I don't find this choice THAT dull. Choosing noisy, fuel-guzzling muscle cars and dirt bikes/choppers (like on Falling skies), when you should avoid drawing the attention of aliens/zombies and fuel is becoming hard to come by is plain stupid. So riding in a modern 4WD with low MPGs seems logical. Okay, it's hard to…

Yeah, you're right. The Nerd Herd Toyotas were also cool. However, there were one or two episodes, where Chuck's sister or her husband bragged about their Sienna.

Yeah, that's lame beyond recognition. They did the same in Chuck. Toyota seems to be rather clumsy with this. Another example is the Toyota/Lexus in Terminator 3.

A couple of more things in connection with road construction: it's also quite noisy. Newer pavers are better, but we had some old ones, and the vibrators generate a lot of noise and - of course - vibration. It gets on your nerves if you have to stand there for 20-30 minutes.

I have an acquaintance who is able to sleep with eyes open. He claims to have picked up this skill while doing his compulsory military service.

Some photos of shooting involving the Mi-24 Hind above Budapest (with stuntmen and stuntwoman onboard), courtesy of my friend, Krisztián Nagy. The red stars are to be added in post production.

Well done...

I don't understand why people think seatbelts are vicious torture devices imposed on us by evil carmakers and governments.

I was gonna mention that. I worked for a construction company for a couple of years, we were building a motorway, and I had to visit the site from time to time. We had some very hot summers during that period with temperatures over 100 degrees. And these guys were working with 350+ degree asphalt, in hard hats, boots…

That's how my home town got into the movie. Die Hard 5 is currently being shot in Budapest, Hungary, and the crew used stuff from an abandoned socialist-era amusement park located not far from where I live.

To be honest, I don't really care about the modifications to the Jeep that beat the X5M. Or, for a metter of fact, the performance of the Beemer M-SUV. The sole existence of the X5M and X6M ridicule the M brand.

My favorite role of his was the evil cop, Dirtly Lyle in "Convoy".

Corolla AE86.

Or a first generation Volvo C70 coupe, preferably a turbo. I think it's a pretty good looking coupe, and not very expensive.

Late model E24. Streets ahead. :-) Although I'm not familiar with US car prices, so I have no idea if it fits into the budget.

It's shocking how easily a bus or truck is able to ply pinball with some average cars. As I watched the video, a similar accident popped into my mind that happened not far from here a couple of days ago.

Thanks for the explanation.

Trabant Tramp. Need I say more?

Well, those were Michelin Primacy HPs - OK, not the best 'sporty' tires, but still, they are - in my humble opinion - far from crappy Michelin Energy Savers (which I really, really hate) and similar eco-tires. I have no clue why Karotta called them "Prius tires".

The original Hungarian language video shows the thread depth measured at the end of the journey: 5 mm. So, suprisingly enough, the tires did pretty well.