Janis Joplin sang that song in the recording studio a few days before her death. It was a statement about how the desire for material possessions can give people the blues. The song also asks the lord for a color TV and a night on the town. What cracks me up most about this song is the fact that Mercedes actually…
I love old cars, but safety is definitely a consideration we all make when it comes to buying something used. The older I get, the more I believe that when it comes to used cars, the 90's was the best decade for cars and the oughts the best decade for SUV's.
And this also gives Jaguar some time to figure out how it'll interpret some kind of modern XJS. Because that's what a dozen people want, right?
Perhaps. I think it depends on what you do with the car rather then the car itself. From Generation Y on, kids have been strapped into car seats and booster chairs so they can ride like adult passengers. Playtime in the car became more cerebral. They can't rush to the window and try to get a trucker to honk his…
Nice. My dad bought the family an Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser the year I was born. 455 Rocket V8 to move almost three tons of steel. Our wayback had a disappearing gate, retracting glass and the fourth row seat faced out the back. I'd sit back there and watch the world when we took trips sometimes. I had two older…
That's true. I noticed the Chevy in the commercial. Subaru does the same thing with their "love" commercials. What Subaru doesn't do is make me bawl my eyes out like I did at the end of Old Yeller.
Automotive purists take offense at modifications like this, but I remember liking some of the Koenig and Strosek mods back in the 80s.
Unclench Ricky. First, the SPR was originally intended fuel an army in time of war when supplies from the middle east were cut off. That isn't going to happen again and even if it does, we've developed other resources which limit the damage another arab oil embargo would do. If we ever get into an all out…
Just jumped over to the article on the Subway old cut. What the hell am I missing something? Do you get more meat? Or is someone trying to argue that triangle cut PB&J tastes better than square cut PB&J?
I'd try the McLand Sea and Air burger if it weren't for my projectile vomiting at the thought of eating one.
The one that sticks out in my mind is the Northwest flight that was marooned on the runway in Detroit back in 1999. The airline and crew kept lying to the passengers. One of those passengers must have had government resources because he called the president of Northwest Airlines on his home number.
Yay! Just what I need. Another way to order Dominos that I'll never, ever use.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Toyota's version of the Osborne Effect. It's either that or Toyota hasn't considered the possibility that FRS sales tapered off from lack of interest. $25,000 is a lot of money to many people and they're not going to plunk it down on a car simply because there's a lot of media hype…
I own a 91 Miata that I bought new. At the time it was introduced, there was no other car on the market that compared, save the Alfa Romeo Spider and that brand left the market shortly after. The Miata was the only lightweight agile sports car in the country at that price point and it was fun to watch other…
I'm convinced that the solution to pooping in a public bathroom is as simple as playing realistic fart sounds over the muzak. Digestive emergencies aside, lots of people hold it until they think the room is empty. And then someone walks in and you're stuck there… turtling.
The Mazda 787B is spot on.
It is possible to be poor, have dignity and abide by the law. It's also possible to be poor without being black. Affordable housing isn't the bane of neighborhood progress. Exactly how far do you think people are willing to commute to wash your dishes, serve your food, haul your trash and perform a myriad of other…
aww. I was really hoping for something with a touch more Alfa.
I'm aware of that. Badge engineering doesn't count. There were more than a few low-information consumers willing to finance a piece of garbage like the Cimarron. A fool and his money...
