I do know I've ordered one car in my life, and I have fonder memories of it than any other...so for those who don't view cars as appliances, the notion of ordering one to suit your needs is a good thing. My wife bought an Accord a few years ago, and I was surprised to see that you had no choice in terms of mixing…

@Darascon: You also have somewhat of a protected area to hide in when the doors are open, like say in a parking lot and you're between cars.

I met a guy once who was restoring a Reatta...said the car had been in a mild accident where it ran off the road and hit a fence post, which among other things busted the battery...leaving the driver unable to unlock the doors, or roll down the windows. With nothing better to do, he got out the owners manual, and…

Foiled again!

How about GM trades Cerebus Hummer for Jeep, and calls it a day?

Last night at my neighborhood Kroger their pumps showed regular at $2.759...and that's before their 10-cent discount for using your frequent shopper card. I had of course conveniently filled up across town for $2.879, and with the DOW on the rise today that probably means gas prices will surge along with it, so…

@jpech: I agree...other than gaining Jeep and maybe the minivan there's not much to want, or anything with a real following. I mean, if you killed the Ram pickup wouldn't the former buyers most likely switch to GM or Ford anyway? And doubling the dealer network makes no sense either. I could see a Chrysler/Nissan…

@dusanmal: I actually drive an '08 Patriot, but I didn't buy it because it was a Jeep (or for any off-road pretense); I wanted the versatility of an SUV but the gas mileage of a sedan (I also thought the Patriot's styling would age pretty well, since I tend to keep a car for a decade or so).

So then GM is saddled with twice as many dealers and three more brands to support with marketing efforts? Jeep is the prize here, but would it be worth it to GM to take everything else that comes with it?

I paid $3.199 at Kroger here in Little Rock, but that included a 10-cent discount with my Kroger card. I was only down half a tank though, and my Patriot only has a 13.5 gallon tank...still, I filled up for under $20, which felt good (but not good enough to compensate for the third of my 401k that has disappeared…

"Nice ride...FOR ME TO POOP ON!"

When I learned to drive I had access to 4 different cars, and I hooned them depending on the characteristics of each. The '72 Impala was great for drag racing and other straight-line speed stuff, but horrible in the turns. The '78 GMC High Sierra had a 4-barrel 350 and could do 60 in 1st gear, and from a stop would…

This is one case where I'm glad I have two daughters instead of sons, but one thing I've thought about is putting my kids through some type of evasive maneuver training, so they don't freak out when a car starts to skid, they lock up the brakes, etc. But I can't help but think that when I was a kid, if my folks had…

I know one place a 23-foot condom might come in handy:

That's the ultimate mullet-mobile...talk about business in the front, party in the back!!

Actually in the wake (pun intended) of Hurricane Katrina, Carfax put up a link where you can check the VIN of a car for flood damage at no cost. Obviously if a car had never been reported as having flood damage it wouldn't show up, but if the VIN did come back as flooded you'd at least know to avoid that one.

So if you want to drive a Volt cross-country, can you run indefinitely on gasoline, producing just enough electricity to keep the thing moving?

So now if I type in "FIRST!" I'm actually last...unless I do it now when everyone else is finished reading this thread, and thus my "LAST!" is actually the first one someone reads?

How about a poll to see how far the average Jalopnik commutes to/from work daily, and if they have parking that would allow for overnight recharging?

As Jerry would say "If I'm lying I'm dying"...oh, wait....