Murilee Martin commented on Broken Parts And Bleeding Knuckles At The 24 Hours Of Lemons, at 8:00 PM on May 16 @ShachiHamit: We brought a parts car along, but that's because you can get dead Volvo 240s for free and we had two car trailers available. We were really hoping our parts car's fuel pump would get the Porcubimmer back on the track, but it didn't work out. more »

Murilee Martin commented on Huge Wing, Eyeballs Propel Make:Way Escort To 33rd-Place LeMons Finish!, at 6:35 PM on May 16 @tomic: I tried to talk my teammates into adding a huge aircraft-style rudder for some Forbidden Racing Tech goodness, with the rudder actuated by a rope-around-steering-column rig... more »

Murilee Martin commented on Broken Parts And Bleeding Knuckles At The 24 Hours Of Lemons, at 11:48 AM on May 16 @LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot: The problem is that the guys who can ID and pull parts quickly are also the ones that would be most valuable back in the pits. more »

Murilee Martin commented on Broken Parts And Bleeding Knuckles At The 24 Hours Of Lemons, at 2:52 AM on May 16 @Sideways: I'm thinking all the teams should chip in to hire a crew of guys who wait at the nearest Pick Your Part, cellphones and massive tool collection at the ready, scheduled to shuttle a load of needed parts to the track every hour. Yeah, that's it. more »

Murilee Martin commented on Broken Parts And Bleeding Knuckles At The 24 Hours Of Lemons, at 5:41 PM on May 15 @TexanIdiot25 [Hunting for Lemons]: Yes! more »

Murilee Martin commented on Pimps, Pirates, and PMS: The Art Cars Of The 24 Hours of LeMons, at 5:08 PM on May 15 @smoke~: Not to say we aren't all about the Pride here, but where's the gayness in these cars? more »

Murilee Martin commented on Broken Parts And Bleeding Knuckles At The 24 Hours Of Lemons, at 4:28 PM on May 15 @FreeMan: The nearest self-service junkyards were about 45 minutes away from the track. more »

Murilee Martin commented on Pimps, Pirates, and PMS: The Art Cars Of The 24 Hours of LeMons, at 1:53 PM on May 15 @LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot: And the Porcubimmer, of course, but that goes without saying. more »

Murilee Martin commented on Pimps, Pirates, and PMS: The Art Cars Of The 24 Hours of LeMons, at 1:52 PM on May 15 @LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot: It was the PIMPIN [not-equal-to sign] EZ license plate that made me love the Eyesore Pimps' theme the most. more »

Murilee Martin commented on Pimps, Pirates, and PMS: The Art Cars Of The 24 Hours of LeMons, at 1:47 PM on May 15 @Buzz Killington: All right, just trying to make sure we don't get any of that "THIS TEH LAME!!11!!" nonsense that infects so many sites these days. more »

Murilee Martin commented on Pimps, Pirates, and PMS: The Art Cars Of The 24 Hours of LeMons, at 1:46 PM on May 15 @Jonny Lieberman: Yeah, the Scalawags' rig wouldn't have been all that cool if not for the very animated skeleton apparently doing the driving. more »

Murilee Martin commented on What's The Ultimate Pizza Delivery Vehicle?, at 1:44 PM on May 15 By the way, the photo of the Cyclone above highlights its (and its Torino sibling's) worst feature: the tiny trunklid and incredibly deep trunk space. more »

Murilee Martin commented on What's The Ultimate Pizza Delivery Vehicle?, at 1:41 PM on May 15 @HankelTransform: Ah, the Deliverator. more »

Murilee Martin commented on Pimps, Pirates, and PMS: The Art Cars Of The 24 Hours of LeMons, at 1:39 PM on May 15 @theeastbaykid: Whoa, I thought that thing looked familiar. more »

Murilee Martin commented on Pimps, Pirates, and PMS: The Art Cars Of The 24 Hours of LeMons, at 1:39 PM on May 15 @Buzz Killington: Thanks for adding value to the discussion, Buzz. more »

Murilee Martin commented on The Top 50 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons, at 12:44 PM on May 15 @16X4ME: I believe that's a SHO Taurus, so not quite as silly as you might think at first glance. more »

Murilee Martin commented on The Top 50 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons, at 5:20 AM on May 15 @tomic: He can still sell $400 worth of stuff from it to get under the limit. more »

Murilee Martin commented on So, What About The Porcubimmer?, at 10:44 PM on May 14 @LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot: Hey, we all appreciated how low-stress it was to pass the Make:Way Escort. more »