Actually, I can expect drivers to react to a person-sized object at any speed. I am a car enthusiast, a cyclist (when I’m not being a lazy-ass), and a parent. Each of these involves being cognizant of people-sized objects moving at speed in my environment, else someone might DIE. I’m also an insurance adjuster, and…

And, for the record, I don’t condone violence toward someone for property damage, but dude is asking for it in that video, damn. I’m glad he was identified and the cops are involved.

There’s a lot of hate towards cars (cages) in motorcycles circles too. Not that I agree with it, but there might be a tiny reason for some of it. People in cars rarely pay attention and sort of drone on behind the wheel while a small part of their brain makes sure they don’t hit fixed objects and other cars. Bicycles…

Out of spite? Pontiac Aztek.

And some credible sources I’ve read have mentioned more than once that around 45 minutes of intense lifting, you get a fall-off of hormones. Trying to remember where I saw that article.

When I had everything working properly, I’d spend about 45 minutes or so pounding the iron, and then hit the racquetball court for an hour or so. Yeah, probably overkill, but racquetball was fun. Generally two days of iron and racquetball during the week, and then another day or two of racquetball on the weekend with…

Many years ago, my mom was an assistant manager at Dillards, and one of the changing rooms was quite literally next to the bathrooms, yet every couple of months, they’d find that someone had taken a dump in the changing rooms again. This went on for around a year and half, and was extra infuriating for the staff…

If there is a heaven for car guys, it looks a lot like this. And if there’s a hell, it looks like this, except your car always pukes a con rod right before you’re supposed to swap in.

The only state on that list that I’ve rented a car in was California, and, honestly, I don’t recall now whether I gave them insurance info or not. I went in on the car with a co-worker and he handled most of the details, so I didn’t really pay attention to the paperwork.

Then I guess the five states in which I've handled those sort of claims aren't in your "most states", because I've certainly handled plenty of damage claims where the rental company has paid out PD because the renter's insurance turned out to be bad. That does not mean they didn't sue that renter afterward, but it…

It might have been electric and just not working. They weren’t the most reliable of systems. Though, in GM’s defense here, wagon gates tend to have problems before anything else on the car regardless of brand. Ask anyone who owns a volvo wagon. (And, honestly, same with SUV’s of basically any brand. First thing to go…

/\ This. Blackadder is one of the funniest shows I’ve seen, and I generally loathe comedy on television.

Having handled many, many claims where vicarious liability was an issue, the conversation invariably went like this:

What Daniel said, basically. The renter of the car takes primary responsibility and liability for it. This is why they ask you for your insurance info when you rent a car. They call your carrier, verify coverage, and send you on your way. If you carry liability only, they make you pay a daily damage waiver which lays…

I want to hit VIR pretty badly. Bit far away at the moment, and my car isn't quuuite ready yet.

I’m confused. Why are you talking performance or reliability? Deloreans were dead slow and unreliable when they were NEW. Even for their time period they were underpowered, and the PRV engine was pants.

So, let’s see... Yeah, NP. No question (assuming the reality matches with the ad, obviously), though SOP would be to talk the seller down.

1) Flip, new plates - Whatever. Not all flips are evil, kids. Last year I bought a 240 wagon that was easily half what it should’ve been sold as because the owner had no idea what…

Same seats, same color, as the 89 740 TIC that’s sitting about twenty feet from me right now.

This was the article I was quietly hoping you’d write. Sitting here, thinking to back to hours spent in Gran Turismo 2 driving the balls of the skyline, I sincerely hoped it would live up to the hype. Bravo.

I’m an insurance adjuster, and regularly see bizarre things. One of the most memorable was a Geo Metro far past its’ prime and whacked solidly in the front. I opened the car door and immediately started gagging from the smell of dog crap (it was july, of course, so nice and hot outside). I thought that maybe the…