<![CDATA[Comments from Placebo]]> <![CDATA[Comments from Placebo]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Production 2010 Chevy Camaro Revealed!]]> Bitchin'

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on How Important Is Crash Test Performance To You?]]> When neighborhood crazy old guy stutter-slowed for a stop sign and then drove RIGHT INTO the side of my MINI in March, I renewed my membership in the 'buy the safest vehicle you can and then drive it for fun club'. That my wife and little girl were in the car at the time probably helped convince me for the need for passive safety. For sure that they were in the car helped this helpless old dude live through the experience. Oh, his freaking GM mini-van was fine, but I would have pulled him out of the window crack by his short hairs if they hadn't been there. "Are you guys OK?" ~one second passes~ "Whelp, I gotta go kick his ass! Be right back... oh yeah, call the cops after I get back, this won't take long"

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Project Car Hell, God Save The Queen Edition: Jensen GT or Lotus Elan?]]> For pure hell, the Lotus is the call. Couple an outstanding engine that in the best of shape needs a "quick" rebuild about every 7k miles with the fact that this time bomb was untouched for X years and you have pure, unadulterated frustration.

Disclaimer: Lotus is the most best car company ever, even with the frustration that their somewhat poor durability products sometimes produce. Good enough for Jim Clark, etc. and I had a '71 Europa S2 and a '91 Elan and loved them both very much. I've often though about an old Esprit, but I'm older and wiser now.

Hell, fly in with your tool kit and drive that tasty Jensen home in cool, mini-shooting brake style. Easy peasy. Or be a man, get the Lotus and join history.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on What Kind Of Super-Rich Car Buyer Would You Be?]]> Chevy Aveo, baby, but an LT!

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Obama: Detroit Will Build Cars Of The Future]]> OH HAHAHAHA, see, McCain is OLD! Har-dee-har-har. BO doesn't have a lot of experience - hee hee!

Try harder guys, seriously.

Now, where is this flying car?

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on The Five Best Ways To Steal Gas...And One Really Bad Way]]> Jay Leno hires little people to steal gas? Man this country is going to hell if Jay Leno can't fill his tank.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Hideki Noda's LMP2 Car Flips The Fuck Out In Le Mans Practice Session]]> That driver is one cool customer. I mean, really, a nap whilst all that hell is going on around you? Day-um.

I hope that he's OK and that the team doesn't get too disappointed with missing the big show.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on 2010 Ford Fusion Interior, Bow Down To The Mega Screen]]> Dat's droopy! Even for diversionary cammy.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Donald Rumsfeld, Vespa Driver]]> @al_beaton: That sounds like a fricking GREAT weekend to me. Rummy, probably not so much.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Max Mosley Wins FIA Vote, Keeps Job]]> I for one welcome our Nazi whore ass-whipping overlords...

Wait, no I don't. It's inconceivable that a bunch of people actually think that this sleazy pervert has any respect, much less could actually operate as president of a worldwide sanctioning body. The guy is a rolling joke and is grievously out of touch with modern political realities. Of course, he, Kwame and Robert Mugabe can continue to insist that they are still in charge, when all of us are laughing, er, crying at the crap that they are spewing, their demagoguery and wanton power grabs. Egotistical bastards! It's a new low point and I'm depressed.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on VW Caddy Carrera Cup Edition: A Diesel Porsche Van?]]> Hells yeah, hey Ford (Transit) or VW, get it in gear and get it over here pronto. Placebos like what he sees and he sees a family-pleasing camping mobile that is fun to drive and gets some decent mileage (diesel? Pleasel!) and that can occasionally hold a scooter or two. Bring it.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on The Greatest Fierrari Enzno Ever Sold]]> This vehicle is built of win and is the most awesome car evar!

(wait for it)

I want one!

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on 2009 Hyundai Genesis]]> And I'd love an edit button! We used to go OUT, not OUR...
Grrrr.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on 2009 Hyundai Genesis]]> C'mon Ray, sick with kimchi? We used to go our for that stuff all the time back in Orlando... and up here, that place that used to be over on Southfield (Wah-lee?) had some awesome Korean. Perhaps they set you up with some "special" stuff just for the visitors? Anyway, Wah lee is sadly gone, speaking of which... that was an excellent write up. You keep this stuff up and we are going to be rudderless once again, but I guess that's the point isn't it. We'll miss you Ray.

I recommend Sonatas all the time, especially to those who don't really care about 1) depreciation, 2) long-term durability and 3) actually driving the thing. People love them!

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Are You Worthy Of Alice Cooper's Studebaker Avanti?]]> @PeteJayhawk: And of course he's a major Christian as well. So there's two strokes against him. Not that there is anything wrong with being a Christian, I just try not to buy used cars from someone who 'leans' on their religion a little too much, if you know what I mean.

Pity about the rims. Poor choice with that ride.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on GM's "Maximum" Bob Lutz Using Twitter, Giving Random Shout-Outs to Auto Journalists?]]> I'm gonna go get me one of them 'hamburgers'.

