@dziekiel: I too remembert eh Vector beign in a cigaretta ad in TV Guide. The dished-out wheels and overly-louvered body made me salivate in all it's 80s glory.

@FryingPan: What the bloody hell is that? Please tell me it's Chinese so that it may be excused.

I think I just died a little bit inside.

@HammerheadFistpunch: This is fantastic, and I have seen similar project management fiascos (although none of them had anti-tank missles).

I kinda like it. The rational and sensible side of my brain tells me I should stop pining for Jeeps but I just can't. I CAN'T!!!

@comedian: Looks like he got the suspension sorted too.

I think the coming of all the current electronic safety technology is an absolute blessing for the average driver (ABS, TC, stability control, and other accident avoidance tech), even if purists and performance junkies such as myself could often do without their added weight, complexity and nannyism.

Who takes issue with BIOChemists? After all, where would medical and disease research be without these noble individuals? What's next, no astrophysicists plates?

Blown Clone?

@brandegee: Yeah, I think CNG energy output is like 65% of gasoline, but I'll stick to my guns that infrastructure and related matters are the primary reasons it hasn't taken off on a large scale. You find it in commercial applications that have their own fueling stations.

@ishigakisensei: One word, sir: infrastructure.

@spacewanderer: I agree. Mercedes were much prettier cars when they were more conservative in their design (with the SL/SLR being the possible exception as a sports car)

I've been meaning to make an appointment to get in and see the collection there for ages.

Eh, four annoyed people could have simply boxed this particular asshat into his improvised parking spot indefinitely.

The fat, sedate, current incarnation of the Avalon. I try to deny it, but it's really a very nice car, and much less pretentious than anything from the luxo-class marques.

@Racingindrag: It's very nature as a 917 defies hideousness.

I just assumed this car was actually the 280SE 3.5 (with delicious V-8).

@vavon205: Pitter-patter, pitter-patter...

As the Oatmeal appropriately puts it...

I have all the time "in the world" to futz with carbs or fuel management, no neighbors to complain about noise and no speed limits, I think I might go with one of these: