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]]> Jeremy Clarkson gives a vitriolic review of a mediocre American car. In other news: water is wet.

]]> Yesterday I was stopped at a light and I looked at the car next to me and thought "that's not so bad looking for a Hyundai." Then I realized it was a Lexus ES 300 that I had mistaken for a Sonata.

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]]> I keep hoping I'll find a picture of my brother's car on here since I didn't make it to the show (I know I've failed him as a brother). I can understand knocking him down a few points for using prefab chassis and a pedestrian small block chevy but let me tell you we had a helluva time dragging that '26 doctor's coupe body back from South Dakota one weekend back in January '06. The car has come a long way since then and Billetproof was athe first show he took it tol It's also got some pretty cool headers on it that Dale (I think that's his first name?) Sanderson said he wasn't going to make any more of because it was just too much of a pain.

]]> Not content with making me dream of cars I can never have, now Jalopnik has me dreaming of insane engine swaps into cars I can never have. LS9 powered Exige, anyone?

]]> It looks like a convertible Volt. Just add a crossbar and bowtie to the grill.

]]> Look on the bright side: have you forgotten where you parked? The Police know... Has your no-good wife ran out on you? The Police know where she is... Do you need to make a buy from your recreational pharmacist? Oh wait scratch that one.

]]> The Isetta name might work in Europe but not in the US. It seems more likely they'll call it the Z2 or C1 or something.

]]> The other day I saw a baby blue Matrix with a Toyota hood ornament (the kind that sticks up perpendicularly). It was glued to the hood somewhat off center. In the same neighborhood I saw a C5 Corvette convertible that the owner had tried to make look like a C5-R. Corvette convertibles with Z06 parts stuck on them are common too.

]]> I say go ahead and make the speed limiters mandatory. That way every new car will have cruise control. Plus, everybody and their grandmother will get into the ECU hacking business, bringing down the cost of those oh-so-overpriced Superchips, et al.

]]> I'm not sure I trust those numbers. I'm gonna need to verify this myself. Audi, one of each, please.

]]> For a family of four I think they're safer inside a Nano than on the back of a moped.

]]> Eons ago Man (or more likely Woman) invented the incredible technology called Names. Henceforth "furry land monster" became known as "cat" and "wooden bludgeoning tool" became "club." Sadly, humankind is regressing toward it's prehistoric ways and discarding Name technology in favor of vague, wordy descriptions. First came sport utility vehicle and sport activity vehicle, now comes progressive activity vehicle, next we'll have "wrist mounted time keepers" and "wood-graphite composite writing devices."

]]> Oh I forgot to mention that my car also came with a VW branded guitar. I don't play guitar but if I did I sure wouldn't be caught dead playing one with the Volkswagen gang sign engraved onto it.

]]> For my birthday one year my friends decided to get me a VW scarf. It matches the plaid seats of my GTI. I don't really wear scarves so it sits on the parcel shelf waiting for chilly back seat passengers.

]]> @toyotaboy: I don't think saving money is the point of using biodiesel and Willie's is made from soybeans, not corn.

]]> @jpech: I think the C5 was definitely GM's best car of the '90s but unfortunately the Z06 wasn't available until '01 with a 385hp LS6 followed by a 405hp LS6 in '02.

]]> Hybrids typically have lower emissions than their gas-only counterparts, usually earning a PZEV rating. Some Ford Focus and Mazda 3 models also are rated PZEV though. I for one like to breathe air without carcinogens and stuff in it.

]]> Caterham 7 Superlight R500

]]> @diskreet: Someone who's interested in a better looking Passat sedan?

]]> @muhnkee_2: they have every right to laugh too. "You mean you're putting the new engine in the same place as the old one? Oh, the old engine is actually based on the new engine? It's only how much bigger?"

]]> The C5 Corvette made to resemble a C2 is hideous. It's like those kitschy CD players you find at Walmart that look like Gramma's Victrola except worse because for about the same money you could get a new Z06 and it ruins a perfectly good car.

]]> @tenbeers: I hope thats the music they play for the reveal and they get G.O.B. to make the thing disappear or something. He could just blow it up. Chevy fans would approve.

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