Reversible heat pump.

Remember when that building in London melted some guy's Jag?

Also acceptable: “...because this must be it.”

Oh man, that’s amazing! We would always street park in the neighborhood (usually closer to National) and walk into the fairgrounds.

Totally agreed, but that means that we need to mandate Vehicle to Grid. I think only Nissan is offering it at any scale right now.

I'm reserving a spot in my future yard for a Tokamak.

I’m less confident about the grid, although I agree in general that the concern is overblown.

Im a huge ICE fan, but can’t wait to get rid of surface level pollution. I live on a major street that’s also on a relatively steep hill, so my quality of life will go way up when an ICE rumble is replaced with an electric hum...

If carbon savings were the only factor, then yeah, there’s probably some urgency to all of this. Even if not, greening our energy supply makes all of this easier because it’ll suddenly become worth it to do less energy efficient but more carbon efficient manufacturing.

I agree, but I do think that there is a lot of pressure behind how that choice is made.

God, I miss the Mile. Especially the old concrete grandstand - our tickets were second from the top row, Turn 1 side. Between my grandparents, my parents, and me, my family were in those seats for 50 years. Could probably see your dad’s house!

Which is a funny thing to mention, considering TG’s insane parental history. (You probably already know about that, but for those who don’t... look it up.)

...and I love AJ to death, but he did not help matters. The 500 may have made AJ Foyt, but AJ Foyt certainly helped TG to unmake the 500.

TG’s idea for a cheap car: no rear crumple zone, just let the gearbox dive straight into the driver’s lower back.

I never tire of watching de Ferran setting the closed course record at Fontana qualifying. Those cars were so wicked fast that the whole run looked... slow, paradoxically.

Related, but also not: there was a study a few years ago which showed that if all manufacturers just started designing their engines to run premium, we would save a whole lot of gas in the long run - and it would end up being just as cheap as regular. The reasoning was twofold:

I assume it’s the same folks who buy the second-cheapest wine on a wine list just out of habit. It’s a powerful human cognitive bias - the “false compromise” or “middle ground” fallacy.

On Carb Day, Herta could put his car anywhere. That seems like as good a reason as any to pick him.

We’re all too dependent on GPS now. The best way to get to know a new city is to get in your car and just ramble around until you find your way back.

Not related to your car request, but hope everything works out for the best for you, health-wise.