@Jstas has gas!: Another spin I heard on this today is that the part was from an "American supplier", which is to say "it's not our fault, it's poor American workmanship." Hasn't Toyota as much as admitted that in their quest to become #1 in recent years they've let quality slide? We've all seen the stories here of…

@Quattro-luvr: And he may already operate/frequent a meth lab.

Oh the humanity!

I've been waiting for the proper moment to share this with my fellow Jalops:

No offense, but GM needs to crap or get off the pot on this one. I get enough empty promises and false starts at home; I don't need them on my blog.

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: One of my favorite quotes from the film "Yojimbo": "Kill one or a hundred. You only hang once."

My primary mode of transportation in high school and my first year of college was my parents' camel tan (basically burnt orange) w/tan vinyl top '78 Caprice Classic. 305V8 and crappy wire hubcaps that were always flying off at random moments. I spent time on more than one date (including graduation night) hunting in…

'59 Chevrolet Bel-Air 4-door sedan w/283 V8 & overdrive. My folks abandoned it in the early '70s but I salvaged the cigarette lighter and have transferred it to every car I've driven as a daily driver since then (inc. '84 Buick, '89 Toyota, '00 Chevrolet, '08 Jeep). Fortunately I don't smoke though, as the release…

Now I'm feeling old; I've actually driven both of these cars back in the day. A friend owned an SVX for awhile and he let me drive it around one weekend, and I test drove a used All-Trac a few years after I bought my '89 GT just to see how much difference there was (and there was plenty). But as I recall the SVX…

Should this surprise anyone? Has everyone forgotten their Latin?

I'm really digging that early Charger; from the photo it doesn't look horrible, wonder what the interior is like (of if the interior exists)?

Couldn't he at least paint that appendage fluorescent yellow? I mean, at least then it would LOOK like a firefly.

@nosirrahg: Rabid dog heads garners zero response...tough crowd.

Back when I was in college I had a part-time job with the state Livestock & Poultry Commission. One of the things we did daily were autopsies (technically necropsies) on various animals to determine cause of death. Occasionally someone would bring in a dog that was suspected of being rabid, but we couldn't test for…

@mentir: I plan to be buried in my El Camino; guaranteed Jalop coverage whether I'm famous before then or not.

One reason I've never considered Saab is the nearest dealer is 2+ hours away in another state, and I've heard "Saab (sob) stories" from people living here who had problems that required taking a day off work to get fixed (or even an overnight trip). I might suffer through that for an exotic (especially since if I…

Am I correct in that those are LEDs instead of incandescent bulbs (which would of course, use much more energy).

And though it's not specifically mentioned in this story, I think I just learned what the "REO" stands for in "REO Speedwagon".

1980 El Camino...but then again maybe my definition of "best" differs from most.

Screaming chicken, screaming bat...those former Pontiac buyers have to end up somewhere.