Didn't the first-gen Geo Tracker/Suzuki Sidekick lead all US cars in passenger deaths every year it was produced? I thought I heard that somewhere.

You'd think the guy checking his email would at least be courteous enough to shield the guy reading the newspaper from the wind.

I've just realized what these "this man..." headlines remind me of. A friend of mine had such good stories from his time in the Spanish military that whenever I would see him out at the bar or at the gym or something, I would tell whoever was listening, "that man... broke his ribs... parachuting... into a…

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"Because Racecar" is "Racecar esuaceb" backwards.

Can I include my air ratchet? I think it has more torque than my cars.

You said Joey Hand! Now I have to watch this video! It's the rules!

@EmilyE: He is the substitute. For le Prince Noir.

Lord, everyone covers this song. I actually covered it Wednesday night.

@Jordanski: That was kind of the point...

Native-born Irish, but you're counting him as British, eh?

Well, my mom had a 1993 Saturn SL, which I learned to drive in. She replaced it with another Saturn. My grandmother still has her 1993 Saturn SL1, my aunt just got rid of her 1996 Saturn SL1, and I still have my 1994 Saturn SC1.

Has killer decontenting ever actually improved a car's marketability?

It's really depressing that so many of these revolutionary updates were so apocalyptically awful. Where are the cars that got revolutionary updates that made them hundreds of times better, instead of hundreds of times worse?

@ssrock64: I concur. But you have to pronounce it the Frenchy way. Monn-rayall.

A: How do they lubricate that valvetrain?

Given Brian Ross's record of credibility, if this is a serious safety problem that actually exists, the best thing to do to draw attention to it would be to have Brian Ross deny there was any problem. Because basically if he says something, the opposite is likely to be true.

Pffffffft. That's not even 3900 ft/lbs of torque.