Had to have his Columbian girlfriend translate for us. I have Mexican in-laws, so maybe that helped.

True, the practical range of a battery powered vehicle of similar weight will be a lot less than a ICE mini; but it will certainly be adequate for an average LA commute, outlying commuter champions not included.

Operating cost about 1/5 gas? Sign me up.

@zsvdkhnorc: Tata steel (a profitable company) would be nuts to sell its product to Tata cars (a theoretically profitable company) for less than market value. Steel is commodity.

This was back in the late 70's, so there was almost certainly marijuana involved; very likely on both sides of the counter. Else none of us would ever have been caught dead inside a McDonalds.

Yes, we really did have more fun back then.

Please, please. We prefer the term BlueTool.

Seriously, I bought a $29 bluetooth device at Costco last week and I'm a little disappointed in the sound quality. I get a better sound just holding the cell next to my ear, with or without my hearing aid in place (I'm hard of hearing). Guess you get what you pay for. Still, I live in Washington state, so I'm gonna use it. I tend to pull over as soon as safely possible to reduce road noise while on a call anyway. Another way in which being deaf makes you a safer driver.

OTOH, a melon-orange Murcielago passed me in my wife's Subie wagon today at about 110.

Me: "Jesus God Wow!"

Wife: "What was that?"

Daughter: "Daaaaaddy... did you take the Lord's name in vain?"

Could it possibly be they watered it down for the print edition?

I guess there's always Dinosaur Comics: [qwantz.com] I wonder when that will show up in print?

(love ya Charles, really. But from the comments I've seen on Wonkette and Jezzie, I know that your side is capable of some serious snark. So lay it on us, bro. I feel you've been holding back on us, tho' the back hair joke is a good start.)

Well maybe some of the PG-13-edited ones. Even back then, certain girls would do anything for the camera. I hope my kids never accidentally find the box of unlabeled VHS tapes I somehow lost. Some great* documentary* footage of early-1980's Seattle area rock bands in there, too.

* Using loose definitions of the terms "great" and "documentary" here.

C'mon, folks. This isn't Vegas-to-Barstow-by-sunrise we're talking about. It's a smallish, extremely congested town we're talking about, with buses and subways an' all 'at shit.

I've already got one (a gen-X urban chick, that is) but I'm still hoping to get my shirt in babyshit yellow. Ms. Martin, my order is the one for a large that says pleasepleaseplease...NOT BLUE in the PayPal comments.

I think if he did turn up on TG USA, he'd be the only one brave enough to really rail on the hopelessly shitty cars.

That is, he wouldn't be afraid to call call a spade a spade, as it were.

After all, everyone has to pee. And it actually does them some good.

I imagine him and Ash kicking back in the commenter executive lounge laughing and hobnobbing over brandy and cigars...

I think it needs a little polishing if he's going win this thing.

Two guys would unzip, take out their ...

Um, nevermind.

Hoo boy! That Wilfred Brimley is sure old. That McCain guy too.

Yow.

On the other hand, with an eye to increased demand in Asia, I'd be even less surprised to see gas at $5/gal.

With a more efficient car you win either way. Just a question of how much.

Allah Akbar!

When it gets up to $6.60, I think I ditch the rest of the four, replace it with a somewhat lighter electric motor, and swap out that 150 lb (filled) gas tank for a 150 lb battery pack. Should be something like that around 2012 or so.

No! You're wrong! It has to work that way! I'm an American, dammit, and I need my SUV, I just don't want to pay to feed it. I'll vote Republican and everything will be all right. Rush promised me.

(wanders off murmuring to self)

Vote republican. Vote republican. Voterepublican Voterepublican VoterepublicanVoterepublican VoterepublicanVoterepublican....

Hey, isn't time for American Idol?

We tried, we had some laffs, we failed.

Love ya baby, haven't seen you at Wonkette much lately, having problems logging in?

I'll rest up by working my freaking ass off at work all sumer and come back fresh as a daisy in October.

So keep it just a little too long for all future TV snippets - especially on FOX. As long as you are young enough to get away with it. But fer crissakes get a proper rep tie.