<![CDATA[Comments from wannabewannabe]]> <![CDATA[Comments from wannabewannabe]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Miata Owner Gets Bored, Swaps In Jaguar V12]]> @schoolpsych: Dammit! You beat me to it. Stupid work (by which I mean other websites).

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on What's The Best 2+2?]]> @UDMan: Of course the Pontiac 2+2 could be optioned as a 3+3. And given it's size and likely lack of seat belts, you could probably make it a 4+4 while maintaining an equivalent amount of room as most of the 2+2s listed above.

I nominate the 63 Buick Riviera.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Forget The British Car Jokes: Panama To Alaska In An Aston Martin!]]> Oh to have money.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Corvette Set Ablaze By Fireworks, Project Car Hell Comes To Life]]> Photoshop

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on At 661 HP, The 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Is A Very Magic Woman]]> This may be the pinnacle of what I see all the time at hot rod shows: money buys lots of things; taste is not one of them.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III, Plus Bonus Lincoln Poll]]> Murilee, I would argue that "staid Cadillac" pulled off "outrageous and beautiful" even better than Lincoln with the 67-70 Eldorados. However, I will grant you that the Lincoln is at least a degree more pimptastic.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on What's The Fastest Speed You've Ever Been Ticketed For?]]> 72 in a 70.

No, wait, wrong question of the day...

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Truck Antlers Provide Outlet For Censored Truck Nutz Owners]]> Next step: antlers and nuts.

Step after that: full body cladding to make your truck look like a horse--for your inner (or outer) cowboy.

Final step: riding a horse again because you can no longer afford gas for your horse-clad truck.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on How To Sell Your Morris Minor Hell Project]]> It begs the more general question: if you want to use a good looking chick to sell your car, what should be better looking, the chick or the car?

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on 1974 BMW 3.0 CS, With Bonus BMW Poll]]> That's a damn fine looking Corvair.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on What's The True Cost Of Power?]]> How about dollars per pound-foot of torque? It might change the rankings a bit.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on 1967 Ford Galaxie 500XL]]> Yacht? Aircraft carrier? Hell, this ain't that big! It's a Ford after all, not a Lincoln or Caddy.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Rolls-Royce RR4 Gets A Sketchy Tease Before Real 2010 Reveal]]> @wannabewannabe: @jpech:
[play.kapook.com]

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Is Mercury Worth Saving?]]> Already said, generic, pithy Jill Wagner comment...

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Rolls-Royce RR4 Gets A Sketchy Tease Before Real 2010 Reveal]]> The C pillar has a lot of Cadillac Sixteen in it, especially the way the rear windows interact with the pillar.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Datsun 710 Endures 30 British Columbian Winters]]> That curving character line looks a lot like an erect penis on the side of the car.

Or maybe I'm feeling fucked because I just stepped out of the new Indiana Jones movie.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on 2009 Ferrari California, Revealed!]]> It looks like a BMW Z4 designed by Lexus, or it's like an overweight male ballet dancer: not much fun to look at and bulges in all the wrong places. Neither inspires desire.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Tragic Death Reported At Altamont 24 Hours of LeMons Race]]> Everything that can be said probably has been said. I propose that the next comment of the day be empty--the best approximation we can have online to a moment of silence to honor Mr. Summerfield.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Pick Your Poison: Michigan Auto & RV May 7-13]]> Irrespective of price: 65 Vette
Considering price: 63 Impala
Sheer awesomeness: 59 Caddy

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Moron Drives Through High School Practice Fields]]> @LuciferV8: Perhaps, but I feel I have a better chance of stepping out of the way of a car than a bullet.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on And Now, Your Jalopnik Moment Of Zen]]> Sweet
Jesus

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Moron Drives Through High School Practice Fields]]> Watched this without sound. Is it just me or does everyone the reporter interviewed kind of look the same? Is everyone related in Carver, MA? And if so, does Georgie Boy's teenage angst explain why he would endanger his family like that? And irrespective of any endangerment, don't you think he got some pretty good air for a Grand Marquis?

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on American Idol Ruins Johnny Cash Song With Help From A Fake KITT Mustang]]> That just castrated my inner dragon.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on DMX Busted For Doing 114 MPH In A 1966 Chevy Nova II]]> It's a good thing he's wearing his seatbelt, since we all know speed kills. For a minute there I thought he was doing something stupid.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on What Would You Convert Into A Rally Car?]]> If only because it's even more improbable than the Veyron: Veritas.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on The Vintage Chevrolet Club Of America Shows Off Rain-Soaked Detroit Iron In Seattle]]> Jalopnik Fantasy Chevrolet Garage

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on 1970 Chevrolet El Camino 454 Super Sport]]> Yes. But if we're to have a camino, I want a 59 with a fuelie 283 and a four speed.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on 1941 Chevrolet Pickup Truck]]> @arbnpx: It is a vestigial hole for a crank. I'm not sure if you could still actually start it with a crank, and it certainly didn't come with one. It may have been there to give old farmers a little solace.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on 1941 Chevrolet Pickup Truck]]> @Bo Darville: If you look closely at the front end, you can see that the word "Chevrolet" is stamped into the lowest horizontal grille bar. Also there's an emblem stamped into the center vertical bar. Originally, these would have been painted and, thus, would stand out. But your main point still stands: such subtlety is beyond modern designers and marketers.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on 1971 Chrysler Newport Royal, With DOTS of the Week Poll]]> Murilee,
Surely we must be approaching another milestone in DOTS. Perhaps we can get another run down of all the cars featured in the series. Those entries are the easiest to send to my dad, who at 65 spends most of his time reading books rather than sitting online, yet he does love looking at some old cars and certainly appreciates the wonder that is the tiny island of Alameda.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Toyota Hybrid Circa 1977]]> @wannabewannabe:

Aha! [www.petersen.org]

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Toyota Hybrid Circa 1977]]> Gas/electric hybrids are nothing new. Back when I worked at the Petersen Museum in LA, the museum had a gas/electric hybrid from the teens. And the gas part had two spark plugs per cylinder and hemi heads. But dammit if I can't remember the brand; I do remember that it no longer exists. Anyone know better what I'm talking about?

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Engine of the Day: Packard Inline Eight]]> Great. 10:15 in the morning and already I have to change my pants. Thanks. Thanks a lot.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on Shopping For An 8.2 Liter Engine?]]> @LT1: So what you're saying is this would be a perfect car for Eliot Spitzer?

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on 1973 MGB]]> @Murilee Martin: Good point! Living in New York these last two years have made me yearn for my previous Bay Area home.

Of course, it then raises the question of why the top is up at all...

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on 1973 MGB]]> @thatguy01: I figured that might be the case.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on 1973 MGB]]> Having never driven an MG of any kind, is it typical for Bs to have such apparently worthless tops? Is one of the myriad indignities foisted upon owners of British cars that they must resign themselves to being wet anytime it rains? And if so, doesn't that seem particularly ironic for a car made in England?

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on BMW X6, Part Three]]> Why did they do this? BMW has a license to print money.

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on MG's Still Being Made In Britain? Someone Call The Badge Police]]> Have car companies completely forgotten how to make decent looking cars?

]]> <![CDATA[wannabewannabe commented on 1968 Mercury Cougar]]> Is it too meta to hope that a cougar drives this Cougar?

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