I can’t drive 55. Or even 155.

Hat tip to one lucky resident of 90077, internets tycoon and proud Bugatti ownerPhilip Odegard. For those scoring at home, 90077 is Bel-Air, home to basically every super A-list star. Even the real-estate is A-list: Candy Spelling’s iconic $150 million estate, Hef’s Playboy Mansion, and of course 100 Carolwood. But Sunset Blvd is no place to unleash a V-16, so Mr. Odegard took this beast down to Laguna and promptly secured himself a 210+ mph ticket. Bless.

Divorcees, rejoice!

For ladies who lunch — and by lunch of course I mean three dirty martinis and a lot of talk about the pool boy (real and imagined) — there’s no better ride to get to and from the Sunset Strip and The Grill than the lovely and dumpy Jaguar XJ. Well, now things have gotten a whole lot sexier with the redesigned 2010 XJ.

Vanity Plate Losers.

Funny. Very funny. And soooo worth the visit to this site. Because there are a lot of people who refuse to let the DMV pigeonhole them with some random collection of numbers and letters like the rest of us.

The economy will recover. Right?!

So let’s face it. We’ll get out of this death spin of economic bad news some day. And from what the economist types are saying, it might be this year. Now, of COURSE you’re a responsible type who has learned a POWERFUL lesson about irrational exuberance, taking on debt, buying crap you don’t need blah blah blah. We can agree, then, that you’d never — never! — do something so foolish as to buy a completely over-the top impratical car. But if you were…. what would it be?

Marcin Gortat has the fastest car in the NBA.

Hat tip to FANHOUSE, the NBA’s site that’s geared more towards the faces behind the scores. Well, leave it to Orlando’s Marcin Gortat to rock an 800-hp M5. First off, kudos to him for choosing the much-maligned and little-loved M5. Most folks go straight to the E63 AMG, or if they’re able, S63 AMG. But whatevs, I’m down with it. Mods rock. And bless his heart for keeping the stock rims.

POLL: What’s the best-looking 2-door coupe?

Notice we said 2 door coupe. Despite what Mercedes is tryin’ to sell, I’m not buying the notion of a “4-door” coupe. Honestly, now. The CLS has four doors and a usable (ish) back seat. Sedan. Sure, a swoopy sedan, but it is what it is.

A new beginning for a brand that’s had a few.

Big props to Saturn for avoiding the chopping block, and instead finding a white knight in the incredibly talented Roger Penske. A colleague pointed out that in the annals of business, few titans have the vision, track record and creativity of Penske, and went on to compare him to none other than Steve Jobs. I concur, and know that Saturn is in for a hell of a comeback. This, folks, is gonna be very interesting and there is no better captain at the helm than Penske.

 

Big props to Saturn for avoiding the chopping block, and instead finding a white knight in the incredibly talented Roger Penske. A colleague pointed out that in the annals of business, few titans have the vision, track record and creativity of Penske, and went on to compare him to none other than Steve Jobs. I concur, and know that Saturn is in for a hell of a comeback. This, folks, is gonna be very interesting and there is no better captain at the helm than Penske.

Mayor Villaraigosa, hybrid driver. Ummmm, I mean passenger.

Good to see the mayor of Los Angeles in a GMC Yukon Hybrid. Granted, it’s not like he’s gonna be driven around in a dubbed and chromed Escalade, but it’s wayyyyy better than some black Crown Vic, or worse, a Grand Marquis. Because you know that’s how they roll in other cities. Don’t want to do a Town Car becuase it might seem extravagant, but the Vic seems soooo detective division. So yeah. Yukon Hybrid. I’m on board. The photo was shot outside E3 while the good mayor chatted with voter types and reporters.

Yup.

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