<![CDATA[Comments from bmoredlj]]> <![CDATA[Comments from bmoredlj]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Mystery Corvette Concept From Transformers 2 Movie Gets New Beauty Shots, Multiplies!]]> I'm not sold yet on the Mach 5 tail, but still...very nice.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Honda's New Hybrid Prius-Fighter Caught Desert Testing, Listening To "Eye Of The Tiger"]]> I believe Toyota did this to themselves...their unique, iconic, goofy design is the main reason why most people buy them, because you know that if you're seen in a Prius, people will instantly know you're green, even if you aren't (I've heard abridged explanations of all the complicated and carbon-creating procedures that go into making the HSD Components, and let's just say it's not that efficient)

For hippies and Greenies - fair-weather or not - who need more than the two seats of the old insight, it's the Prius or nothing. The only way to compete in such a narrow market is to simply replicate the benchmark. I personally think the Honda version will be more interesting looking, even if it's just as ugly and odd-looking as the Prius.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Can You Come Up With A Better Auto Product Placement Plot?]]> What if a character in "Heroes", say, Hiro Nakamura, sees an image of a Nissan Versa in a precognitive comic book, and is compelled to follow the comic book by going to rent one, then repeating over and over again "Nissan Versa! Nissan Versa!"

Or, say the cheerleader gets a new car for her birthday, and she exclaims "Oh, Daddy, you got me the ROGUE!" because, OBVIOUSLY, 16 year old girls (and cheerleaders in particular) are well-vers(a)ed about brand new models as soon as they come onto the market!

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Five Ugliest Concept Trucks]]> Not Wrangler....Cherokee Classicamino!

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Five Ugliest Concept Trucks]]> Remember seeing the XIX in a magazine when it was new... always thought it looked like a stretched Jeep Wranglermino in profile.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Max Mosley's Courtroom Drama Draws To A Close, We Provide Probable Outcome]]> Mosley even got a shout-out from JC on TopGear...which now has a running gag of posting pornographic images on the TV, at which point the producer switches to the wide-angle cameras.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Honda's New Hybrid Prius-Fighter Caught Desert Testing, Listening To "Eye Of The Tiger"]]> Pleasepleaseplease call it the Dilettante.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Honda's New Hybrid Prius-Fighter Caught Desert Testing, Listening To "Eye Of The Tiger"]]> There's no doubt in my mind, that is NOT a Toyota.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Honda's New Hybrid Prius-Fighter Caught Desert Testing, Listening To "Eye Of The Tiger"]]> Looks more like a clarity than a Prius. Don't get so bent out of shape...it's about friggin' time somebody copied the Prius in every way possible. Who knows, the Honda version might actually make them money.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Pre-Owned BMW Ads Now Completely Indiscernible From Syphilis PSAs]]> A world away, another kind of love....of a car. John McCain.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Pre-Owned BMW Ads Now Completely Indiscernible From Syphilis PSAs]]> That, and the Playstation ad with the Jesus-crown-o-thorns made of Playstation symbols (kisses the air)

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Rick Wagoner Unwraps First Shots Of Chevy Cruze, Cadillac SRX]]> Wow, that's a FEAST of cars no where near production yet. I guess they felt, what the heck, they'll be leaked or snapped at some point...by Priddy Brenda! Fortunately, there's plenty of non-GM brands not trying to reveal models that may or may not be popular when they go on sale 2-3 years down the road...

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on 2010 Porsche Cayman S, Boxster S Revealed By Internal Renderings]]> Doesn't need much...the Cayman is already one of the best-looking coupes out there; better even than the current 911.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on When You Need A Big, Fast Fiat: 1972 130 Coupe]]> Pure gorgeousity...not just the 130, but the other Fiats displayed here. Not only that, they come with all that Italian soul and passion! (Damn, that's two bob in the jar)

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on 2009 Acura TL Type-S Shows Us All Four Pipes In Tacoma]]> Doesn't the Aura already have a trunklid like that?

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Hummer H2 Assembly Line To Produce Just-As-Boxy Standard Taxis]]> No one who works for a company that produced something that looks like that has any right to say they're "extremely proud" to announce anything, unless it's to announce that the plans for said monstrosity have been burned in the fires of Mt. Doom and all existing specimens wiped out.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Leaving On A Jet Plane...]]> What's wrong with a muscle car that isn't cursed with excessive body fat?

NOthing...but the big three just can't seem to realize it.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on At 661 HP, The 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Is A Very Magic Woman]]> A few MORE strakes and accent lines between the front tires and doors, please...I don't think there are quite enough!

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Barack Obama To Sponsor NASCAR Sprint Cup Car In Florida, Other Cars To Turn Right In Protest]]> That's the OLD camry racer, man.

I'll be voting for Obama, but if he sent every American a $100 check, I'd vote for him TWICE.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Bugatti Veyron Targa To Bow At Pebble Beach, Car Snobs To Feign Disinterest]]> To think if only we'd kept parity with Monopoly money, we'd only be paying $2.50 a gallon for gas, b/c dollars would be worth the paper they're printed on.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on 2009 Acura TL Finally Smiles Its Toothy Grin For The Camera]]> Not only does it look like crap, it also looks HUGE. I don't know if it's the photo or not, but it looks bigger than the only lightly-restyled RL.

