A plausible theory as to why Toyota no longer has a broad lineup of interesting enthusiast cars and seems to have lost its allegedly bulletproof reliablity

We have covered the topic of great garage’s a few times, but we always like seeing more…..and then dreaming of wining the lotttery so that we can have our own. Hit the jump to see a gallery of great garages that we recived in our tips box.

If you have a tip for us you can always e-mail us at Tips@eastbounddown.com

From the department of “if radar based cruise control actually helps keep you from hitting cars in front of you, maybe you shouldn’t be driving”:

Over on Jalopnik, Matt Hardigree just posted a great column addressing one of my primary automotive concerns – that manufacturers and consumer safety advocates overlook the danger of placing more and more layers of technology between the driver and the act of driving.

More, and a link to Hardigree’s article after the jump

Why are the Brits not going Hoorah-Henry for their new F1 World Champion? Our F1 Blogger tries to find out why…

In a world where people don’t read the manual, and don’t know how to turn off their push button ignition Toyotas, there is one who can save us and restore sanity to dashboards and steering columns everywhere. The keyed ignition switch!

Okay, maybe the headline is a bit harsh. The new 5 actually looks okay, which is something given the euro pedestrian safety standards the nose has to meet and the fact that the sheetmetal has to cover up a whole lot more car than previous 5s.

GM might let you have a hand at putting this together before the UAW’s finest nestle it between the frame rails of your new Corvette ZR1.

The Sunseeker and Caterham go together like peanut butter and jelly.

Please pass the salt…..

Or maybe not. Ford has announced that they are ramping up production on large SUV’s