<![CDATA[Comments from anaxomander]]> <![CDATA[Comments from anaxomander]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Plug-In Hybrid Pickup To Get 100 MPG, Sticker Of Calvin Peeing On Our Foreign Oil Dependency]]> Every time this topic comes up, people post questions like "where's the electricity coming from?" as if no one's ever thought of that before. Do a little research, folks. You're already on the internet.
Like badco/LoG (rolls right off the tongue!) says, the efficiency of a coal fired plant is far, far higher than even the stingiest sub-liter Honda. And yes, the grid is often taxed but *not at night*. As for coal--yes it's dirty to mine, ruins the rivers, mountains, and makes baby Jesus cry... but we have a hell of a lot of it. As in, decades worth. Whether we want to strip mine all of Wyoming is another issue.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Russell Simmons Hits SoHo: Maybach Owner, Obama Supporter]]> @anaxomander:
"who" for "how," obviously.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Russell Simmons Hits SoHo: Maybach Owner, Obama Supporter]]> @Rican5.0:
Hip-Hoppety dirt-bag? What are you, a racist Bill Cosby? Do you even know how Russell Simmons is? He might be a rich fruitcake but he's hardly a gang-banger.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Aussie Motorist Hits Koala, Koala Survives Only To Find Out It Has The Clap]]> @Ben Simons:
It's also a generic term... or was, back in the day.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on What's The Worst Car Color Combination?]]> None of the old (pre '88 or so) cars in this comment section are actually bad. Just as California cars *used* to become smog exempt after 30 years, so too do ridiculous paint jobs and styling abortions become charmingly tacky after 20 or 30 years. That's right, I'm looking at you, woodgrain, striped Pinto, T-bird...

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Car & Driver Drags Odd Couple Car Combos, Shows Mom's V6 Camry Is As Good As A WRX]]> @max-hiding-in-the-forrest32:

Amen. Not to mention the fact that there are more Americans in prison than there are working on farms. I'm not saying "Rotang" doesn't need to pull stumps and break down combines for a living, but he's part of a vanishingly small minority if he does. Specialty niche vehicles are awesome, but they are what they are.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Smug Gets Home-Grown: 2011 Toyota Prius Officially To Be Built In United States]]> @GasGuzzler:

Come on, Ray. Bring the banhammer already.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Citroen GSX: Brings Out Your Inner French Hoon!]]> Le Tarzan, C'est moi!

Is he swallowing his own tongue in the last few frames?

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on PCH, Hopelessly French Edition: 1925 Renault Type 45 or 1951 Citroen Traction-Avant?]]> Well they're both driven by Nazis in Indiana Jones movies, so that's a start. I don't think they used those 5 spoke alloys, tho'.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on North Carolina DMV Discovers Internet, Is Not Amused]]> Well, I was up in Berkeley yesterday, and the CA DMV seems to have allowed a certain Mercedes S420 the license plate "BUKAKE." So there's still hope... or something.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Avoid The Shaddock's Horrible Fate With The Citroën GS]]> I don't care what anybody else says. These things are seriously brilliant. And that balloon-holding fish in vwminispeedster's ad is scarier than a whole barrel full of twins from the Shining.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Think You've Got It Bad? Gas Hits $14.76 a Gallon In Britain]]> There's also the fact that when gas costs $2.50/litre in the UK, it's not all going into the pockets of the Saudis or Exxon/Esso. There's a ton of tax revenue that can be used for buying Marmite and fertilizing Prince Charles' organic vegetable garden instead.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on The SUV Is Dead. Long Live The SUV.]]> @frank_rizzo:
Fair enough, but I don't thing anyone here is actually talking about banning SUVs. What *would* make sense is something like taxing >6000lb GVW vehicles the same as passenger cars or even enforcing local restrictions on surface road GVW. (Why should my tax dollars pay to fix the potholes you made with your Canyonero, etc.)
There's a huge, huge distance between a completely free market (which is not what we actually have in the United States) and mean nasty inefficient communism, with all sort of financial levers that don't involve the gummin't telling you what you can and cannot do.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on DOTS-O-Rama Sunday: Fiat 500 Abarth]]> @PeteJayhawk:
It's okay as long as it's smaller than a breadbox.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Covered Wagon CRX, The Solution To San Francisco Housing Costs]]> The ladder rack leaves me wanting more. When Burning Man time rolls around, do they load it up with a couple of Tall Bikes and a 50 gallon drum of e-spiked water?

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Donald Rumsfeld, Vespa Driver]]> @crankcase:
Yes, how *dare* we make fun of Donald Rumsfeld.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Donald Rumsfeld, Vespa Driver]]> @PeteJayhawk:
I'm... on TV?

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Donald Rumsfeld, Vespa Driver]]> Needs a Deadspin-style "nightmare fuel" tag.

Here's hoping one his sock-garters catches in the rear wheel, Isadora Duncan style.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Apple To TomTom: 'Oh No You Di'int!' *snap* *snap*]]> @graverobber- Now accepting Diner's Club!:
Philly represent. Tho' it's probably easier to find Paw-paw fruit than tastycakes if you're driving somewhere in a Tata.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on John McCain Thinks We'll Have 100-Mile-Per-Charge Batteries By Election?]]> Wow. That post sure angried up the Jalopnik blood.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Boulder-Size Chunk Of My Manhattan Apartment Building Falls On BMW 3-Series, Reminds Me To Make Sure Life Insurance Paid Up]]> Was this one of the Bluth brothers? Always leave a note!

