Tag: Automotive

Here’s a life tip for you all: When you’re jumping your rocket-powered Lincoln Continental over a river, make sure air doesn’t get under the hood.

Gabe and Todd Pearson have teamed up to offer a set of grille badges for the MINI. I’ve been wanting one of these ever Gabe posted a picture of one on the Traveller concept. Very cool.

A couple days ago, Gabe sent me a picture in honor of a funny story my college buddy George Sormaz told me. Here’s the gist of it:

An auto mechanic takes a call from someone who would like to bring their Pontiac Gool in for service. Confused, the mechanic asks the caller to repeat the model of his car. A Pontiac Gool. The mechanic tells the guy to go ahead and bring the car to the shop. In the meantime, the mechanic asks the other mechanic at the garage if he’s heard of a Pontiac Gool. Of course, he hasn’t. Later that day, the owner of the Gool brings his car in. Both mechanics go out to take a look at the car. When they see the badge on the side of the car, they can barely contain their laughter. Here is what they saw.

George told it better than that, of course. I couldn’t stop laughing. That we thought it was true made it even funnier.

A couple years ago, I was disappointed to find out that it’s actually an urban legend. Oh well. It’s still funny.

And George, if you happen to see this post, leave a comment or e-mail me or something. It’s stupid that we haven’t spoken with each other for this long.

It’s nice to know that I’m not the only one who dislikes this era of the angry car (thanks, Gabe). Too bad the Wall Street Journal put the actual article behind a paywall. Way to be irrelevant, guys.

From a CNN review of Hummer’s new H3:

Given that the H3 is particularly narrow and tall, a profile that generally maximizes the tendency to tip over, I wouldn’t take an H3 without stability control.

I like this one, too:

Visibility, especially out the side and back, is sacrificed for the sake of the tiny-windowed armored-truck look.

So even though the H3 is a lot easier to park than the H2, it still requires a lot of guesswork as cars behind you disappear from view at a distance of several feet.

Yet the author still gives the H3 a generally positive review.

A positive review. For a vehicle that you can’t see out of and has a decent chance of tipping over. I’m guessing that this guy longs for the return of the Pinto.

The Cherokee hit the the left turning (and law braking) Liberty in the right rear quarter-panel. I imagine they were both going about 5-7 mph at most. The hit sent the left-turning Liberty the other way and it immediately began to flip.

Gabe’s latest post illustrates why I will never own an SUV.