Humvee's for the public!

Ugh, OnStar. I wonder if this is really a big money maker for GM. In the few times I've used it, it's been a big hassle - the people can't find my intended destination, or the directions are wrong.

Not exactly a car engine, but close... The Honda RC211V MotoGP engine, a 75.5 degree V5 engine. Rumor has it the rear cylinders displaced slightly more than the forward 3, but I don't think that's ever been confirmed. I imagine this thing makes some odd vibrations, but has a complicated split pin crank, and I would…

Highly polished wood always looks cheap to me, no matter what it is, it looks fake.

This is exactly what I thought of as soon as I saw this article.

So everyone that's a regular around these parts and Oppo knows that I have a hard-on for the Code 130R. I've been a born and raised GM guy my whole life, and take after my dad who's the same. When I bought a Dodge pickup, he made me park on the street when I came home on leave from the military. That's how serious…

Kick ass! I drove a 458 on the street, but I would love to get a Fezza, any one, out on the track for some hot laps.

When I was younger and dumber, I tried to install a remote start kit in my Dodge Ram. It was a 2001 with a Cummins turbo diesel, and a 6 speed. I wanted to be able to remote start it on cold mornings so it had ample time to warm up.

I think that's probably a fair statement. I wasn't aware that they weren't road legal. Still, nothing wrong with riding a rhino made of rage and testosterone. I'd do it.

I thought they made and sold about a dozen of them for something like $150k each.

I saw it at the DC auto show a year ago. I thought that in the flesh, it looked quite well proportioned. I loved the execution of the rear end, and I like the idea of the front end, it just needs a bit of work

Not so much saving, but forcing into production:

This.

Well to say "everybody was doing it" may not be entirely fair - I'm sure there were some honest teams out there. But I suspect as long as humans compete in sports and games, there will be cheating to various degrees. Just look at all the controversy around people like Lance Armstrong, or Barry Bonds. They claim…

Well, his claim was always that everyone else was cheating too, and honestly I think it's at least fairly likely that was true. I mean common, rule "bending" still happens to this day. I simply think Smokey was just not very good at the whole "not getting caught" part that is required to make cheating effective. …

I nominate Smokey Yunick. He has an incredible life story, rising from a simple farm boy to become an Army Air Corps B-17 pilot, completing 50 missions over Europe in WWII. This alone might fill a biography yet it was just the beginning for Smokey.

I've felt this urge before. My buddy and I used to call them "intrusive thoughts." When I first started driving, I felt this one in particular, it was a curiosity thing though - if I crank the wheel hard at speed, am I just going to spin out, or will the car flip spectacularly? Even more scary, the same thing…

Well, if you ask my fiance, the worst driving advice I've ever given is anything I've told her in relation to driving a stick shift.

With the sterilization of the automobile in this day and age, it makes perfect sense to pick something so mundane. And frankly, if you're going to the New York Times for your automotive queries, you probably wouldn't be able to relate to a manual shifter anyways.

There are so many things wrong with that roll cage. Personally, I'd feel SAFER just cutting it off and taking my chances.