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Clarkson doesn't hate all American cars, recommends CTS-V for the Stig {Autoblog}
Oct 13th 2008 7:41AM Clarkson doesn't hate America, he just has that Euro-centric perspective that so many Brits do where they just can't come to think of us as anything else but colonists.
As someone who lives in Orlando, FL - I believe, the #1 travel destination for all Europeans - I see and meet Her Majesties' subjects all the time, and it's historically refreshing (if not modern day funny) to hear them still refer to the US as "the colonies".
No, they realize they lost the American Revolution, but they still affectionately think of us as their upstart child (ignoring the political winds off the day). Most anything we do or produce is viewed through the lens of the wizened experienced parent affectionately seeing their fresh faced offspring and thinking "ignorance is bliss".
It's all good, even if a little backhandedly demeaning at times (as, I suspect, most children view parenting).
Clarkson doesn't hate all American cars, recommends CTS-V for the Stig {Autoblog}
Oct 13th 2008 7:33AM Hatchbacks are cool: "...beside i make tons of spelling mistake deliberately..."
Are the grammar mistakes accidental then?
I'm just sayin' (err, askin', rhetorically that is).
Clarkson doesn't hate all American cars, recommends CTS-V for the Stig {Autoblog}
Oct 13th 2008 7:29AM Glad to see Clarkson came around on this one, I was afraid GM wouldn't have yet gotten the "bonging" (or lack thereof) right for him yet.
Now when can I see the S4, sccratch that, RS4 Quattro sliding off the track chasing this beast? Popcorn, at the ready!
VIDEO: Transporter 3 trailer #2 shows more Audi A8 co-star {Autoblog}
Oct 12th 2008 5:42PM I'm all for a minldess popcorn flick, but there gets to be a point where it just isn't fun any more to watch relentless, impossible feat renders attempting to one-up each other in it's-almost-possible-but-couldn't-really-be-done implausibility.
I bet the next movie that does car stunts without fx - I mean real cars with real-world physics doing real-world gravity defying tricks - will be a resounding success. Stuff like this has become just too much like watching a video game with a pseudo-reality tacked on for effect.
Lexus unveils IS 250 Sports Concept in Sydney {Autoblog}
Oct 12th 2008 1:02PM Hmmm, looks like it would have a functional visible exhaust, which is an improvement over the quad-exhaust fake-a-roo that the IS-F has.
fyi: I walk past one in my work garage everday, and I almost laugh when I look through those 4 chromed exhaust "ports" to see asphalt beyond the plastic. Mmmmmm, rice.
Build your own 1960 Beetle - with Legos {Autoblog}
Oct 11th 2008 3:58PM Can't someone increase the resolution on the pics?
Gas prices pleasant as economy tanks {Autoblog}
Oct 10th 2008 6:52PM 2 things come to mind:
Autoblog: "Gas is becoming more affordable because a set of Texas-sized Brembos put the brakes on energy use, but at least it's cheaper. "
Has energy use really tanked with the stock market? I doubt it. What has more liklely happened is that speculators have realized that the near future will use less energy as a result of the market and are betting accordingly.
Also, I hate stories like this where everybody's ecstatic to be down 30% from 3 months ago, when we're still up 50% over 2 years ago (that's a seat of the pants guesstimate, sorry I don't have the actuals handy).
Not too long ago, everybody thought the world would break at $50/barrel, and here we are sighing relief at ~$90 (and Opec is rushing to shore up the price to their newfound level of financial comfort). $3/gal is still ridiculous insofar as the cost of production (and risk) still hasn't changed from 1-2 years ago.
My .02, IANAEconomist (obviously).
Honda unveils V4 motorcycle concept {Autoblog}
Oct 8th 2008 6:05PM sit still and look fast ... sitting still.
Windows XP downgrade deadline extended to July 31, 2009 {Engadget}
Oct 8th 2008 6:03PM What part of "screwed" don't you understand?
(grin)
Twin Cities bridge debuts 30-foot tall pollution-sucking sculptures {Autoblog}
Oct 7th 2008 11:44PM If only the world would have had these after those ice ages, then we could have saved the planet from warming due to all those greenhouse gasses that the evil cars and stuff produced.
Whoops, sorry, didn't mean to spoil anyone's fun.
