get the AIG bonus money back. He started a pool, $2 million per bracket, all AIG execs are required to enter.

@biminitwst: I had a 240SX as a rental. Hadn't really noticed the lack of power in town, but got out on a two lane highway and went to pass and....it....just.....wouldn't...go.

Having been the engineer who has to determine the amount of structural damage a car has done to a house in this type of situation, I can say that if we had a wider picture of the house and yard we'd see that there was a substantial tree, fire hydrant or parked car that the driver managed to avoid just before hitting…

@JackMaz got wagon fever: Not sure if it counts, but they've been selling turbo diesels on the KDM for a long time now. With hood scoops. On Santa Fes.

@finite_elephant: Well that didn't make any sense. Sorry. Someone keeps interrupting me with work.

@mikedrawcar: Yep. Bidwell pulled the chart out and figures a Super Bowl loss entitles him to go 23 years without having to pay for a winning team. Get ready to coast.

@layabout now with V8 power: I'm pretty sure that Matiz=Aveo=G3

@jdickson87: Called my local Hyundai dealer this morning to schedule a warranty repair. Their voice mail system pronounces it Hon-day. So, yeah, apparently the lesson is needed.

@Dany Heatley Speedwagon: Sweat pants...things going off prematurely...c'mon, it practically writes itself.

Richie's got a narrow window to get this done. Once Condi takes over as NFL commissioner he loses his clout.