@djscruffy: I would say if snow is visible on the ground (that means anything more than 1/4" packed snow on the surface), then snow tires become a life-saver, or at least a bumper/fender-saver.

@andrewca1990:

@Pavement clawing maniac: In court, just like in the movie Training Day, it's not "what you know," it's "what you can prove."

@MarcFen: You forgot the Agribusiness lobbyists, who are the ones REALLY getting paid for the ethanol scam. Archer Daniels Midland is the devil in the details, and the devil is raking it in like crazy.

@Admiral_Awesome: Of course, that's an assumed risk with any vehicle that's insured for well under its true cost.

So, on the outside it looks a LOT like a Lambo Miura, but to your insurance company it's a 25 year old beater?

@sudo rm -rf /: Were that a real Big Bad Wolf of a problem, nobody anywhere would offer free open wifi - the liabilities would be off the scale.

@Mikekearn has an overly long username: Following the advice of Bruce Schneier as well as several other experts in the field, the converse is far more likely.

Gee, I must be the oddball here. I typically leave my wifi unlocked and open if a neighbor (I live in a townhouse community) needs it.

Makes all the remaining 240s that much more rare, and thus more valuable.

@lil red: Ford realized some benefit, but GM and Chrysler - in the throes of bankruptcy at the time - didn't get dick.

@lil red: No, we didn't have to have The Government-Sponsored Rush For Hyundai Sales, either because of Bush's catastrophic malfeasance or because of Obama's serial uselessness.

@Jackie: *laughs* You & me both. And... the previous season, I figured out what they were on about with all the talk of "badgers."

@Jackie: Nope, that's what Clarkson said :)

@Psiu! Puxa!: Yes, but no:

@adeft: $25 to rip a few shots down the strip on a Saturday night? Either the owner is nuts, or - much more likely - his insurance company is.

@raggedtoad: Autocross is for people who want to turn left AND right, and develop skills they'll use every day to improve their own driving - to make the roads a better (read: safer AND more fun) place to be.

II da' X-treem, y'allz.

How dare anyone use the term "bro" in anything involving Senna. Or Mansell.

Two observations: