Regarding (b), I thought the same of both Total Recall and RoboCop's respective remakes. Both very solid on their own if you forget that they're remakes/reboots.

I can see it now...instead of "UNLEADED FUEL ONLY" it says "TIGER BLOOD ONLY"

First game of rugby union I ever saw was the 2013 Super Rugby Final between the Chiefs and the Brumbies. I've been hooked on rugby ever since, and it's little wonder I have a bit of a Southern Hemisphere bias.

If you compare Sevens and Union long enough, you'll find that there are many more similarities between the two. Sevens is basically Union with a few modifications (e.g., no place kicks, smaller scrums, scoring team kicks off instead of their opponents, and the obvious total number of players).

Someday I'm going to get a boring compact or midsize car in "I Swear It's Not A Rental White."

Yes, but only to fleet customers.

While Virginia doesn't have rental plates, they do have rental/fleet year stickers on the plate, which are white on orange regardless of the year. Non-rental/non-fleet stickers change colors with each year.

I'd be more than happy to trade AWD for a stick...but that still puts me in an apparently ever-shrinking minority. :\

Unfortunately, I didn't have to Google that...I used to sell Saturns, and I dreaded selling the Relay. Sure, it had a nice, smooth ride, but that was literally its ONLY redeeming quality.

My girlfriend: "See what happens when you eat Tex-Mex before the race?!"

Shatnered?

At least the European carmakers (BMW, Audi, Merc) had some sense to the alphanumerics. I see Cadillac's naming convention as more like Lincoln, where every car's name is two letters followed by a third letter/number that was pulled out of someone's ass.

I worked for a dealership who didn't use vinyl stickers or decals; just the plate frame. Every once in a while someone would ask me, when I sold them a car, to not put any dealer advertising on the car. "No problem!"

That's nothing. We have a shady auto group in VT/NH who now insists on putting TWO decals on each car they sell: one on the left side with the dealership's logo, and one on the right, same basic style as the one in the picture, with the auto group's logo.

Vault Zero was excellent, and I took advantage of the fact that Coca-Cola put it in the early Freestyle machines at every opportunity...until they phased Vault out and replaced it with Mello Yello (and MYZ). Honestly, with the flavor combinations they offered with both, I can't really tell the difference.

Dammit. I picked the wrong time to kick the sugary soda habit.

If you play the CSI card the way Khalela suggests, I think the sales manager would be more likely to play ball knowing that they'll have a perfect CSI survey in the bag. I could only see them doing what you're saying if they decide not to play ball. In this case, I'd guess that coming down $500 could very well be…

I couldn't agree more. My first real exposure to rugby came when I saw last year's Super Rugby final. It was beautiful chaos. Since then, I've been hooked.

This. The town where I work has a speed limit of 25 in the downtown area. If you're not doing at least 35 in this zone, you'll find some douchetanker grafted onto your rear bumper.

Product placement. Don't forget the product placement.