i remember a time when ‘hybrid’ meant a Nissan 240sx powered by a redtop SR20DET or a Honda Civic with an H22a shoehorned into the engine bay. now when people throw the H-word around, it usually conjures up images of glass-eyed hippies who are out to change the world one bout of regenerative braking at a time. i imagine they feel good about themselves as they squeeze their little tumor-shaped death traps through traffic, looking down their noses at gas-guzzling miscreants as they check their fuel economy gauge to make sure they really are still better than everyone else.

i’m sure a lot of normal, decent people out there drive hybrids as well; it’s just a shame that they’re so frequently associated with the insecure losers who have turned it into a trend.

i’ve been seeing a lot of Porsche 944′s around lately but none of them belong to me. gimme gimme!

so i narrowly avoided two traffic collisions today in quick succession. the first incident involved a doofus in an SUV who decided to suddenly change lanes into my car. i was forced to swerve into the opposite lane (there was no oncoming traffic) to get past the guy because we were both being tailgated at the time. then, not two minutes later, a minivan pulls perpendicularly into the road and comes to a complete stop in the middle of both lanes. i’m hard on the brakes as i see the minivan’s reverse lights come on and i narrowly avoid clipping its nose as it backs up.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: PLEASE MAKE OBTAINING A DRIVER’S LICENSE SIGNIFICANTLY HARDER

Top Gear is back :)

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CONGRATULATIONS, SÉBASTIEN LOEB!