Come on out to the West coast and run with us in the LeMons neon. I understand that you know how to drive one of those. You could hang out with Jonny then...

Coincidentally, there was an article in the LA Times just last week regarding a pilot program for an all-electric powertrain retrofit to the postal LLVs. AC Propulsion - consultant on the Tesla roadster and builder of the Ebox - is building a prototype. The postal service may end up contracting for conversion of the LLVs to battery electric vehicles...or maybe not.

Since the LA Times no longer has any sort of auto section - and they subsequently lost Dan Neil to the WSJ - I'm surprised that many papers even have a "Wheels" section (or auto writer) any more. Should we listen to Jalopnik commenters who hate Chrysler LX cars without having actually driven them? Are those people our "new" experts? I'd like to think that magazine comparison tests still have some relevancy, particularly for the non-enthusiast buyer.