Blake Noble

I have a deep rooted hate for the guy to the point where I'll unexpectedly rant about it at will. I don't care for his fanboys either. I knew a guy from high school who was a big Dylan fan. Still is. Saw him the other day while shopping for some stain/finish for the neck of a relic Strat I'm working on (that's another thing I don't care for; to make nitrocellulose finish, I have to make it from fucking ping-pong balls and acetone and I simply can't buy it in a can), the guy's completely obsessed; wears vests and has a poor Bob Dylan jewfro haircut. I mean, I understanding having heroes and all, but I don't understand trying to literally become your hero ...

Bob Dylan. I really hate the man. He's just mediocre on one of his good days. Half of his lyrics were pulled of his ass to rhyme with whatever line came next. His guitar playing is simple to the point of being forgettable. And I want to jam his harmonica down his neck sideways. Could someone explain the appeal of Dylan? Seriously? I don't see anything that would make the man worthy of being an icon. Even his son has more talent than him. Now Neil Young ... that's a singer/songwiter.

She literally was like the words in a song that Hoon sang to me. She really wasn't just a girl. She really was like a red Trans Am. Fuck ...

Chances are favoring the slim side, but it's likely we will see a revival of Pontiac sometime after GM repays the government and restores its current core brands. I don't think GM is going to forget Pontiac like it did Olds. But if they build G6s and G5s again, they might as well invest a few bucks in wiping their memories clean.

Let me touch base on this one for a moment; lighter colored interiors still draw and gather heat. The only way I could think of to fight against interior heat gain without relying on lighter colored fabrics and materials, which are still quite inefficient, and air conditioning would be to use electrochromic smart glass that can be tinted to suit various heat and sunlight situations. That wouldn't be cheap and still wouldn't fight against 100 percent of interior heat gain, IMO. I'm also not even sure it would be 50 state legal because the glass could tint itself too dark for local standards. Also, rolling the windows down to increase interior cooling hurts gas mileage just as bad as turning the a/c on because you are disrupting the airflow of the vehicle. And even with electrochromic glass being put into all new cars, say, after a certain date post-2012, I'd say you'd still see someone rolling or cracking their windows in the summertime or turning the a/c on. Making this standard would be for naught. Agreed.

Did you really just suggest a hike in the gas tax? Seriously? Good luck running for office.

The original post and CSpec's posts are clear textbook examples of failing to see the forest for the trees. Also, lets not forget how Toyota bragged in internal presentations about how much money it saved compromising safety.

Another home run.

That's not lame. What is lame is deciding to park your black 4th gen Camaro next to two white 4th gen Camaros.

Could someone translate the quotes in the article? I don't talk out my ass so I obviously don't understand whatever language was being spoken.

Ford should revisit the concept behind the original '66 Bronco: a tough, inexpensive, all season, all terrain, four-wheel drive, simply equipped two-door SUV. Not a crossover in any sense, just a traditional two-door SUV. And to keep costs down, it could be built alongside the Ranger like the old (but seriously inferior) Bronco II. I can see a real market for such a trucklet and since IH won't be building Scouts again anytime soon, Ford should be the automaker at which the idea re-manifests itself. Strictly "emotion-based" answers are, of course: Olds Cutlass and Pontiac Firebird.

"Southern Man" as performed by CSNY.

This is never going to stop. Seriously. The apocalypse won't be due to religion or an asteroid, it will be because everyone owns a gee-dee Toyota.

Her ex-husband was riding along, too? I want to try to pull some sort of maligned joke out of my ass for that one, but ... can't ...

But it wouldn't be complete win until someone made a metal remix.

Contributing. I thought so.

Hopefully someone wouldn't try to pass a Bondo Queen off as a magazine quality show car. Then again, I should know better than that. Neat conversion/phantom though.

Chatroulette?

This bodes well for the NG Volt.

Added hilarity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BDXPkNq6xo

Hilarity ensues. this song was written years before EBM dispensed righteous justice (this was uploaded to dootube in 2008) o_O

Opel Flextreme GT/E concept adds Volt drivetrain to larger car Think of the Opel Flextreme GT/E concept as a bigger Chevrolet Volt (or Opel Ampera if you're European). The idea behind this concept, which will debut at the Geneva Motor Show, is to show how the Volt's extended-range electric vehicle drivetrain can be used in a larger vehicle, in this case a mid-size five-door hatchback. So far, every vehicle shown by General Motors with an ER-EV drivetrain, including the Volt, Ampera and Cadillac Converj concept, has been compact in size. By paying attention to aerodynamics, the Flextreme GT/E still achieves a low 0.22 coefficient of drag despite its bigger dimensions and large 21-inch wheels. It even employs active aerodynamics in the rear where panels extend out from the air extraction slots behind the rear wheels at speeds above 50 km/h (31 miles per hour). Opel also used carbon composite panels for the body and aluminum for the vehicle structure to keep weight down. Powered by an electric motor producing 120 kW and 273 pound-feet of torque, the Flextreme GT/E is augmented by a 1.4-liter four-cylinder gas engine/generator. It will travel 37 miles on battery power alone before the generator kicks in to supply electricity to the motor, at which point its range extends to 311 miles. CO2 emissions are kept below 40 g/km and Opel pegs fuel consumption at 1.6 liters/100 km (about 147 mpg U.S.). Source: Autoblog

I thought "family" was being used in the same context as "household" in that post. Cars owned by family members and extended family members do not count if your name isn't on the title. If they did count regardless of who drove, owned, and bought them, that I would mean I would also own a '74 Corvette, a '08 Challenger SRT-8, a '69 Firebird, and a '65 Mustang GT.

You currently own all of those?