After watching that video, I now know how the most recent round of fires started around So Cal...

I had no idea I could have an orgasm reading a newspaper article. That article is pure autorotica.

Great article but DANG! he AND his editors don't know the difference between a compliment and a complement? The only error that makes me nearly this crazy is horde instead of hoard.

That is all.

Wow, that was seriously awesome. Does this guy write for any periodicals beyond the LA Times?

@imoody: Time Magazine

Ohhh, his tongue make a sexy time with wondow of car that attract a woman with shave down below.

@grrgle: Oh, no, you see, he meant the brakes constantly tell the engine how nice it looks and that it will have no problems getting a date to the prom and no, those turbos don't make it look fat. I swear.

I have always thought that the best test of an auto-journalist is to give them an untersiting car to write about.

Car very good:- Easy to wax lyrical and be poetic over.

Car very bad:- Easy to write hilarious and damning comments.

Car utterly nondescript:- Way more of a challenge.

Try to be interesting about a Chrisler Sebring or Ford Taurus for example.

@Rust-MyEnemy: That should read "Interesting".

My laptop keyboard is full of tortilla chips.

Too bad this guy isn't more discerning about the periodicals to which he contributes. Time is a real piece of crap.

I mean, if he plays his cards right, maybe he could convince Jalopnik to give him a shot.

@Bumblebee: Dude -- we have standards. Come on...

@Rust-MyEnemy: delicious. put some salsa, some guacamole in there, a little cheese, and brother you gotcherself a snack!

@2trips: It's called "board chow" and is the staple of late night IT professionals.

@Rust-MyEnemy: Since when did the Brits find out about tortilla chips?

@Bumblebee: Well this has to be said.... I like Time, and Newsweek.... There is a new magazine called NewsMax, and I make sure, when I'm at my local Barnes & Noble to place all of them in the back of the shelf, upside down, and place Mother Jones in the vacated slot.

Yes, I enjoy cars, but I am also voting for...... you figure it out.

I know I once made a crass comment here at Mr. Neil's expense. I take it back. Most excellent article.

@UDMAN: This Brit requires a Burrito. Immediately.

"Consider my dumb thoroughly founded." I love it!

Great article!

@jonnylieberman: Indeed you do; standards that exclude mimes but allow handing out spray-painted T-shirts for which all your readers clamor (me included).

Kinda says a lot about both parties, doesn't it? Speaking for the readers (if I may), we're awesome.

@Rust-MyEnemy: Neil's been there and done that. Check out the Sebring convertible review (Aug 8th '07 LATimes). Not only is a Sebring nondescript in a rental hoonmobile sorta' way, it's just plain bad.

That $24,000 increase in price is nothing. The cost of the brace of lawyers you will have on retainer to keep you out of jail and on the road will cost a lot more. No problem, though. If you are worried about such things, then for you this car only exists in articles like this one. Enjoy, useless eater.

@PaulE: Just read it. Hats off to Dan. But then again, anyone could probably have guessed that a Sebring Cabrio would suck like opening an airlock in space..

Bravo! Brilliant!

that's it! I'm getting one this weekend.

@UDMAN: Dude, you need to become one of those liberals with a sense of humor. I don't share the point of view you find in NewsMax either, but with the right mindset it's awfully funny. It helps when you read it with a little liquor-induced diminished capacity.

Hell, I even took a free subscription so I can get a good laugh on a regular basis ...

@jrhmobile: I know I need to relax a bit, but when the term 'liberal' became a dirty word, I've been more than a bit defensive.

@jonnylieberman: Ew.

Hilarious--especially when he put BOTH feet on the accelerator. His writing style is the perfect mix of loads of information unfurled in humor. He did a 50 or 100 "worst cars ever" that was laugh out loud funny all the way through. And this car--holy s**t. I gotta go buy some lottery tickets!

As if we need another reason to hate the French, the LA Times and Hollerwud.