<![CDATA[Comments from CharlzR]]> <![CDATA[Comments from CharlzR]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on 1973 Buick Electra 225, With Bonus 1973 Poll]]> Ah, the 1973 MGB. I knew a hot cheerleader who had one. And even though she never gave me access to the much more pleasurable ride that some of my more athletic friends apparently enjoyed, she did let me drive the MG.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Gibbs To Set Up Shop In Detroit, Finally Build Aquada Amphibious Car]]> The perfect vehicle from which to observe the sinking US auto industry...

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on 1960 Peugeot 403, With Bonus French Car Poll]]> Still waiting for the DOTS Citroen SM.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Mystery Corvette Concept From Transformers 2 Movie Gets New Beauty Shots, Multiplies!]]> My guess: Not the Corvette, the Corvolt!

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8, Part Three]]> Yeah, yeah, kid around all you want about tree-hugging, America-hating commies not liking this car. I actually *want* to be driving a Bruce-tacular American-made new car in twenty years. But this thing is a vehicle for fiddling while Rome burns. Any manufacturer that isn't fully engaged with alternative fuels and technologies right now is not going to make the cut. I'm all for saving old classics for car shows and Sunday drives. But making something like this that wants to claim the old rules of cheap gas still apply isn't simply stupid or suitable only to fat boomers who only listen to classic rock. It's a good way to put the last nail in the coffin of an auto industry whose only real greatness has derived from innovation, not myopic, self-indulgent waste.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on The 1986 Honda CRX Si: Good For 17,000,000 MPH!]]> Gee, I always figured it to be just a quick lap around the cameraman...

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III, Plus Bonus Lincoln Poll]]> Yeah, this is nice alright, but in terms of styling and proportions, it's all about the Mk V, for which the special editions were just an added bonus. Who cares about the 125 hp V-8?

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Challenger Pricing Announced, Hemi Under $30k Before Dealer Markup]]> Just in time for $4 gas. Nice work, guys.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented]]> That's an upgrade? Maybe they could upgrade it visually.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Taste The 2009 Ferrari California Rainbow!]]> Suddenly Ferrari's multi-year waiting list looks like a good thing. I don't want to have to see one of these for 24 months or more. There was a period when Hyundai started ripping off small design cues from the 456. Why is Ferrari taking the rear fender line from an old Tiburon? Hideous! They have clearly phoned this one in, with the expectation that all the new Russian and Chinese money wil comeporuing in anyway.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Saab 95 Survives San Francisco Streets, Plus Bonus Lancia]]> The two-tone paint on the Saab needs to follow the converging V-line on the hood. Then it would be perfect. The Fulvia, of course, is already.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Nooooo! Two Sweet Pontiacs Destroyed For Sake Of Art]]> This strikes me as not that well thought out. If he is going to ruin two more-or-less classic cars, he should follow the process all the way through to making them unrecognizable junk. As it is, it looks like he didn't understand the physics of it well enough to know what to do when the noses started to move upward.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented]]> A special tip of the hat to the Frank Stella tribute 2002.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Toyota Prius Global Cumulative Sales Pass One Million... Is That A Native American Crying?]]> @weatherman: I agree. I don't get the hate either. Build some bloated yuppie nostalgia wagon with more horsepower than most of its yahoo buyers could ever handle, and they'll praise you to the skies. But build something that makes a palpable move toward the efficiency that is absolutely necessary in a world of declining oil, and you're branded as a delusional and sanctimonious douchebag.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Spada TS Codatronca Production Announced, Tie Fighters No Longer Cool]]> The front is derivative (Lambo) and cheap looking. The proportions (for the 1st 3/4) are derivative and unremarkable because maybe of the Corvette basis? The rear is a horrible mismatch of C2 Vette boattail and GTO Breadvan with too may fussy details. Designer of the Alfa TZ1 should have rested on his laurels, not gone back to overdo drastically a previously charming styling eccentricity, whether it's aerodynamic or not.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on The Top 50 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons]]> @selfhatingotaku: I think identical roof mascots are awesome. In a couple years, most cars will have them!

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Study: California Hands-Free Law Could Save Hundreds Of Lives]]> Why are we so sure that the issue is what the hands are doing? The issue is what the brain is doing. Pay attention to the road!!

