We have seen many, many terrible things people do behind the wheel from reading to schtupping, but playing a flute is a new one.

Do you like bottle service at clubs? Do you like to keep an expensive bottle of Cristal with you at all times? Do you consider yourself a baller? Do you also like to act like you're saving the environment?

We love to rag on owners of BMWs or exotics for their asshat parking jobs, but it's easy to forget that asshats come in all shapes, sizes, and cars.

Man, nothing ruins your day like getting your car stolen. I hate when that happens to me! I can't get to work or run errands, and then I have to take hours out of my schedule to go on a vengeance quest against the people who stole it. So inconvenient.

Hurricane Sandy and its aftereffects have left scores of people in the Northeast still without power. But even a giant hurricane can't stop the power of American ingenuity — even if it required a Japanese car.

Last week we Jalopnik was the first to report on more than a dozen Fisker Karmas catching fire and burning to the ground in a New Jersey Port overrun by Superstorm Sandy's storm surge. We've now learned that three Toyota Prii burned in a separate incident at the same port.

Truck nutz are one of the most asinine things to be found anywhere, and there are many people who would argue that the Toyota Prius is equally worthless (although some would resolutely disagree).

(Part of encouraging a diverse, intelligent car community is attempting to understand those with alternative points of view. In that vein, I invited humorist, car reviewer, Prius owner, and alterna-human being Neal Pollack to write up an explanation for why anyone might love the Prius.

For six years, about 300 hybrid vehicles slated for Miami-Dade municipal service sat unused in a Miami parking garage. The $4 million fleet of low-emission cars, trucks and vans produced absolutely no emissions as they sat unused, although more than 125 cars have entered service since South Florida's el Nuevo Herald…

Most hybrid buyers — almost two-thirds — don't end up buying another hybrid, according to a recent study R.L. Polk. Yet more evidence that hybrids are more about marketing hype than hyper-miling for the masses.