nosirrahg commented on Commenter Of The Day: The Wonder Years Edition

"Actually I'd vote for dental hygienist Jennifer Hasenfuss."

nosirrahg commented on Citroens And Fuegos Roam The Streets Of Portland

"Man, did I ever want a Fuego back in the day!"

nosirrahg commented on What Is Your Region's DBag Ride Of Choice?

"His 1st cousin."

nosirrahg commented on 2010 Toyota Prius Spotted, Ironically, At Gas Station

"Aren't the Prius drivers basically enablers for the rest of us and our high-horsepower, low-MPG automobile addictions?"

nosirrahg commented on What Would Be The Ultimate Car/Product Tie-In?

"The Planned Parenthood VW Rabbit Pickup (since you won't be multiplying and needing that back seat)."

nosirrahg commented on Ten Worst Cars To Take On A Blind Date

"A friend of mine used to cruise in his mom's mid-70's LTD coupe, which actually wasn't a bad car, except for the "I sell Mary Kay products" sticker on the rear window."

nosirrahg commented on Semi Truck Tries To Outrun Speeding Train, Fails

"My grandparents lived about a block from a rail crossing, and once when I was maybe 5 or 6 I went with my grandfather to run down the street to get some ice cream."

nosirrahg commented on 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

"I knew several families who had these back in the day (the Pontiac Grand Prix variant was also big)."

nosirrahg commented on Dear God, No... Every Car Could Be A Hybrid By 2020

"I'm seriously thinking about converting my '80 El Camino to run on battery power...odds are it'd perform better than the anemic 229 V6 under the hood now, and the lousy aerodynamics should provide enough noise (at least at higher speeds) to warn pedestrians."

nosirrahg commented on What It's Like To Have Your Land Rover Shot At

"This is a prime example of why you should NOT buy a set of those "truck antlers"; those guys should have known better."

nosirrahg commented on Evil Clint Couldn't Bear To LeMon-ize His Yugo, Fixed It Up Instead

"Oh, and when the description says "THIS CAR PASSES SMOG NO PROBLEM!" does that mean it passes the smog test, or that it passes smog in the same way I pass gas?"

nosirrahg commented on Evil Clint Couldn't Bear To LeMon-ize His Yugo, Fixed It Up Instead

"I remember at the time these came out one of the standard features was a rear window defroster...the joke was it was installed to keep your hands warm while you pushed it. Several years ago I did an eBay search for Yugo and came upon a guy in Houston selling brand new Yugo floor mats."

nosirrahg commented on 2011 Nissan Murano Convertible Proof That April 1st Comes Twice This Year

"On the bright side, it does lower the center of gravity...so would that make it safer?"

nosirrahg commented on 1970 Ford Maverick

"The lady that took care of me and my brother when we were tots during the summers had one of these; she'd traded in about a '64 Falcon for the Maverick."

nosirrahg commented on Five Cars "Guaranteed" To Never Get You Laid

"I've been married 20 years so maybe I'm not the best person to comment on this topic, but my approach (when single, of course) was to look for hot chicks in cars that ranked somewhere beneath mine, figuring the chick would see me as a step up."

nosirrahg commented on ABC News Hikes Skirt Up Even Higher On Chevy Volt Front End, Interior

"To me the appeal of the Volt has never been about its look; it's all about the drive train."

nosirrahg commented on Granny Arrested For Driving Around With Kid On Roof Of Car

"I grew up in the late '60s in a rural area (and that's rural for Arkansas, which is really saying something)."

nosirrahg commented on Now With Dynamic Aerodynamics: 1987 Toyota Celica

"When I got my first real job out of college I bought an '89 GT (closing them out for the new design '90 models, which weren't nearly as cleanly designed as this one)."