I did one of those “3 laps around an autocross course” deals in a Gallardo Spyder. It was cool to say I drove a Lamborghini at full throttle (for a couple seconds,) but I felt like the car was dumbed down. The throttle response was terrible. Seems how any Joe Blow with like $200 could do it, I wouldn’t be surprised if…

My wife’s Fiat 500 Turbo plate is TRBO5OO so she’s pretty much painted herself into a corner for future vehicles.

In California, the Vehicle Code for stolen vehicle is 10851(a) VC.  I looked it up and 10851VC is available as a personalized plate.  I want to get it to see the reaction on cops’ faces.

This is the best thread I’ve read on Jalopnik in a long time, which is saying something because I find this to be the best overall comments section of any website.

I had this guy change lanes from the right to the middle in front of me for no apparent reason and do about 30 mph on the freeway. Traffic was light and moving at 65-70 mph. I moved over to pass him, looked over at him and just gave a disappointed head shake and kept going.  He rolled his window down to flip me the…

Any idea how soon? I have 14 months left on my lease and I’m seriously considering a Civic Si. But if Mazda may have something similar, I could be swayed.

Good catch.  I went back and looked and laughed really hard.

I’m convinced that pedestrian lights need to be a separate cycle from traffic lights, especially driving in a big city. Driving around San Francisco you’re lucky if one car per cycle can make a right turn because of the hordes of pedestrians that saunter all nicely spread out to ensure they eat up the whole light…

My rule is if I have to modify it beyond two things, I look for something else. Or go the other route, just say what you want on it. i.e. Plain with only mustard versus, no lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, special sauce, etc.

I always laugh at the fools that slice and dice through traffic to end up going nowhere.  No matter how many lane changes they make, they never really net any gain.  I especially like the ones that don’t look ahead or know how to profile potentially slow vehicles.  A gap will open up and they’ll fly up just to end up…

I very much underestimated the popularity of Monster Jam when I thought I could casually walk up to the gate and buy tickets at the Oakland Colessium. I had to track down a sketchy scalper on Craigslist to get in.

Do you get any credit at return date if you’re under mileage? I’m a low mileage driver too and leased a Tacoma. I’m already about 4,000 under where I should be in the contract.  Was curious if you get a better market value price at the end with ultra low miles. 

I like the ones that think it’s a brag that they can afford to maintain horribly unreliable cars and reliable cars are for you poors.

Basically his car is low on the list so obviously it’s “rigged.”

I’ve seen this video lots of time, but my god, I’ve never noticed the kid’s 1000 yard stare leading up to his infamous line.  Pure comedy.

I think in parts of California if a traffic ordinance changes, they offer a couple months leniency so people get used to the change.  But after the two months or so, they start nailing you.

Also, does the app take into consideration when you’re crawling at stop and go speeds?  A bumpy highway isn’t that bad at 3 mph versus 75 mph.

Not as long as our politicians have stock in Raytheon. Iran is totally mean mugging us and said we have a tiny dick. We can’t let that stand. We need a 20 year invasion campaign!

I’d still take the one road in every state.

I love going to the surrounding Reno area.  The roads are fantastic.  You can instantly tell when you leave California and enter Nevada.