Maximum Bob

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Shopping For A Hillman Hunteramino? Iran Khodro Bardo!]]> That is a truely appropriate vehicle for these times. Tough and ugly, I bet that it rocks regular unleaded and delivers 30-plus mpg. It's ironic as hell and the nerd/weenie demographic would be all over it. It's a damn shame that there is simply no chance that this will ever be available in the U.S. That alone makes me sadder than a very sad person.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Max Mosley Turning Tables On F1 Teams, Avoiding Them At Monaco]]> Sure he's free to attend.
"Buy a ticket just like everyone else, Hitler"

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Is It Smart To Drive A Smart?]]> Smart is one decent transmission away from being an acceptable, albeit weird, vehicle. I liked them from the start in Europe and got to drive one of the old ones some time ago. Yes, funky and slow, but a gas to drive... except for the preposterous shift-by-mail transmission. Damn, it killed the whole dream for me.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Turbine-Powered Porsche 928]]> Who's the U-boat, er, Me-626 commander, er, pilot?

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on UAW-American Axle Contract Talks Stall...Like An American Axle PCM?]]> Jimmy Hoffa's going to be pissed...Wait.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Dutch Ferrari Takes A Swim, Needs Diving Lessons]]> I done fell off the gol-durn road (sounds better with Swedish accent)

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on F1 Teams Plan To Avoid Mosley In Monaco]]> Whip it good!

Kwame Mosely is a naughty persons LOL.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on 2009 Ford Focus Coupe Gets New Look, Lipstick...Still A Pig]]> I like it, and until they can AFFORD to bring the new design over, it'll do. In fact, I'll probably have one in a four-door in the next year or two. But not in that red. Ugh.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Ferrari-Branded Motorola V9 Coming]]> @bzr the paranoid android: I was going to riff on if the phone would drive you off the track if it didn't like who you were calling, but then I read your slam on poseurs. Nicely played sir.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Renault-Nissan And Bajaj Team Up On Tata-Upstaging $2,500 Car]]> ULC! - laugh while you can, we'll all be driving this "balsa wood clown car" in a couple of years. I'll still be riding my Bajaj, a proper one, an old-school scoot.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on 2008 Suzuki SX4, Part Three]]> I love me some 'zuki. Back in the day, I had the dildo shifter in my Swift GTi and it was embarassing (the sex tool shifter, not the car). My dad-in-law gets absolutely misty talking about his old Samuri. My sister-in-law's death curse on cars was stymied for much longer than anyone thought possible on her Geo Metro ('you are supposed to change/add OIL?!') My wife absolutely loves her Aerio SX AWD and it really has a ton of room for the $. Suzuki is a best kept secret for sure.

One thing: Can someone loan me $1500 for a new A/C compressor for a 2003 Aerio?

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Riiight. What is it with the world these days?

1. Max Mosely - thinks that he still is the president of the FIA - but he isn't (can't represent the FIA 'cause everyone thinks that he is a skeevy perv).
2. Kwame Kilpatrick - thinks that he still is the mayor of Detroit - but he isn't (the city council openly mocks him and gives him the "la la la, I can't hear you" treatment).
3. GM nixes the "El Camino" name from upcoming sport truck - but it is (and always will be called "El Camino" by those in the know).

Weird.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Toyota Prius: The Silent Killer Strikes Again]]> That story sounds like something my old grandad would say:
"By gum, if all cars were so silent, only the silent should have cars"

Nope, I don't really miss him.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Minneapolis PD Buys T3 Motion Trike, Saint Paul Cops Point, Laugh]]> *** Secret Police 3-Wheeler Avoidance tactic ***

Make a 90-degree turn. It's a free never-go to-jail card!

Didn't they outlaw those atrocious ATV three wheelers, cause, they fall over when turning at anything other than a walking pace, high-siding the unfortunate rider? Go cops, go!

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on A Brief Lesson On How To Fail At A Toll Booth]]> Sadly, the woman seen in the video raced close to the pace in the parking lot from the outset, battling between rivals while a couple of lengths back down the backlot, before offering her rally turning for home and the parking pay pylon. It was a winning-type move that left her clear of the remaining challengers at the entryway; she just couldn't go with a smooth pull up, pay and go. This driver will always be remembered for her effort, but was sadly euthanized just out of camera view.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on 1967 Chevy Impala With ToteMotel Camper For Sale, Seller Doesn't See What's So Damn Funny]]> Things sure seem to have gone to hell in Bedford Falls since George Bailey got himself uninvented.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Best Show And Tell Ever - Solar T41-M9A Gas Turbine Jet Engine]]> @beercheck: I love the pic of J. Mays' wild weekend. What a crazy dude.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on McLaren Boss Ron Dennis Denies Setting Up Max Mosley]]> Don't mess with Sir Jackie Stewart. Dude is ruthless.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on 2010 Ford Fusion]]> I knew that would happen.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Absinthe, Darkness Cannot Deter Franzouse From Capturing Paris DAF]]> That's cool. It just seemed that the combination of absinthe, the late hour, and the general feel of those photos... well, you know, anything can happen in Paris. Good story, and adds to the worldwide knowledge of DAF.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Commenter Of The Day: Let's Do The Time Warp Edition]]> Fail. It's PRNDL. Play again soon.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on 2010 Ford Fusion]]> I'm really sick of the 'forever' posting feature of the Jalop. And the inevitable double-post fever.

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on 2010 Ford Fusion]]> Dumping on Dave, that's a new one. Y'all go gangratulate yourselves in the corner.

I'm with the Chairman on this one, I'll probably be driving it next cycle (in Mercury form, just 'cause I'm nutty over Jill).

]]> <![CDATA[Placebo commented on Absinthe, Darkness Cannot Deter Franzouse From Capturing Paris DAF]]> That's DAF-tastic! You made up the part about the Armenian priest, right?

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