mr.chophoppers commented on Gas-Mileage Savings Calculator Shows True Cost Of Trading Your Guzzler For A Sipper

"Speaking of gasoline related idiocy, I just read some great quotes in a NYT article: [www.nytimes.com] Regarding the Chevrolet Avalanche Fan Club of America: Even the truck's most dedicated fans find [$100 tanks] galling."

mr.chophoppers commented on Uday Is Gone, But Baghdad Car Freaks Still Have It Rough

"I'm amazed at the number of old Opels on Iraqi roads."

mr.chophoppers commented on The Award For Loudest Use Of A Ural 375D Goes To: Power Acoustik Sub Truck

"Wow."

mr.chophoppers commented on Fonz Tours UK In Lexus Hybrid, Shark-Filled Channel Jump Not Scheduled

"Gromit reminds me a bit of the old ladies who see sex everywhere and write and complain to their local television station at the slightest hint of an innuendo. No, I don't think anyone is trying to diss on dyslexicks."

mr.chophoppers commented on Gas-Mileage Savings Calculator Shows True Cost Of Trading Your Guzzler For A Sipper

"I love it when well-meaning people point out the blindingly obvious."

mr.chophoppers commented on Ford To Bring Mustang SVO Badge Back For 2010 With 300 HP Eco-Boosted Four-Cylinder

"As a Ford-hater (in general) and a Mustang-hater (in particular), I've always had a soft spot for the SVO."

mr.chophoppers commented on 1975 Toyota Celica ST

"@voodoojoo: Saturn SC."

mr.chophoppers commented on 1975 Toyota Celica ST

"RWD > anything else"

mr.chophoppers commented on MG Sport And Racing Planning SV-R Convertible And "Green" SV-R, To Launch At Tea Time

"@amblito: LJK Setright would most likely not approve."

mr.chophoppers commented on Hybrid SUVs Skip Gas-Guzzler Tax, Still Get Hybrid Credit Thanks To Tax Code Loophole

"Flat tax = even bigger income gaps = no truck for you!"

mr.chophoppers commented on Hybrid SUVs Skip Gas-Guzzler Tax, Still Get Hybrid Credit Thanks To Tax Code Loophole

"@Fourstring85: But people rarely drive their "Lamborghini Sexarossas" (nice) every day, in stop and go, to the mall, to drop their little precious ones at school. And to call this a free country is a joke."

mr.chophoppers commented on Five Reasons Why We're Not Proud To Buy American Cars

"Question: If American cars are all made in Canada, and only sell well in Canada, why are they not Canadian?"

mr.chophoppers commented on Five Reasons Why We're Not Proud To Buy American Cars

"@b.borrman: As for dropping taxes on R&D to promote innovation (or just basic engineering, for that matter) - yes, this may work, but only if the capital gains tax is brought back up."

mr.chophoppers commented on Power Swelling Out Of The Hood And Telling The World Where It's At!

"How the hell did they reconcile the "MPG" slogan with a Turbo'd V8?"

mr.chophoppers commented on And So It Begins: Sex Traded For $100 Gas Card

"Walking is free."

mr.chophoppers commented on Michigan Governor Proposes Lower Speed Limits, Removing Last Reason To Stay In Michigan

"I have an old brochure for a Tata diesel engine (just the engine) which provides all kinds of curves and graphs displaying the sweet spots of the engine as far as power and fuel economy are concerned. Once gas hits $9/gal, maybe we will get similarly informative brochures rather than fudged EPA numbers which signify as much as my horoscope does."

mr.chophoppers commented on Merrill Lynch: GM Bankruptcy Is "Not An Impossibility," Stock Price Plummets

"Follow British Leyland's (Austin Rover, MG Rover, &c) slow death, and it becomes apparent that GM will wiggle for quite a while still."

mr.chophoppers commented on Exchange Rate Puts Kibosh On Saab 9-3 Employee Purchases; More To Come?

"As a bar manager, I feel for GM - I offer all of my staff a shift drink, and they always go for the Leffe Blonde or the very expensive Pinot Nero from Alto Adige."