Yep, when that BMW’s lights were blinding me through my rearview mirror on the way to work this morning, the only thing I was thinking was, “Boy, aren’t weak headlights a menace!”

Uzi Nissan died of Covid (https://jalopnik.com/uzi-nissan-internet-domain-owner-who-fought-nissan-in-1844535615), so what does that say about your argument? Hmm?

Was the driver of that Plymouth easy to spot inside Advance Auto? I used to go to the adjacent Gourmet Kingdom pretty regularly. It was supposed to be the Authentic Chinese Food option in town.

What’s your source? I’ll admit that mine was Wikipedia, but if you google generations of Ford Explorer, everybody divides them at 94/95. I get what you’re saying since they were both Ranger-based, though. Wikipedia writes the Cash-for-Clunkers fact as this:

This is a second-gen. First-gen are the boxier ones, which are definitely rare on the roads now, as you said. 

My dad had a ‘95 5-speed that was a complete lemon.  If I remember correctly, the floor mat anchoring system on these Fords is not very well designed.  Seems like they were always drifting forward.  

I almost missed out on these.  My dad had a (I think) ‘74 Impala when I was growing up, but I was too young to remember riding in it, though I remember it sitting in the garage.  My brother had some massive gray Oldsmobile station wagon (Custom Classic?)  for a little while in high school that I think only managed 11…

This is great. You could really flesh out the body by using the shorn beard hairs that you used to get a free McRib: https://lifehacker.com/get-a-free-mcrib-for-shaving-your-beard-1845784016

Yeah, I guess it’s a good way to train kids when to look left and right.  I was going to say that kids should be able to listen for when cars are approaching from behind, but the increasing prevalence of quiet electric vehicles, or the loss of the sound of one car on a busy city street, makes that a good idea, too.  

Okay, after watching the video, that guy is a bit of an idiot. Never heard of a steering wheel puller?

I bought an NRG regular (non-quick release) hub to attach a “vintage” wood steering wheel that I’d bought separately. It’s hard for me to imagine where it would fail without massive forces, but thank you and Goobin for the warning about their stuff.

My airbag control module failed for the driver’s side, so I used that as an excuse to put in a wood wheel that I had lying around.  I’ll eventually get the control module replaced...

Pretty similar to the Gigli saw used for cutting through bones. Just a metal wire, applied with proper force:

Don’t forget the nose!  As long as he’s breathing through his nose most of the time, those mucus-covered hairs and turbinates will pick up a lot of the big stuff. Very alarming to see what ends up on the kleenex after I’ve been using the angle grinder without a respirator.

It could be an anomaly, and things will settle back down, or maybe it’ll go the VW Bus route and prices will remain insane

If this is how people get their kicks, boy do I have a project for you!

Yep, a premium bike like that must have a USB port somewhere, but our minds play funny tricks when we’re in difficult situations.

I had a 2000 Kymco People 50 cc that was great. Very reliable, ~45 mph top speed, pretty surprising acceleration.  If I get another scooter, it will be the 150 cc version of that.  

When the most recent major change happened, some people recommended bookmarking jalopnik.com/latest instead of wading through the BS.