Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on Woman Shifting Gears In Fiat 500 Oddly Entrancing, at 1:16 PM on May 16 Of the clutch-using women I've ridden in cars with over the years, I think the most talented is probably my mother. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on Is The Mustang Still Relevant?, at 1:11 PM on May 16 @Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant: I feel like I should apologize to the other Steinbeck fans out there. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on Is The Mustang Still Relevant?, at 1:08 PM on May 16 The Mustang is everywhere. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on Woman Shifting Gears In Fiat 500 Oddly Entrancing, at 12:51 PM on May 16 You know, I think I've actually met Bonnie. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on Pimps, Pirates, and PMS: The Art Cars Of The 24 Hours of LeMons, at 7:54 PM on May 15 @Jonny Lieberman: Wow, two comments in one thread and I'm already thinking of booking a flight to South Carolina for LeMons South. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on Pimps, Pirates, and PMS: The Art Cars Of The 24 Hours of LeMons, at 7:52 PM on May 15 @Jonny Lieberman: I was never able to figure out whether the pirate was somehow hooked up to the steering linkage or was just swaying with the breeze. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on Definitely Not Jeffrey Lebowski's Torino: Welcome To Chile!, at 10:49 PM on May 14 @readplays: Those are good burgers, Dude. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on Full Details On Ford Australia's Multi-Flavored FPV Falcon Lineup, at 5:34 PM on May 14 @rlj676: I'm with you on the position that Ford's (and GM's and Chrysler's) biggest obstacle in the sales race is the public's perception that American cars are poorly designed and indifferently assembled-- in short, that they're low-quality. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on The Top 50 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons, at 5:19 PM on May 14 @Novaload: The field find Benz 190 was indeed there, but it had to drop out fairly early in the first day when it blew its head gasket. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on The Top 50 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons, at 12:50 PM on May 14 I'm proud to have been a hanger-on with the third place team, and it was my privilege to hold the funnel as the real crew members poured fuel into the Motoring J Style MR2. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on When You Go From 44th To 15th Place In Six Hours, You Get A Few Dings, at 9:42 PM on May 13 @LandofMinos: That's a reference to the movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." It's said by Sean Penn (before he won an Oscar for best actor) after he messes up a car belonging to Forest Whittaker (before he won an Oscar for best actor.) See it. Also, anyone within a 1000 mile radius of a LeMons race should DEFINITELY GO. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on 1976 Audi Fox Wagon: Choice Of Discerning Pit Crew Members!, at 9:25 PM on May 13 @JoeWoodsprite: I remember that too.... Actually, I saw this car in the Altamont parking lot, and I was impressed. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on Commenter Of The Day: The Lies We Want To Hear Edition, at 9:11 PM on May 13 @Number_Six: And it gets even weirder when you remember that Max's parents were prominent British Nazis who got married at the home of their good buddy Joseph Goebbels. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on Commenter Of The Day: The Lies We Want To Hear Edition, at 9:08 PM on May 13 @diskreet: Nobody's CONDEMNING Max Mosley for indulging in his creepy fantasies. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on Commenter Of The Day: Jeffery Berman Edition, at 10:17 PM on May 12 @Paul Y. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on Yes, Those Were Vacuum-Operated Skulls On The Black Metal V8olvo's Roof, at 6:33 PM on May 12 @Murilee Martin: You don't think they'd look better on your Crown Vic? more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on Yes, Those Were Vacuum-Operated Skulls On The Black Metal V8olvo's Roof, at 5:59 PM on May 12 Having seen the V8olvo in action and up close, and having met some of the people behind it, I can say with absolute certainty that "Evil Genius Racing" was the right name for this team. @Murilee Martin: The Nixon stuff reminds me-- someone needs to turn a K-car limo (like the one Tricky Dick rode around in during the Reagan years) into a LeMon. more »

Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant commented on Here's Why Yesterday's Fatal LeMons Crash Is So Hard To Believe, at 10:06 AM on May 11 @rudolphdude: David Freiburger was there with Carjunkietv.com, and it seems that quite a few teams have blogs or websites. I'm not going to be able to make it to the second day of the race-- mothers can be so unreasonable about Mother's Day-- but I wish everybody the best. more »