Ah, don't try so hard to pigeonhole me. I do happen to think that P.J. O'Rourke is very funny. And I know that there are ignorant politicians in every party, and I would poke fun at any of them if they've earned it. No politician is a sacred cow that requires defending at all costs.

Yep. And humorlessness fits conservatives in precisely the same way. So I experience a little schadenfreude every time Palin opens her mouth and says something stupid—so what?

Well, quite clearly Neil Armstrong was/is a Socialist and can't be trusted, what with all his pinko crap about "one giant leap for mankind." I mean, how subversive is that—trying to unite humanity!

Exactly.

"Well, y'all know this is just another Big Government conspiracy! It was Paul Revere who warned uh, the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our moon and our arms, uh by ringing those bells, and um, makin' sure as he's riding his lunar rover through the Sea of Tranquility to send those warning shots and…

Yeah, I am of the school that calls adequately roomy two-doors, "sedans" (although I admit that I never knew the SAE standard!). I never realized that C/D used the two-door-sedan designation, although that might explain my preference, as I was a C/D subscriber during my most formative years, automotively speaking…

Also, this. Pretty close to the Giulia in terms of high maintenance, but infinitely cooler than 99% of the compact sedans out there.

Right idea with the E30, but think more compact. Also, it's free of the association with '80s yuppie douchebags.

Good call. Certainly one of (if not *the*) best FWD compact sedans ever. The first time I ever drove a fourth-gen Civic, I came away mightily impressed by its sharp reflexes and light-on-its-feet feel. Great, great cars. Too bad the current crop are so unlike the fourth-gens. Also, too bad just about every…

Having spent 7 years working as a new-car salesman, I did find some funny things in cars occasionally. A VW Golf came off the truck with a Mexican porn mag stuffed between the passenger's seat and the center console—it was *really* low-budget stuff, apparently "published" using a photocopier.

Hell, it's been 25 years and I'm still waiting for my Scooter!

Yeah, but the high beltlines aren't so much for safety reasons as for the *perception* of safety. It's part of the whole mentality that led to the dramatic rise in popularity of SUVs—these people think that they're safer because they feel like they're encased in more sheetmetal, but they're endangering everyone else…

About 20 years ago, I had a Toyota pickup without a radio. I delivered pizzas, so I spent a LOT of time driving around without tunes. Eventually, I ended up yanking the head unit and CD changer out of my Scirocco and putting them in the 'Yota, but until then, I played the harmonica while I drove. The truck was a…

Heart-click for that! This is what annoys me so much about newer cars: thick pillars all around and gun-slit windows combine to make for horrible outward visibility. The ridiculously high beltline also means you can't hang your elbow out the window. Just another thing to love about my old Volvo wagons (and something…

Electric starter. I like kickstarting my motorcycles, but I can't imagine cranking a car over by hand. Especially in the wintertime.

How great is this? Dropping the SRT-4 driveline into a Daytona, a Shadow, a LeBaron GTS or GTC would have been too obvious. The T&C is genius! Possibly the only way this thing could have been more of a sleeper is if it was a Plymouth Caravelle.

Agreed on the Jag six. There is a lot of pretty detail in Coventry Climax engines, too.

Just about any automotive engine is going to fail next to a really nice motorcycle engine, hung out there for all to see. In my mind, it doesn't get any prettier than a roundcase, bevel Ducati twin.

If I were dyslexic, I would probably pronounce Huayra as "who are ya?"

That's exactly what I think every time I see it.