I rented a 2012 Ford Focus a little over a year ago and got the same two keys on a lock deal.

One is an individual, one is a corporation.

And we're done here. Good job everyone.

I didn't hear him talk about it (I don't listen to every podcast) but that makes sense. His job is to crack wise, not fact check.

I live in Portland, OR and voted for Barry O twice, so I'm kind of leftist. I like Carolla though, and apparently he's considered right wing, so there you go.

He's at his best when he's just playing off of whatever comes up. He's an improv guy. Loveline was always his best work because he could use the callers as jumping off points.

In the US version (Final Fantasy II for SNES), the hidden passages were mostly visible, but it's only because we got the "easy mode" version of the game. In remakes, they've used the normal version, in which you need to rely on NPC hints, dumb luck, or exhaustive wall searching.

I'm going to jump to Adam Carolla's defense here:

This is the only answer. Yeah, you might be able to dig up some obscure cars with a weirder grin, but the Mazda3 has to win for its ubiquity. Huge grin and a top 10 car in most markets.

I love my goofy ass Mazda3.

You know what could happen that would both reduce distracted driving and squish a new trend?

He probably unhitched the trailer and drove straight to his local unemployment office.

I always get sad reading things like this because I just want to go out there and copy it, but lack the amount of disposable income to do so.

Time to lay down some Oregon science:

There's a late-80s Chevy Suburban in the parking lot of my apartment complex. It's covered with stickers, mostly NRA and military related, some of scantily clad women.

I wish there was more collaboration between TTAC and Jalopnik. Definitely the two best websites for general car related stuff.

A few months ago, I was driving home late at night. It had been raining hard all day to the point that there was standing water on portions of the freeways. There were wrecks everywhere, one of which backed me up far enough that I decided to take another route.

I agree completely. The CT200h might be the best looking car Toyota sells right now. But it's a Lexus. And a hybrid. It should be competing with the Focus, Mazda3, Golf, Impreza...but instead, it competes with...I'm not sure. Is it supposed to be a "sporty" Prius?

I wanted a compact hatchback. I think I spent about 2 minutes researching the Matrix before crossing it off my list.

This video makes it look incredibly difficult and not particularly fun.