Wrenches turn, grinders grind, and then Ed points out something that has "perished". Ah, that's why I love that show so much.

Not only all of his money, but also paid for all of his time. I've been studying v8 Miata swaps, and besides the time factor, come nowhere close to costing this much.

Toyota Matrix — GM's fault, really

Not reality, but good sci fi - if you're looking for some semi-real fiction on what we could be doing to get into space, check out Michael Flynn's Firestar series, it's excellent.

While I do hate the car (have no doubt in your mind about that one), I think what I hate the most about the PT Loser (and the Chevy HHR as well) are the people that drive them. Once all of these are off the roads, I will miss the fact that one of these is a clear indication that the person behind the wheel is not…

Not to mention that a rear-engined anything domestic (well, relatively so) would be great, but because back in the day you had so many options on the Corvair chassis - the sedan, the coupe, the convertible, the wagon, the van, and the truck. Options, man, options!

Sorry, it didn't translate well. It just galls me that they gave it a chin wing, and side skirts, but then faked the fender flares complete with fake bolts. Go whole hog, Nissan-sama! Get 355 wide tires and put an extra 3 inches of flared fender sticking out each side! Go nuts with it!

Except it doesn't. Look at the white car versus the... beige(?) car - there's no difference in fenders between them. And those aren't bolts, they're just little silver bits to look like they're bolts.

I kinda like it, particularly the boy racer one. But fake fender bolts as mere decoration? Come on Nissan, you can do better than that. If you're going to fake fender bolts, give us actual ridiculous fender flares for the fender bolts to attach to.

Agreed, they softened the nose way too much. And they lost a lot by bringing its ride height so far down.

Neutral - I have no idea, please send me one immediately so that I may test it out for myself.

I especially liked the time one of my coworkers poo-pooed my suggestion of buying an Accord (made in 'Murica) and instead bought a Mercury something or other... that was made in Mexico. And only 25% made in Mexico at that. "Do you speak Spanish? No? Well, your car does!"

I want to put this around at my work. The phrase "I only buy domestic cars" occurs so often that I know combining two of the "greats" in such blasphemous ways is sure to cause at least three coronaries, several aneurisms, and at least one epileptic seizure.

I agree, the problem with ethanol in the US is that we're making it from (and thereby competing with the prices of) food. I've long asked why the individual states don't subsidize the growing of switchgrass along all of the medians and verges of all these highways we have in the state, and harvest it to make ethanol.…

This, this, this.

Whether or not this is CP or NP, this is sad because it shows what GM could have done with the Fiero instead of just letting become the joke it is - they could have put in sportier engines, upgraded the body styling, done so many things to make it a popular driver's car. Instead, we get a shrunken rear-engined Supra…

I voted NP on this one as it's so rare to see one of these Monzas that have not been totally modded to be a drag monster. Think about it - they weren't really great back in the day so they're generally cheap to get, but they have a huge engine bay and you're going to swap out the crappy pieces out anyway. Most of 'em…

Dodge's Lil Red Express:

Me too! Would it kill you, Honda, to put the Si or Type R powertrain into something like this? That would be noteworthy, this is just... disappointing.

The first guy sure can't keep his designer belt buckled, but it looks like out of the pair he is the only one who's actually studied martial arts, much less even watched any UFC.