This is where other peoples' kids come in handy. Give 'em your phone (preferably with the keypad locked), and tell 'em "now, go run all over the mall, go wash your hands in every restroom, and when you get done visiting EVERY store I'll buy you an ice cream."

There you have it: The intro to Forza 5.

+1. Fang-tastic.

How quickly everyone forgets, the '90s was the Decade of the Viper.

That's a side-effect of LED taillights being shot in HD - if you watch Top Gear you'll notice the same, at times. The "Leader Lights" in ALMS are color-coded 3-light columns on the sides of the cars, just forward of the rear wheels.

This is New York we're talkin' about. THE Big City. There's no reason why a shuttered GM or Chrysler plant somewhere can't be cranked up to reproduce modern versions of the old Checker Cabs, equipped with a clean new diesel/electric hybrid motor and room for 4-6 passengers in the rear. Why let London have all the fun?…

You get one back for the sweet ACR logo!

I own a pair of first-gen Neons, each with over 200k on the clock. Not just solid, but can *still* deliver the occasional "you got served by a Neon" at the stoplights, still gets 35 MPG, still is inexpensive as hell to own and maintain, still fun to drive...

Senna knew no fear on the track, would risk life and limb to gain or hold position, yet stop and exit his car to assist a fellow racer who crashed. He earned cubic tons of money, and gave most of it away to help impoverished children in Brazil. $400 Million, at least.

Wolverine, my ass. That firefighter's a honey badger: Firefighter doesn't care, firefighter just keeps on spraying.

Fussy little nitpick: USGS pegged the quake at 5.8 which doesn't *sound* too far from a 6.0, except that a 6.0 quake would've been a LOT more damaging. I live about 75 miles from the epicenter of today's quake, had my house rocking like John Force was doing a tune-up in the garage around 13:52 today, and... net result…

Amen.

Look up "poll tax."

I live in Fairfax County, VA, and have never had to produce ID in order to cast a ballot. Nor did I have to when I lived in MD.

I'm about 99.5% certain it's a chop job... but it's a rather stunning chop job. Even if it's a "fake," I'd still have a poster of it in my garage.

Because getting a GODDAMNED WARRANT is sooooooooo pre-9/11.

Looks like Toyota hired some designers from the late Spyker Squadron design house... and got them drunk as hell.

Katie can rest her feet in my lap any day. She's still one of the most amazing women in entertainment.

The difference isn't in propulsion - hydrogen cars /are/ electric (and they MOVE nicely). Difference is in range and refueling. Since the industry will never agree on common standards for modular swappable batteries (which you'd theoretically exchange spent ones for fresh at a charging station, much the same as we do…

The biggest obstacles to a "fill 'er up at home" rig are cost and safety. The initial cost of getting a natural gas refilling station installed in your garage (assuming you don't run afoul of some law on the books) is up in the thousands, and the average Bubba is lucky he can find his ass with both hands, much less…