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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/25/09

    In reply to Ten New Cars Jalopnik Is Thankful For
    Sam, great job, but you're off Ray's Christmas list. No Camaro? ;)
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/25/09

    In reply to Ten New Cars Jalopnik Is Thankful For
    I'll take Numbers One (with turkeys), Two, Three, Four, Seven and Ten. I don't want to be greedy.
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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    11/25/09

    In reply to Kill The Headlights And Put It In Neutral: Why The Parking Lot Matters
    I got a thing for parking garages. Excellent pieces of architecture, and if you have a skateboard (with big enough wheels), lots of fun.
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/25/09

    In reply to Kill The Headlights And Put It In Neutral: Why The Parking Lot Matters
    I don't think Joni Mitchell would agree, but I do. I also don't think that chick with the bangs is Rob Halford's type ;)
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    Edited by Turboner at 11/25/09 9:33 PM Turboner was starred Turboner was unstarred
    Image of B1663R B1663R
    11/25/09

    In reply to Smashing Safety: 12 New Cars Crashed In Eurocarnage Video Gallery
    you know, i was kinda half hoping that when the Mazda got smashed that the happy face would turn sad... alas, NCAP has no sense of humor
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    11/25/09

    In reply to Ten New Cars Jalopnik Is Thankful For
    Silly Sammy. You're thankful for an overweight arse dragging snobby croutwagon whilst the lithe and sexy Italians are building proper soul stirring hot hatches (Alf Mito & Abarth 500).

    See, you scribes should realise that is ME, yes ME who is always correct and everybody else who doesn't agree with ME is wro...

    Oh shit, sorry Sammy, sorry Jalopnik, sorry America. I'm such an arsehole. An arsehole who forgets that poor poor America wouldn't know about the two said automotive wonderments being they're not available in the land of milf and money.
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    Image of gearhead_318 gearhead_318
    11/25/09

    @LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard:
    You sound like a disgruntled European, no offense to normal Europeans. Its hard to be thankful for something that you cant get for a few years (the 500) Our muscle cars have a certain charm, just like an Alfa or a Fiat 500 have, speaking of Alfa the (standard) Mita is about as sexy as a cross-eyed pig I do like the GTA though.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    11/25/09

    In reply to Kill The Headlights And Put It In Neutral: Why The Parking Lot Matters
    I've always wondered why more parking lots aren't grass, or otherwise have some kind of runoff-mitigating texture to them. Just something you think about when you're living in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, and the Bay is mostly dead.
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    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    11/25/09

    In reply to Kill The Headlights And Put It In Neutral: Why The Parking Lot Matters

    I like this writeup and agree. As an urban dweller, I fully appreciate the (free) parking lot, and as an ex-suburbanite, parking lots were the only places (besides car washes) that we teens were allowed to hang out. ("Bowl another game or GTFO!") When I'm back in Michigan, I'm often tempted to drive places just because they have a parking lot, and I can park back in the driveway when I get home. Appreciate the small stuff.

    My only addition to this piece would be to mention Ed Ruscha's 1967 photobook Thirtyfour Parking Lots. It contains pics of, yup, 34 parking lots, and tries to emphasize the beauty of these most banal of settings, much like Sam "PL" Smith has done in this writeup. Pic attached.

    I'm glad I actually read through the comments before posting too, because I was going to cry out for the inclusion of Heavy Metal Parking Lot. (I lack the plug-ins at work to see what the vids are of, and lack the permissions to install them. Life is struggle.)
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/25/09

    In reply to Kill The Headlights And Put It In Neutral: Why The Parking Lot Matters
    Augh! The Heavy Metal Parking Lot is hitting too close for comfort for my memories - stoned, skinny, shirtless, jeans, long blond hair, standing in a parking lot holding a beer trying to impress the chicks, and saying "Alice Cooper rocks, dude!". Is there a statute of limitations for this sort of behavior, or does it go on my Permanent Record? Thank god no-one had a video camera, or I'd end up on someone's "Cheeze Metal of the '70s" DVD compilation. I'd have to apply for the Clueless Rockers Protection Program, change my name, and move to another state.
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    Image of VeeArrrSix VeeArrrSix
    11/25/09

    In reply to Kill The Headlights And Put It In Neutral: Why The Parking Lot Matters
    Sam's own brand of mash up... how the hell he makes all this come together I will never know. But I do know it's pretty damn awesome.

    I am so thankful for Jalopnik this year.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    11/25/09

    In reply to Kill The Headlights And Put It In Neutral: Why The Parking Lot Matters
    Excellent post Sam. Odd, and very esoteric, but well done.
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    11/25/09

    In reply to Ten New Cars Jalopnik Is Thankful For
    i am truly torn with the decision between pics 1 and 11............ holy s**t.. how about an green/aero-bodied caterham that looks like a corn cob. my dreams are complete...

    mid-western america, watch out for me in the next 15-20 yrs or so... when i can finally build it...

    speeding corn, awesome.
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    11/25/09

    In reply to Kill The Headlights And Put It In Neutral: Why The Parking Lot Matters
    Parking lots allow us the single greatest form of automotive navel gazing: the opportunity to admire your parking job.

    If I hit the exact center of the space, all vehicle occupants will be peppered with leading questions like "Whoo, nailed that one didn't I?" and "Am I closer to the line on that side?", etc. I am a shameless parksturbator like that.
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    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    11/25/09

    In reply to Kill The Headlights And Put It In Neutral: Why The Parking Lot Matters
    Parking lots aren't going anywhere. There's no prediction by any credible demographer of the kind of population density that would ever pose a real threat to the parking lot. Those of you predicting a radical shift in transportation are going to sound in 50 years like those predicting flying cars in the '50s sound now.

    Also, you got that damn Beck song stuck in my head. FU, Sam.
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    Image of Sam Smith Sam Smith
    11/25/09

    @snapoversteer 'bout to get told: I said "eventually." Give it a couple thousand years.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/25/09

    In reply to Smashing Safety: 12 New Cars Crashed In Eurocarnage Video Gallery
    But how will cars still protect us from javelins or errant laser beams?
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