00solstice commented on Keep Your Premium Car, Ditch The Premium Gas

"I have an 2 MPG readouts (measuring both immmediate trip and tankfull) on my stock 1995 VR6 (~113,000 miles)."

00solstice commented on The Second Malaise Era IS Upon Us!

"@The Uncle_Bo 500: I'm not prone to spouting COTD nominations, but your comment really hit the nail on the head. And your last paragraph?"

00solstice commented on In 1974 Car & Driver Mods Pinto With $11 and Tires, Gets 25% Better Mileage

"@skaz: "My 1986 VW Cabriolet weighed 3,000 pounds." With or without the 800lb gorilla in the passenger seat?"

00solstice commented on It's a Long Way To Empty In a 1980 Datsun 210

"My dad had a '78 or '79 B210 when I was 6 years old."

00solstice commented on How About A Yugo For The 24 Hours Of LeMons?

"gah."

00solstice commented on How About A Yugo For The 24 Hours Of LeMons?

"Pop culture paints the Yugo as lemon, but those in the know recognize the unflattering reputation stemmed from consumers believing they could treat a $4000 car as disposable, maintanence-free appliance. The detractors can say what they want about the Yugo, but it reminds me of when my friend and I took our $250 1986 Yugo GV on the 2006 BigAppleBigEasy Rally. [killboy.blogspot.com] I bought it off ebay somewhere in central Connecticut, drove it 100 miles up Boston."

00solstice commented on GMCock-Block: Arnett Out As Voice Of KITT, Val Kilmer In

"@2006Jeeptj: sexy and sultry [...] not that aweful AppleBeee voice though." Wanda Sikes as KITT?"

00solstice commented on Detroit Auto Show: Ford Verve North American Version Live

"@vdubber69: From one VW aficianado to another: Someone who chooses the handle VDUBBER69 lists Henry Ford's debatable influence upon an antisemitic publication as a reason to fault the current company?"

00solstice commented on Nestt Futuristic Car Seat Design Makes Us Shed A Tear

"."Mork calling Orson, come in Orson...""

00solstice commented on A-Team Remake in The Works, Fools Sure To Be Pitied

"@RLJ676Oh, like his WoW commercial?"

00solstice commented on Senate Passes Revised Energy Bill, Hybrid Escalades For All!

"@clinto: @FastGTI: I've said it elsewhere and I'll say it here: you want hydrogen fuel and the infrastructure to provide it?"

00solstice commented on Ford, MySpace and the Internet in General Reach for New Low

"That was distrubingly vapid."

00solstice commented on "GET OSAMA" Man Wants 9/11 Vanity Plates

"If I can read a driver's vanity/option plate, it's because he's in front of me and (thus) impeding flow of quicker traffic."

00solstice commented on The Speed Racer Trailer: Prepare to Trip Balls

"@FreeMan: I think polyex was referring to problem of society becoming creatively lazy, which is may not be merely coincidental with physically lazy and a lack of industriusness and ambition."

00solstice commented on Mk. II Golf Deconstruction Madness

"@teargas: Very good point..."

00solstice commented on Mk. II Golf Deconstruction Madness

"Judging by the instrument cluster hood on the dashboard, it's left hand drive..."

00solstice commented on Chiranjeevi Tractor Fight!

"@harumph: Somebody mentioned it in the horse-skidding thread..."

00solstice commented on First Pictures From Speed Racer Movie

"(the stills suggest the movie includes a Trunk Monkey, though."