That probably means it weighs more, as well, which means it probably uses more gas. I might be wrong. One things for sure, I'll bet it's safer!

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on 2009 Acura TL Finally Smiles Its Toothy Grin For The Camera]]> First impression: Hideous, anonymous, derivative, vapid; not even in line with other new Acura designs, with the exception of the inexplicably cheesy grille that seems to be a requisite for Acuras now.

What the hell is going on? The FIRST Acuras were the best-looking, and it's all been downhill since then...

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Are Cars Getting Uglier?]]> Audis still look fine, but who knows what the future may bring...

Other than that, in answer to the question; in general, Yes, most definitely. Case in point; the Pilot above. Again, it's obvious.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Facelift On 2009 BMW 3-Series Officially Minor]]> There's still the annoying, "pinched" look of the rear end caused by the very close proximity of the taillights with the lines of the license plate indentation.

Logically, these lines should be parallel, but they aren't. It's as if the taillights were designed independently of the plate indentation; much like the entire car seems to be designed from numerous independent elements, then simply mashed together regardless of the resulting look.

This is a common practice in BMWs, and the company has become a sort of benchmark for illogical, unnecessary design for design's sake that benefits neither form nor function. It's a kind of stylisitc nihilism; "Let's just do...whatever, because we can. It doesn't have to mean anything or serve any purpose." It's a shame, but other companies are following this strategy, such as Acura.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on 2010 Kia Sorento, Unmasked, Leaks Onto Web]]> Kia Borregos towed floats and stuff in the Philly 4th of July Parade...looking like 4/5ths scale Explorers. That is to say, really boring - to the extent that I was the only one around who even noticed they were brand-new. And they were clearly labeled, too!

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Smug Gets Home-Grown: 2011 Toyota Prius Officially To Be Built In United States]]> "Is it a hybrid hybrid?"

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Federal Crash Test Ratings To Be Updated: We All Drive Death Traps Again]]> So basically, cars are going to have to be built to be "safer", which means, weigh more, which means, they'll use more gas. Sweeet.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on 2009 Mazda CX-7 May Be Taking Design Cues From Yeti]]> I dunno...I'm game for an even bigger logo...

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on GM To Employ Duct Tape, Rush Production Volt To Stage By September]]> Why not August? Then they can race Beijing's Olympic air-cleaning mandate in the battle of "Things that really shouldn't be rushed but are!"

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Do More Than Just Game on Your Xbox 360]]> Still looks like a feminine napkin dispenser to me...and there's nothing stopping Microsoft from screwing every single person who bought these when the next version comes out, as they did with the first XBOX. Oh, and how about that HD-DVD player? Oh, right...they don't exist anymore...

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on What Car Would You Like To See Get Electrified?]]> '95 Chevy Caprice Classic Wagon.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on 2009 Acura TL Shows Us Its Rear End Yet Again]]> They should just change the division name to "Ambigua".

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Toyota's Logo Betrays Plan To Assimilate World]]> Sometime circa 2400, Toyota will be acquired by Buy'n'Large.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on GM Says Brands Not Under Strategic Review, Just Jobs]]> Didn't they say no brands were under strategic review "besides Hummer"? In any case, it's good to know GM values a silly little three-model brand like Buick over thousands of American jobs at a time when those Americans can't afford to lose them but can certainly live with a Buick that only exists in the PRC.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on The Only Thing Dyson Sucks At Is Making Electric Cars]]> By the time we commenters are inventing our own vacuums, Dyson will likely be living on his own Dyson Sphere, constructed around Proxima Centauri!

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on 1984 Toyota Cressida]]> When I was born in 1984, even babies came with those black rubber bumpers...let me tellya, it ain't easy - or cheap - to remove 'em!

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Progressive Automotive X Prize Mustang Claims 400 HP, 110 MPG; We Claim Baloney]]> Differentiate r3/3, and I'm sure you'll find the result to be rather humorous.

-Don't you get it Bart? The derivative is r2dr? Or rdrr? "Har dee har har"?

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on 2009 Kia Soul caught in Seoul]]> Chevy Detroit
Honda Tokyo
Ford Dearborn
Dodge Auburn Hills
Toyota Aichi
KimJongil Pyongyang, Ronery edition

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on Volvo XC60 Diesel Spotted In Hollywood Looking For Ron Howard's House]]> That's quite the Saab-y D-pillar, come to think of it.

]]> <![CDATA[bmoredlj commented on What Should The National Speed Limit Be?]]> Well, my car doesn't go much faster than 55, so I could live with a 55 limit...for now. The second I get a car with more than 106 horses, I'm sure it will be nerve-wracking.

Whatever the limit, most people will ignore it, I'm sure. The fact that 65 is much more fuel-guzzling speed than 55 is irrelevant; people on the highway are usually very single-minded - get to where you need to be as fast as possible. The highway is yours and yours alone, and all the other drivers are the enemy; obstacles to be defeated and one-upped. And 55 won't get any of that done.

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