I've been in NYC on business several times in the last few years and my native New Yorker colleagues/guides never fail to say about the bus station, "That's the place where the pimps hang out looking for young girls who have just arrived in the city looking for stardom."

Months ago... Dunlop: "Hey, Sergio, can you do me a solidish?"

Whereas you can't even wipe a real cobra with an off-brand chamois.

Totally. Now if they were fiberglass Cobra bodies on VW Beetle chassis, I would hate them, but that's not what we're talking about. These replica companies take all the good things about the real thing, and then make more of them. Seriously, what's wrong with that?

Miata life just got a bit more interesting.

Jason, comparing your desire for a Brubaker Box to perversion is just not being fair to yourself (nor perhaps, to perverts). It's more like saying you're hot for Lucy Lawless.

Does lipstick come in "chrome?"

Oh, JT... Every time I think I can forget you, you come back Jerry Maguire-like into my life. You had me at "hello," Torch. You had me at "hello."

The world would be such a better place if the phrase, "three door wagon" were in widespread usage.

The Mazda3 is basically a Miata with back seats and a hatchback. Of course it isn't rear wheel drive, but it's still a fun car to drive that is also a very sensible option.

As far as I can tell, the purpose was to illustrate, as clearly as possible, the concept of badge engineering to a new generation of young car-watchers like me.

This could never be a Mustang ad. "bappetybappety-bappetybappety" is clearly the 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 Mopar firing order.

I think a better question is: Why is Charlie Sheen?

First and only PC I built from scratch (in 1994!) had an error in the motherboard manual and had the 486 CPU depicted 90º rotated in the socket. I built it according to instructions, powered on... flash, pop, smoke, ruined CPU and motherboard. The company I bought the motherboard from owned up to the documentation…

It probably wouldn't. Militants coerce civilians to remain nearby, for the purpose of being human shields. A phone call is easier to ignore than the visceral note of an explosion. If it breaks the coercive "spell" even for a moment and allows civilians to run for it, this technique has done its job.

Let's say I'm housebound for the weekend and I want to learn something about indycar. Can someone suggest a couple of recent races I can stream/torrent to familiarize myself with the series and sharpen my interest?

Oh, sure, Stef: be one of those guys who is indomitably friendly and fair and affirmative. While you're at it, why not be one of those guys who participates as a woman in a historically demographically male sport without getting all defensive about it, why don't you?

I'm sure if they could find a way to lock it to Sony PCs only, they would.

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Well, Nintondo-San and I drive NA Miatas, so the bogging at 5mph in 2nd gear is substantial and can warrant a downshift. Enjoy your low-end torque, whatever you drive.