/Fixed that for ya.

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Oh say it ain't so! Not you Deartháir. Next you're going to tell us you roll in a yellow H2 with 22's and under-neon. Or worse yet, an Automatic 1978 Corvette with Deartháir airbrushed on the door.

The best news I've recieved all winter is that Clares had to move their Harley showroom out of Fenwick and into St. Catharines.

I'm a biker, and I still want to go Indiana Jones on all the Harley riders who feel their extra loud pipes and scull-printed balaclavas aren't QUITE enough notice of their advancing age and declining virility, and instead must ride Wide Bloody Open through my neighbourhood on their way to Clares.

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Not bad.. Is it maroon and gold? If so it'd match my GL500.

What kind of Yamaha are you looking at?

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I'm not sure what I'm looking for yet. I've never really followed motorcycles, and now that I'm looking for a new one, I don't really know what I want.

Mostly, I just want bigger with a more comfortable riding position.

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It's just that I happen to see the big Harley entourage that goes through Milwaukee every summer, and 85% of them are white collar dough boys playing tough guy for the weekend. I guess that is who can afford a new Harley in the 21st century...

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Is it still incredibly "untreated"? It makes it awesome when new, but 10K miles worth of ingress/egress with any kind of metal on your jeans has it all scuffed up like a la-z-boy floor model.

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Stop it, you're getting me all excited.

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Y'know (wandering off-topic), Chevy should have done a Who's The Boss tie-in with their vans.. My cousin has a '77 Chevy van that I make a point of calling "The Danza-Van" every time I see him..

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But not, you know, too good.

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Matt has a missus? When did he marry Wes!?

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(is this bullshot working?)

It's ok,the last part was typed in invisible text that Matt can't read,haha,sucker!

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Something tells me that neither you, Dearthair, nor I am going to be getting another COTD anytime soon. :p

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@Scroggzilla, Murilee's Personal Attack Kaiju: I got ya,how could he have known when i play my cards so close to my chest like that.

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To hell with COTD, I'm amazed they haven't sent me threatening letters.

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Everybody takes shots at Diddles, and Wes's ass, well, that's just irresistable commentary material right there. We all want to see Ms. Martin in something sexy. Making fun of Hardigree is like shooting fish in a barrel; it's oh so easy, but oh so fun. Try as I might, I just can't make fun of Ben. There is just nothing to make fun of him about. I usually kiss Ray's ass at will, and as for Pete, well, let's just say that I think that Pete would just win, hands down.

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Hey, at least you have a fucking star.

If anyone can find someone who's been around longer and contributed more actual auto industry knowledge, rather than opinion, I'd love to see it.

I know I'll never see a COTD as I'm typically on topic.

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Develop a severe case of ADHD and a slightly inhibited sense of social properness. That usually helps around here.

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As for COTD, thats almost laughable.

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Except me, of course, so I am the natural choice.

Also, I think I deserve a spot on the masthead.

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Crap, now it's going to be doubly dangerous to make fun of him.

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I've come to the conclusion it's much easier to have fun when you don't work quite as closely in the industry as I do....and hence don't have quite the job worries.

Hell, just living in Detroit at all makes you very tied into all this news.

Outside of car talk these days I'm not at all a serious guy.

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What the hell are these heart clicky things anyways?

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I think I'm on ignore by most of the staff here, as when I directly ask where they're getting some of the crap that is patently false they put in the "articles" I get no response, haha.

Oh well, I guess I will have to get a gold star elsewhere in life.

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The heart things are underneath the username on every comment, between the time stamp and the user's avatar. Clicking on one of those for a certain member indicates that you like what they have to say, and feel that their comments are worth reading when they come up. Each heart click = 1 follower.

If you check your profile, you will find that you have 47 people who have heart-clicked you. If you like what someone else has to say, then heart click them.

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I really don't think that there is any such magic number that automatically earns a star. The common number that is thrown around is 50 followers, but I had 93 before I got mine, so I think that RLJ is right in the sense that the awarding of a gold star is a subjective judgment on the part of the higher-ups based on your contributions to the site.

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According to this post from Sept 08 [jalopnik.com] anyone with more than 40 followers becomes eligible for a star. Once you're eligible it's up to Pete, apparently.

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Oh, and it makes me realize that actual inside FACTS rather than just the hearsay they print isn't enough contribution.

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Don't look at me on that one. I'm not the judge or anything. I was just providing an explanation as best I could from my own experiences and observation.

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