@DocWalt: Tires and wheels are "safety equipment," which fall outside the $500 limit.

I love leafblower superchargers.

@wheatieboy: They don't really do body parts.

@CmndrFish: The problem with hosting an F1 race at an already-great track with history is that they'll bring in Hermann Tilke to bring the track up to F1 standards and the track will lose some character and gain some paved run-off areas. When it's a track like Monticello it's no big loss.

@KeyserSöze: and...

@TRAMS_AM: He was beghing from this guy.

@Pessimippopotamus: OH MY GOD COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT YOU'RE GOING TO GET SUED!

@skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube: Hard to forget those interior shots.

@skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube: It's the BMW marketing guys getting into my head. AWD would probably be a better choice for this climate, but my ideal combo isn't available in the US (330d xDrive coupe).

@skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube: Oh no, the car I bought cost literally 1% of the price of that BMW.

@ourtimedownhere: It'd be cheaper to just buy a BMW...

Eh. I want to hear that these two won't be in it.

The Flex may have a contrasting roof color, but when it comes to a crazy-high price with maxed-out options, it doesn't hold a candle to Mini.

@gman1023: $36k in 2003 dollars is almost $43k in 2010 dollars.

OBD-II. With the help of fancy computer tools, you can figure out where to start a diagnosis, log data on what your engine is doing, and reprogram your engine computer.

@Roberto G.: Europe, where 50% of the cars are this size from the factory?

@UnlimitedRevs: He's a good candidate to be a human shield, yes.

Wiper blade truck won't work if they drive a newer SUV, as the industry is trending towards rear wiper blades that can't be separated from the (plastic!) wiper arm and have to be replaced as a unit (only available at the dealer, of course).

I just experienced what life was like before GPS. My brother got lost trying to find a flower shop, so he called me from his portable wireless telephone, and I ran a internet search on my handheld computer and was able to find his current location and the flower shop and give him computer-generated turn-by-turn…

@smalleyxb122: Mercury like Lincoln-Mercury or like Mercury Marine?