DOTS appears around 2pm here in France, right after lunch, and it's the perfect way for me to procrastinate on my return to productivity.
If I had to pitch it to a bunch of whiny liberals I'd tell them it is "an on-going art project reminding us of the mechanical beauty that surrounds us in our lives (in Alameda)".

]]> @narf: Winning PCH isn't something to be proud of?
I respectfully disagree, I'm very proud of the fact that you need to sell you soul to repair certain old french cars...
Rambler FTW!

]]> Matt, the tags don't work... no holiday here, lemme see them flag cars!

]]> so maybe, like, if you run your car in reverse, the inverted combustion, like, fills up your tank?

]]> I'd be proud to buy an american car, as long as it was made before 1979.

]]> With so many homes being repossesed across the country, I'd have figured Winnie sales would go up...

]]> I know hindsight in 20/20 but what you call the american car market's decline looks to me more like a long coming normalization.
I've always been amazed by American's car buying habits: how often you change cars, how much of your disposable income goes in them, how people almost always resort to financing and usually seem to get something much bigger and/or fancier than they need.
In these hard times- btw, I'm in Finance and when the car makers get in trouble, we suffer too- people are having to rationalize their spending, which either means getting a car that will cost less or not changing cars at all.
Wonder if this would be a good time for Peugeot to try to make its U.S. comeback?

]]> As a I was reading this post, I kept thinking: "where's the Cordoba?", but showing much foresight, you'd already put it in number one.
Soft Corinthian Leather answers our demands ftw!

]]> They say after a few years in the Northwest, moss starts to grow on your ears; I guess that's acceptable but on a Cadillac, no!

]]> Message to all drivers from Bellevue WA.: The cell phone ban doesn't mean you should keep sippin' Lattes in your Escalades or Prii.

]]> Short it, if you find someone dumb enough (like Kerkorian) to do such a deal with you...

]]> Vista Cruiser. Any year.

]]> @STR8SIX: I dunno if Audi A3s, Mercedes A Klasses or even Lancia Musas are for sale on the US Market but these are very nice, luxurious cars that can still offer performance while sippin Gas (or Diesel) like a 90's supermodel. Those cars do not suck.

]]> Jarmush ftw!

]]> I know this Vietnamese Mecanic in Seattle who learned mecanics by working on Pug 404s and Traction Avants when he was a kid.
@NovaloadMissesPolar: Fear not, there might just be a few more dark, drunk, parisian DOTS rides in the future... ;)

]]> Am I weird for being more excited about the dirty white Volvo in the Background than about this bland codfish?

]]> You can also credit Homer Simpson for introducing the average frenchman to Donuts (the glazed kind, the driving kind we managed to figure out by ourselves...).

]]> Congrats Murilee! PCH is the coolest feature on Jalopnik (DOTS being a close second)
/out
that sounded like sucking up

]]> No matter who the hosts are- and I neither like nor dislike these guys- you know TGUS will suck because of advertiser's influence over content in american media.
"Ok guys, we need you to stop slammin'the Kia Rio..."

]]> As much as I love V8s, I often wonder why people would consider driving a V8 powered vehicle daily. Most "performance" vehicles I'm familiar with (Clio Renault Sport, Pug 205 Gti, 206 RS) have turbocharged 4 cylinder engines that will get you 25 mpg mix if driven reasonably in daily trafic.
Under the right circumstances, these little monsters will also go Bruce on you and kick your ass

]]> Craptastic!

]]> I once drove a Renault R8 Gordini, RWD with a 1.0 liter tha trevs up to 12k rpm, developping 80 bhp but weighing only 1300 lbs. ... that think is an over-steering axe murderer...
Otherwise, based on local Aveyron statistics (where I'm from in southern france) a Pug 205 GTi driven by a male aged 18 to 23 on a weekend night is likeliest to kill the driver and the passengers. I still own one, but never drive it on the weekends as that thing is also a cop magnet.

]]> @Ron-E-Bear: Here it's all about CAR LOVE (no mention of Dragons though), no hatin

]]> Thanks for paying homage to this great man!
Run in Peace Ove.

]]> SO, which one of you Jalops is coming to Paris to cover the Autoshow this september? We could have te first European Jalop-meet

]]> @MurileeMartin: "At this moment, a reader in Senegal is clawing at his computer screen, attempting to will those rust-free Pug parts around the world to his garage."
How about a frenchman wanting that car? ME!

]]> @Simpsons-Movie-ruled: That was back when things benefited from "intelligent design" right?

]]> @DΞLUXE: COTD Nomination Sir!

]]> Schmaltz-o-Glide... schmoover than butter

]]> HEAD = High Elasticity Automatic Drive
Everyone agrees HEAD is better than manual.

]]> @Viva La Volvo: looks like we both got a "tranny that kicks your ass" idea at the same time.

]]> The BCK, "Bruce Clutch Kicker", on the column, 4 speed, kicks your ass at every gear change

]]> @russell_s: Right on! This car definitely screams "I'm Rick James, Bitches!"

]]> Hail the POLAR love

]]> Seeing these cars, this weekend's challenge will be to find a turkish PCH candidate!

]]> That's Hartford, CT for you...

]]> POLAR, I think I speak for all the French Jalops (there's like... a few of us), when I say that we are willing to bribe you to convince you to stay. We could supply you with massive amounts of French Haze and Chateau whatever for as long as you want;
Just stay please; do it for the children (not yours, us!)

]]> Yes, definitely some auto-Tourette going on here... Should we start a therapy group?

]]> This one should have been classified under "douchery"...

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