@FuzzyPlushroom: A friend of mine drove one of these in college...he found the padded center cap in the steering wheel (pre-air bag days) was removable, and had a cavity in it that perfectly fit a small pistol he had. I was always afraid he'd honk the horn and shoot me by mistake though, so we generally took my car.

I don't know how the Chrysler deal plays into this, but since GM has been trying to pair Buick/Pontiac/GMC dealers, it seems plausible that they could kill off the Pontiac brand and replace/merge it with Dodge (and by the same token probably defer GMC buyers to the Chevy dealer down the road, where they might even…

@NovaloadMissesPolar: I still remember as a kid my dad having a problem with his mower and taking it to a local shop. He and the mechanic couldn't decide if it was getting fire or not, so they called me over and told me to hold this wire for a minute. Of course I trustingly did as was told, and promptly dropped the…

@Pollock: I did something similar in my Patriot, but I scraped the chin on a logging road that had some deep drops worked into it which were designed to drain off excessive rain water. It doesn't really show, but I'm glad I was going DOWN the drop instead of up...I'm sure my non-factory receiver hitch would have dug…

@danhar2: After I got married and finished school, I got a decent job and decided it was time to get a new car. My wife and I both had '84 coupes...my Skyhawk, and her Escort "L". Since the Buick had 70,000 miles and the Ford only had something like 18,000 we sold the Buick figuring it was due to start having…

Somewhere I read that you could also use a Model T engine as an air compressor...something about only having it fire on two cylinders, and then using the compression stroke on the other(s) to compress air.

@FredaAegialeus: The talk at the Arkansas State Fair this year was "Pig Lickers"...bacon (fried, naturally...though I don't think it was battered) served with chocolate sauce; rock salt and/or sprinkles were optional. I just went to the rodeo, so I can't speak for how good/bad they were.

More trivia - It's the only US coin with two people on the face (though I don't know the name of the papoose).

Not that I would ever endorse something like this, but someone with a clip board and maybe a hard hat to look official ought to show up there in a white pickup and remove all that signage...for posterity, of course. I live too far away to even consider it (or to be a suspect if/when it happens).

@danhar2: My first car was an '84 Skyhawk...I don't recall it ever being able to do a burnout under any circumstance (other than maybe with the parking brake applied). I do remember it was a coupe and didn't have power windows, but I learned to open all the windows (including the pop-out rears) from the drivers seat,…

@graverobber- It says Loud Pipes Save Lives: I did something similar this summer trying to fix my weed whacker...had the cutting head off and a box-end wrench on the business end of the shaft that I was trying to get loose, but of course the engine was turning when I'd rotate the wrench...so I disconnected the spark…

So does that mean hooning is really a bad thing too?

@Veni_Vidi_Propello: This didn't lead to a skinny-dipping experience, but I had the power window switch go out on my 2000 Impala once (of course, with the window in the DOWN position), and I had to leave my car in a commuter lot that night to go on a business trip, and all the shops were closed. I took the armrest…

Several years ago now a good fried of mine who was many years retired passed away. Harry had a shop full of stuff he'd collected over the years, and his wife eventually sold off everything. She invited me to come over and see if there was anything I needed, and realistically there wasn't really anything he had that…

I get the feeling no one will spend 10 years building one of these in their basements!

Will this increase the value of my '08 Jeep Patriot when it's auctioned at Barrett-Jackson in 30 years because it's from the rare Cerebus period?

"Tonight, it ain't right...I've got to have me a week. But I'll be back for you jack, and I'll let the MACHINE speak!"

Where can I buy one of those tractors!!

That's a '60 El Camino in the lead picture though (not that it really matters though, I suppose). I may put the battery charger on my '80 Conquista and fire it up for a drive this weekend to celebrate!

I never thought I'd hear the phrase "F1-esque" describing a Prius. What's next, an African American President???