5. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.

Yeah, right, I thought. But online research proves that at an MSRP of $19,325 and 3355 lbs. curb weight a 2001 Ford Taurus SE costs $5.76/lb. At $1.89 each, McDonalds' Quarter Pounders go $7.56/lb (pre-cooking weight - meat only). I suspect that if I went up the car ladder (Rolls-Royce, Ferrari) and down the burger ladder (not many rungs below Mickey D's, though) I could get a burger for less than a car, per pound, but I was surprised at the results I got for America's most popular car and burger. Perhaps I can get the Emperor's plastic lobster bib for this one.