“the hood looks like it was designed by a manatee enthusiast...” Now that you’ve made me see it, I can’t unsee it.

Well, that was the template for decades, too. Some things are a bad influence.

Yeah, I’m happy to see playas get money. They went from zero to the best-selling luxury model in America within 10 years. There is no shame in that game.

From what I hear, the two aren’t so far apart.

Hey now. I’ve defended Tesla on this here forum many a time. I’m pretty strongly pro-Tesla. I have driven both an S and a Roadster (no seat time in a 3 yet, but it’s a matter of time) and fully get how impressive they are as engineering exercises.

It’s destined to have a “Salt Life” sticker on it, no?

Literally nobody I know with a Model 3 cross shopped it against anything at all. I know people that went from having an electric skateboard to having a $55k car because ZOMG THE FUTURE!

The smugness of telling everyone that “ICE cars are so outdated. I’m driving the car of the future!”

Torch *does* make a good point here.

Yeah, these things are shockingly dangerous by the standards of modern race cars. A buddy of mine — a Vietnam vet and former SF cop who who was an SCCA regional champ in AMC Javelins back in the day, a good driver with some fairly hefty cojones — bought a Offenhauser Indy car, drove it once, and was so scared that he…

Yes, why would you be in such a hurry, young man?! You’re going to have your Morgan in the family unto the nth generation. What’s another year to wait to get it? :-)

You’re probably right.

There’s a buyer wondering why they can’t buy one at all. The SF distributor is hilariously opaque about orders, delivery, everything. “Yes, well, we expect to have a car here, probably a three-wheeler but maybe an Aero or a refurbished Plus 8, in about six months. But that’s spoken for. So you can put a deposit down…

Ecclestone truly reminds us that “only the good die young.” That reptilian shitbag is going to live to be 120, probably with the aid of a 20something involuntary blood donor brokered to Bernie via one of his kleptocrat dictator friends.

That’s actually the 2nd-gen Ti, which was an E46 all the way, not just the front clip. Importantly, it gave up on the first-gen’s semi-trailing arm suspension and used the fancy multi-link setup from the other E46's.

Nope, nope, noppity nope. The clown shoe is lighter, rowdier, and has much better control feel. Driving the clownshoe feels a lot like an E30 M3; driving the Z4 M Coupe feels like driving a cut-down E92 335i.

There are wireless trailer cameras for like $150 at Camping World. I’d be surprised if the factory versions required wires.

To see if your race car is shifting around on its tie-down straps. I could definitely see the use here.

It’s funny every single time.

Gotta admit, that would be awfully useful in my world. I’ve almost never had a trailer storage spot that wasn’t too damn tight. Hours of my life have been lost to “oh, nop, gotta move it two inches to the left,” followed by another 10 minutes of careful maneuvering.