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Hot Rod Citroen DS Packs A Familiar Punch]]> @mr.chöppèrs: I'm with you. Citroën pointed its own way toward hoonage with the SM. Why not some updated Ferrari mill running through the front wheels with hydraulics intact? I like the bodywork and I don't mind the color.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Trust the Legends Racer]]> White pants? MY pants would not be white after a session like that...

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Awwww, Brand Logos When They Were Babies]]> Let me guess. The Chevy was not a bow tie, but a bib.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Ferrari-Branded Motorola V9 Coming]]> It allows you to imagine that you are having phone sex with a higher class of, uh, partner.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on First Official Sound Clips Of The Ferrari GT]]> My cynicism about multi-year waitlists for bazillionaires only is largely mitigated by the general Bruce of the engine noise. But those didn't sound like redline shifts to me. I expect this thing to rev to 9200 rpms or so, and I want to hear it driven in absolute anger.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on GM May Divorce SUV's From Truck Frames, Why Not Just Go to Skateboards?]]> Don't any of you care about the real issues?! What about cupholders and video screens?!

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Basket Case Vespa 400 Will Be Check Writing Extravaganza]]> At 17 hp, maybe I could just rebody my John Deere lawn tractor on the cheap.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on 1981 Ford Escort SS: Built To Take On The World, And Doin' It!]]> I started to drive a 78 Fiesta around this time. The Escort was clunky and uninspiring by comparison.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on GM Buys Renaissance Center Headquarters for $626 Million]]> Let's see. Out-of-date. Bloated. Inefficient. Garish. Skewed toward a shrinking market. By golly, it IS the perfect move for GM.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on 1972 Lincoln Continental Mark IV]]> If I'm headed the luxobarge route, I'd prefer the Mark V. It's ridiculously even larger, even more crisp, and I can spend my time deciding among the various designer special editions--Bill Blass, Givenchy, Cardin, etc.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on BMW X6 Sells Out]]> In fact, didn't Jack Palance used to pick better SUV's than this out of his sh*t?

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on 2010 Ford Taurus SHO Renderings Updated]]> The boy racer stripes have got to go...

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Ferrari F149 Dino California GT Thingamacar Caught Without Crazy Rear Camo]]> Yawn. Looks a lot like a Maranello to me.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on 2010 Ford Taurus SHO Possibly In The Works, Ford SHOpping Idea To Focus Groups]]> Indeed, focus groups blow. No car with personality, no car that anyone really admires has ever come from a focus group. High performance, good handling, singularity of vision will make customers out of people who weren't sure what they wanted until they saw it.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Big-Bumper Spitfire Saves The Day!]]> So many fantasies:

A Spitfire that can make the trip without breaking down.

And a pregnant woman both willing and able to sit in one, let alone get out of it.

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on PickupTrucks.com Sold To Cars.com, We're Going To Register 4DoorCoupe.com]]> @Red AuerБЯд╒╒: Isn't anything ending in -nik already Yiddish enough? Not that you can ever be Yiddish enough...

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Mooning Speed Cameras Are Quickest Way To Get Your Ass In Trouble]]> I hate to be the dickhead here, but the brainy and cultured car site is no good without proper grammar. Mooning Speed Cameras IS Quickest Way...

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Bugatti Veyron Sang Noir Special Edition Shows Bugatti's Dark Side]]> Because no matter how much money you have, some SOB has more and needs to prove it to everybody. Seriously, whatever happened to people who get sports car because they simply enjoy driving?

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on 1980s New Jersey Time Capsule: 19K-Mile Datsun 240Z Could Be Yours!]]> @Morphine: Um, shouldn't you be on the Burt Reynolds thread?

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on Federal Engineering #4 Racer Found In North Texas]]> @Bee1: Or an overflow tank for the totally rad...

(sorry, couldn't resist)

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on This Japanese Mini Cooper Does Everything Backwards]]> There's always the Sbarro Super 12...

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]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on 1979 Porsche 928]]> My friend's dad had a later-model Euro-spec 928, which I drove 130 mph across the Ohio West Virginia border many years ago. The car had plenty left. It was my testicles that reached their limit...

]]> <![CDATA[CharlzR commented on 100 MPG Or Bust: Motive Industries Release Renderings Of Their X PRIZE Entrant]]> @Chinese Knockoff Bento: Or have Austin Powers market it and call it the Behave...

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