The fact is, car reviews are getting a little boring these days. So, this week on Car Talk, we started wondering… what if Shakespeare wrote car reviews?! Here are our suggestions of what the Bard might have opined: Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your legs. I need to push this damn Hyunda…

Alas, it’s Hugo, I knew it Horatio !

Me thinks thou doth protest too much. Perhaps car reviews would not need shakespearean language if the cars themselves weren’t so boring. If cars today were more like those of yesteryear (ie. Grand Torinos, Corvairs, VW things, etc.), quotable phrases from famous literary figures would not be requir…

Double double, toil and trouble; owning 10 year old Volvo.

If you people would work a little harder on your Elizabethan English, you might be able to generate something from “here’s a knocking indeed” (from Act 2, Scene III of “Macbeth”).

what if the Bard was a call-in radio host? "Welcome to Bard Talk. Call 1-800-2b-ornot2b. Hello. Bard Talk. You’re on the air…" Caller: “I’m in love with this guy, but our families hate each other. What should I do?” "DUMP HIM!..Hello. Bard Talk. You’re on the air…" Caller: “I’m a Roman emperor, …

Well, I don’t know about reviewing with Shakespeare, but you can find some non-boring reviews at sniffpetrol.com - look for the Dab of Oppo column by Troy Queef.

"Hello, Bard Talk, you’re on the air!" Caller: “This is Katherina Minola from Padua.” “Is that with a C or with a K?”

Now is the Yugo of our discontent!

Range Rover Range Rover send tow truck right over… Now a twice owner relationship’s over… Showroom is great for birthdays at late but presents at present are unpleasant… My love has run deep now I just weep… Must say goodbye for others a try.

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Triedaq June 12, 2011, 2:50am 6

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