A couple years ago Sergio Marchionne and John C Jay of Wieden+Kennedy, the ad agency behind "Imported From Detroit" and Nike's "Just Do It", gave speeches and did a Q&A at tOSU's Wexner Center. The speeches were enlightening and you got the impression that you were beholding true genius. Our FIAT Studio closed early…

Almost immediately, someone came on and replied that I was a thief: he had made a deal with the FIAT dealer earlier that afternoon over the phone for just eighty five hundred bucks, and he planned to come collect the car a few days later.

I think you're onto something but that could, IMO, be viewed as a targeted attack on the UAW. Not that I'm in love with them, but they do lobby well and they probably have deeper pockets than the pro-import lobby.

The biggest issue with the petitions and outcry against the ban is that it's just that; outcry AGAINST something. Unless you have a moral high ground, rallying AGAINST things in America is bad. It's negative. People don't want to be contrarian. They want things to go with the flow, and to be easy and cheap. So…

It's a good thing the NYPD has solved every other rape, murder, child molestation, and burglary case, so that they're able to focus their limited resources on stopping reckless speeders and illicit cigarette vendors.

I nominate Josh Gordon, whose drug-addled mind saw the movie Cars and thought "hey, what if I ACTUALLY turned Larry the Cable guy into a Porsche?"

This whole situation smacks of ridiculousness.

I've got nothing to add, other than it brings a (happy) tear to my eye that Alfa Romeo's U.S. return will NOT make this list.

Any word on the particular model?

A couple for ya;

Triumph TR3 and/or MG MGA. Without them, there is no Miata.

F1: You can spend all the money you want, but you're still going to need to steal, lie, and cheat if you want to win. Don't worry, it's encouraged.

1971 Olds 442, restored and with W-30 options added. 455 motor. Red with white. Perfection. Buy it now for just a hair under $35k.

Considering the demographic of the average Lexus buyer, you are nowhere near the first nor last person to shit themselves in one of their cars.

GM's Firebirds II and III wore titanium skin and apparently primarily used kerosene to power their turbine motors.

What happens when the internet reads a story about a dealership versus a petulant rich scumbag? Stay tuned, heads will surely explode.

1959 Chevrolet Apache 3200. Heavily modified 327ci SBC somewhere around 400 hp, 4 on the floor. One-wheel wonder, "all-season" (aka no season) tires, 300lbs of sand bags in the bed. Basically didn't do anything other than make it fishtail slower.

USS Birmingham. The genesis of the aircraft carrier, which made the U.S. Navy the most formidable fighting force in the entire world. I'm firmly convinced that the U.S. Navy could fight the rest of the world by itself and win, because they wouldn't be tempted to foolishly fight a ground war in Russia.

Burnout and an e-brake slide. To make the ladies excited. Because everyone knows that's what ladies love in a man and his car.

Addendum to "Making an offer": MAKE AN OFFER. As a car salesperson, I can tell you the quickest way to get me to stop taking you seriously is, once we've entered negotiations, that you refuse to tell me where I can earn your business for fear that you might "leave money on the table." Example: