When I was a kid I was a massive Earnhardt Sr. fan. I remember watching him in the 80s and throughout the 90s. The “rivalry” of him and Jeff Gordon cannot be understated of how much of a marketing dream that was for NASCAR. Earnhardt Sr. was seen as the keeper of the old guard in the sport, whereas Gordon was a…

Your comment should be more prominent for the people in the back.

I would be interested to see if there is any Japanese Mario artwork that exists with the color index values present. Very often artwork for manuals, packaging, etc, is drawn similar to how animation cels were presented. Ex: there are gengas and dougas present, which may be drawn by a lead artist or character designer,…

When the Pontiac Fiero was released in 1984, it carried what was at the time the largest single-piece stamped magnessium automotive part outside of wheels. The decklid (engine “trunk”) had a two piece assembly of sheet molded composite on one half and the magnessium grill towards the rear window.

Not to mention that part of the appeal of old movies with car chases in them is how spontaneous they are. Nowadays a car chase is mostly staged in highly controlled environments. During the time period of Bullitt movie producers often dealt with ‘extras’ that were simply present as consequence. Yes, there was still a…

I’ve been very fortunate to see a few examples of each in person. Three F40s specifically and now five Countachs of varying years.

His performance at the 1996 Indy 500 can’t be stated enough how superb it was. Ongais stepped into Scott Brayton’s car - Brayton killed earlier in the month - when Brayton was seen as one of the guys that was probably going to win the inaugural IRL title by a long shot with either him or Tony Stewart coming out on…

Pedro Diniz. The 1990s verison of Mazepin.

I would imagine any of the damaged units will just be destroyed.

How nice. Turning something with tangible value that would likely see a value increase in the foreseeable turned into something that has no literal tangible value and will likely have no value in the immediate future.

I pass by a place every Friday that is a run down duplex in the ‘bad’ part of town that looks like it’s falling apart, yet there is a silver Ghibli parked out front. And it’s not one of those depreciated $20K years old Ghiblis. It’s a +2020 facelift model.

The equivalence of Monopoly money.

I buy them periodically for my kid when we go to the store. I figure a buck is relatively cheap when they could be begging for a $5-$10 toy. I also like that many Hot Wheels now look like actual road cars, rather than being oversaturated with the wild creations that existed when I was growing up.

Natalie explained why they didn’t identify with gaming despite having owned a Nintendo handheld.

Having the horn as something your thumb could press actually isn’t a completely terrible idea. In an evasive maneuver situation you would typically have to move a hand over the center of the wheel to honk, which takes a hand off of the wheel. Any defensive driving instruction will tell you to always have both hands on…

I’m personally very anxious to see what Saturn titles will be revealed. The Saturn game market has absolutely exploded in recent years, with sealed games literally being grails. It’s been exceptionally difficult for collectors in that the Saturn at one point was akin to almost being disposable, with an added issue…

I agree tremendously. The term is literally “role” playing game. It surmises that any game that has you assume a “role” can ultimately fall into this category, which I’m certain plenty can and should disagree with me on. However a good counter-argument would be RPGs now have an absurd potential of sub-categories,…

What has been incredibly fascinating so far about the cars that have been revealed is how each team is handling their side pod treatment. With the front and rear profiles of the field being very similar and a very obvious lack of random bits and protrusions to generate down force, it looks like the field is banking on…

The first two for sure, but the second two, no, not in the least. The issue is criticism of comfort and quality/finish cannot reasonably occur in a small window.

I got to see one roaming the streets of Tokyo some years back, and I thought pretty much the same thing. It was amazing to think the amount of money that was just nonchalantly sitting there on the street in traffic with taxis... but on the other hand plenty of the other exotics I saw on the trip were way better…