The dealers being upset over the rising MSRP is tempered by the fact that they slap on any number of random parts on their Wranglers with a 100-200% mark-up. Lift kits, light bars, stripes and other decals, and over-sized tires on street wheels.

Is that a banana in your pocket? Yes, and an orange and a pocket comb and an extra set of keys and my sunglasses.

I saw one in Orange County a few years ago.  It looked sharp, though I had to look up what it was since I had never seen one before.

Two options

I saw the inverse of that vehicle in SW Missouri of all places. It was an old Volkswagon Microbus with Democrat bumper stickers. I got as far back as Mondale/Ferraro before I passed it.

Wrangler with the top off - if it’s a cold day, get lava jackets.

The Mustang II had some pretty big shoes to fill after the wild success of Ford’s first muscle car, but didn’t manage to match up on almost any level. Maybe it was the anticipation and excitement that killed this one, or maybe it really was just a bad car, we may never know.

Anyone else see the headline and panic that the new owners had turned Jalopnik into a Tesla mouthpiece?

Twins! Same name, same predilection towards Mustang IIs...except in my timeline it wasn’t a 74 that I ended up cannibalizing for my ‘76, it was a 77 that I immediately sent to the scrapyard afterwards.

As an avowed fan of the Mustang IIs, I understand and get a lot of the hate that they received - misplaced as it may be.

The Terror was non-fiction

Fuel by Metallica has a lot of excellent cars.

How in the world would their legal dept sign off on this as it would seem to open them up to a ton of frivolous “I didn’t smuggle those, the system should have detected it!” lawsuits.

Any mission to colonize Mars would be 1-way. The impossible conditions, lack of resources, and inability to receive aid in anything close to a timely manner would ensure that the chances of anyone being able to return are slim to none.

Steven Wright:

Condorman taking on the fleet of black Porsches was the highlight of my day (pretty much every day, since it was shown on HBO what felt like every single day)

“Don’t commit two crimes at the same time”

Used Aztek! I had a co-worker who was 4'11" and her husband is 6'11". The only car they found that they could both comfortably drive was an Aztek. I see them around town and they still have it in 2024.

Rode the high speed rail in Spain a few times earlier this year. Such a smooth experience.

Charger infrastructure in the mid-west.