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Electric Mini-Hummer Spotted In The Wild]]> Does it run on beer and brats?

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on MIT-Developed "Aware Car" Rats Out Older Drivers]]> I for one am looking forward to a future of bumper car streets full of half blind bionic boomers piloting their 500hp fusion cars while hepped up on Viagra2.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on PCH, Canadian Ne'er-Do-Well Edition: Jaguar XJ-S Or 1940 Mopar Package Deal?]]> I'm pretty sure that dude is Hitler's grandson...

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Civic Pries Best-Seller Crown Away From Ford F-150's Cold, Dead Hands]]> @Deezee:
Well, the poseurs that pick an F-150 (not that it's ever a stripper model, but still) at least have some dignity. It's the jacked up, spotless F-350 Tritons that really scream "I have shit for brains."

Off topic: A late 50s rambler wagon just drove by. Schwing!

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Breckland Beira Is The Saturn Sky Everyone Wants]]> It's an attractive car, to be sure. (despite the double chin and cheesy foglights) But the name? Breckland Beira? Meredith Viera? De-alfa'd Brera? Jesus H. Christ in a chicken basket, that's bad.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Are We Entering A New Malaise Era?]]> @smalleyxb122:
Just to add to that: Toyota, for example, has been selling to/building for the same global customers and has managed to make--rather than lose--a ton of money. They make what I consider to be really, really boring cars, but they make them well, and profitably.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Before They Called Them Rat Rods: Hellhammer's Caddy-Powered Model T]]> I dig the original (well, original-looking) trunk. I'm pretty tired of the rear end stainless fuel keg look and with this setup Dave can haul a real keg along with his gas.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Max Mosley Rejects Treaty, Attacks The French]]> PTOTD. Post Title of the Day.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on PCH, Japanese Nostalgia Edition: 1969 Toyota Crown or 1959 Datsun 1000?]]> Isn't that South Carolina? Cuz' if it were Florida I'd be talking to my fiancee about how we needed to go visit her grandpa...

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Giant Vulva Bicycle Taxi Is Freudian Wet Dream]]> The real reason for Nick Hogan's accident: Ms. Mimosa Pale was bicycling past that tree.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Curtains And A Refrigerator: 1972 Toyota Crown Super Saloon]]> @j6r:
I see where you're coming from with that but I actually like it. It gives the front end some nice Millenium Falcon clamshell action. The lime-green flagpole on the left fender seals the deal, tho'.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Berkeley Isn't Just About The Prius: Street-Driven Jaguar XK140]]> @jeremyc:
Now more than ever, baby, now more than ever.
This car parks here a lot, actually. It looks even better in the fleshy metal.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on 2009 Nissan Maxima, Reviewed]]> I know the old 89-93(ish?) 4DSC Maxima only had 160-190 hp, but man was that a nicer looking car. What the hell is up with those headlights, Carlos?

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Are Hybrids Bunk?]]> I'd agree that most hybrids are pretty underwhelming, but I don't think any of the American versions are good examples. If you look at a ground-up design like the Prius or Insight or even the Civic hybrid, the difference is a lot more meaningful--if still not any better than diesel.
One other consideration (until they reached their quota) for Bay Area folks was the carpool lane stickers. Getting a civic hybrid for a few thousand extra makes a lot more sense when you save 15 minutes and a few bucks on the toll every morning. I have a couple friends here who have hybrids for just such healthy, selfish reasons.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Honda Fit Hybrid In The Works, Fit Is Go...ing Green]]> @Unevolved: Whoop!:
Well if they get it down to $5k and 15mpg then it's not such a bad deal. And since when did Americans make decisions based on anything but their emotions?

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Saab 95 Survives San Francisco Streets, Plus Bonus Lancia]]> I'm not crazy about the two-tone job on that 95, but it is amazingly clean. I prefer the look the early shortnose 2-strokes, but at least this is an early enough V4 model to still have the metal dash and toggle switches.
The Fulvia tho'? Bestill my heart. I don't know if there's another FWD out there that makes me quite as hot and bothered.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on PCH, Fun With Honda Engines Edition: NSX-Powered Legend or Turbo Civic?]]> @staircar:
Ah! Makes not-so-perfect sense. Was that a Sterling thing or an early Honda V6 thing?

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on PCH, Fun With Honda Engines Edition: NSX-Powered Legend or Turbo Civic?]]> Paint job? Haven't you guys heard about the CHP's fleet of late 80s civic sedans? It was right before they switched over to Nissan Pulsars. It's perfect. All it's missing is a NO FEAR sticker on the front windshield and a giant marijuana leaf on the back.
What I really want to know, though, is how the hell do you mount an engine longitudinally in a Legend? Going from a mid-rear setup to a front-front sounds like hell to me.

]]> <![CDATA[anaxomander commented on Pimps, Pirates, and PMS: The Art Cars Of The 24 Hours of LeMons]]> Great stuff. Another point in the LeMons cars' favor: art cars, besides appearing in the occasional "How Berkeley Can you Be?" procession (not that there's anything wrong with that) mostly just sit there around corner from the health food store or down the street from the organic bagel shop, gathering pollen and the odd parking ticket.
It's something else entirely to spend months building one of these babies and then spend a weekend crashing it into other cars. It's the righteous art-car circle of life or something.

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