Ryan Mickle has himself a Range Rover, and is a big fan of it, but doesn’t so much like the fact that it gets 13 miles to the gallon.   He’s decided to get rid of the car, but selling it would keep the vehicle on the road, which will keep the car polluting.   So he’s asking you what he should do with the car.   Blow it up?  Convert it to biodiesel?  Launch it into the ocean?  Here’s Ryan himself to tell you about it.

If you’ve got a good idea for Ryan, takepart here and let him know what he ought to do with the car.   Once the ideas are in, you can go back and vote on your favorite.   It’s a great way to make a statement, and, if we’re lucky, we’ll see a car get blow’d up.

Riding in a stretch Hummer Limo in this economy and state of world affairs is like wearing a fur coat in Summer.   Can a baller travel in style without wasting resources?

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This past Thursday, those of you that watch The Office might have seen Dwight Schrute buy Andy Helms’ Nissan Xterra in a scene some might describe as comically awkward. And then Jim said something witty and sarcastic and Michael said something terrible and we all chuckled. And then your one friend kept insisting that the British version was better, seriously, you just have to see it.

Anyhow, not the point, and don’t you dislike people who do things like that anyway? What I’m really trying to get at is that the actual owner of the Xterra has put the car up for auction on ebay, so that s/he can replace it with a hybrid. Good call, soon-to-be-former SUV owner.

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Cars are expensive - this everyone knows. But which cars are too expensive? Forbes has an article and list to help you with just that. The top 5 overpriced cars are The Dodge Ram, Mercury Grand Marquis, Ford’s F-150, the Dodge Durango and the GMC Envoy.

If you take a look at the slideshow they provide, you’ll notice that all the overpriced vehicles are also large vehicles…All of this talk of people spending tons of money on gaz-guzzling, polluting vehicles makes me wonder one thing..

Who Killed the Electric Car?