Damn. I think I actually respect ARod for the first time since about 1999 or so. He has clearly made some wise moves.

Crack pipe, based on price, condition and mileage.

Owned one for a couple of years (‘04, V70 R, six-speed, etc.) and it was a kick-ass ride, for sure, but this one has a ton of miles on it and these things are not even remotely as rugged as the 240s of yore. This thing will eat a hole in your life savings like a used…

Then you could go electric (Is the wife eco-conscious?) for the one-speed and you’d have a different transmission for each day of the week.

Were it my choice, however, I’d opt for one of those Mercedes-Benz/AMG seven-speed multi-clutch automatics since, well, the Doug Nash gearbox SUCKS and C4 Vettes have not aged…

Well, it is up against a Challenger...in its 11th model year.

I hate Uber and the idea of Uber and the shit money many of their drivers ultimately get paid. Just hate it. And I used to think their idea of a self-driving car was a mad pipe dream....until I did the math.

A driverless car—truly driverless with no safety nanny in the seat—can earn money 24 hours each and every day of…

What sort of cop car is doing a buck-fifty? Certainly not an Exploder or Tahoe. Popo Taurus turbo? Caprice V-8?

They have had all sorts of wacky manuals for years.

My personal favorite:

Don’t you mean “It doesn’t show up on their cell phone?”

Save the Ladas!

I saw this happen once in The City (a.k.a Manhattan) about 14 years ago. I had my digicam with me and captured some snaps and a video of a hawk eating a rat it had just caught. And it wasn’t in portrait mode.

$20 says he drives and M or an AMG on weekends, but wears a disguise to do so...because he likes to drive but doesn’t want to get fired.

Well, there is always Mike Mussina, who earned his economics degree from Stanford in three-and-a-half years. Then again, I haven’t heard him spouting any political nonsense like Curt Schilling.

Agreed. Though this is 90% an echo chamber on that sentiment, as you point pout.

What hauntedcomputer said. Despite his obvious skills compared to other people working in the, ahem, “meritocracy” of the NFL, Kaepernick has been unemployed for well over a year due to his stand (no pun intended) on this matter.

Spring of ‘91, roadtripping with two buddies from college. We went west to the U.S. Grand Prix in Phoenix (story for another day, but we pretty much walked almost anywhere we could, with few restrictions; somewhere out there is a picture of at least one of us sitting in one of the Dallaras that DNFed and was pushed…

In America, troops fight for our freedoms...that if you dare actually use, you will be severely punished for doing so because it does not respect the valid work those troops do for your freedoms.

At least, I think that’s what standing for the national anthem means.

It’s the driver’s ed edition. There needs to be a big “L” sticker on the back somewhere.

First one was fixed, stolen on the streets of St. Louis, in broad daylight, downtown, during a baseball game practically in the shadows of the old Busch Stadium. I was rally late to the game and it was one of the shortest games in the National League in like 15 years, so I was probably away from the car for no more…

Greatest/worst photo ever. I remember when this was a front-page photo in 1976. All too well.

The A2 Golfs/Jettas were a thieves’ paradise. The head unit could be removed with a squeeze of the faceplate and pretty much yanked out. And if you secured it somehow, they’d just rip your dash apart and make it 10 times worse. Better to let the scumbags have it and then just replace the rear quarter window and head…