My dad did something very similar to this back in the '70s...several people still refer to him by the nickname "Short Chain".

Man, these Toyota products are just unsafe at any speed.

"Picture yourself in a Lexus today."

@Ray Wert: Considering for decades before this body style the gas tank was located in the cab behind the seat, this design was quite an improvement.

I have this seller saved on eBay as one of my "favorites"; primarily because they're relatively close to me and usually have some pretty interesting stuff...although at times I think they should change their name to "MotoErotica" instead of "MotoExotica".

I say they should take it a step further and allow you to drive in a fantasy world where all the other cars look like Looney Toons or Hot Wheels, and every woman looks like Jessica Rabbit or Salma Hayek.

C'mon, his business address has "El Camino" in the street name...shouldn't we Jalops cut him some slack as a result?

@UmayMedusa: My wife's first car was an '84 Escort L, which was tan on tan. I think it had the 1.6 "high output" engine w/automatic; I clocked it once: 0-60 in 14 seconds.

@Optixtruf: I grew up in a farming/logging area, where we always heard stories of people being injured/killed by dangerous equipment. I distinctly remember as a kid visiting an elderly couple who farmed and them telling this story. The husband was out running some type of farm equipment (a bushhog, I think), and she…

Well, we know the Apostles were in one Accord.

That's what I call a literal kick-ass video!

On one of these:

I think this is the automotive equivalent of "Big hat, no cattle".

Doubleplusungood.

Ah, the wonderful world of business to business magazines! Back in the day I worked for an ad agency which had a casket company for a client, so we got all the trade journals of the "deathcare" industry. I forget which pub it was, but one did a regular feature on a high profile/celebrity embalming/funeral each…

Rare photo of Steve Wozniak and Ray LaHood...together again.

I chuckle every time I hear the Toyota ad that says something like "80% of the Toyotas sold over the last 10 years are still on the road."

So if this fix reduces friction on the pedal, then won't you have people driving out of the shop who apply too much force to the pedal out of habit, and crash their cars? But I guess in that case it's operator error, as opposed to a manufacturing defect.

@pierrerabbit: MacGyver had to find work somewhere after his series was canceled.

@Tomsk supports the Awesomeness: Thanks for sharing a sample of the Michelin calendar with us; I think we've seen enough though.