If I wanted something like a Cobra and could afford the genuine article, I still wouldn’t be able to drive it or risk breaking a piece of history.

I suspect that at super high production temperatures and pressures, it’s not going to be cheap enough to be used as a fuel.

The price of gas is low because OPEC are selling oil like crazy to finance their military exploits. It never stays low for long.

When you put it that way, I’m not too certain I’m comfortable with humans making those decisions.

Nice looking hatch. Needs a VXR/OPC/SS version.

We use credit cards in taxis all the time in LA.

Puts out methane, a greenhouse gas.

We should be looking for very, very small, but very bright x-ray emissions. That move around oddly. A pretty sure sign of a fusion rocket. Or very small spacial distortions that might indicate use of an Albucierre drive. Maybe look closely where we think there’s a smallish black hole that looks quiet, and see if…

Excellent acquisition sir. My favorite so far.

Before Connaught, there was this:

We’re on the opening stages of quantum entanglement communications, and we think advanced civilizations still use radio.

It looks like a Kia Soul with a really big ego.

Subaru replies: “He lived”.

Closest neighborhing galaxy with a honking big black hole in the middle?

We don’t hate Priuses because of the cars. We hate them because of the drivers. Instead of saying “Woohoo! Fuel economy! I can accelerate and still get great fuel economy!” they instead stare fixedly on their fuel economy display trying to squeeze every last hypermiled MPG out in the fast lane. Which they drive in,…

Turning up the heater to full blast does absolutely nothing until the engine warms up. But the air conditioner dries the air and refrigerates it below the temperature of the window so it doesn’t condense as readily, and works immediately.

I’ve got a manual, so my car doesn’t have remote start.

I want one every time I’m stuck in a 20 mile line of bumper to bumper traffic on the freeway. And every time I’m invited to a party on the other side of town, where I can’t really drink because there’s no option but driving home or a $50+ cab ride.

Normally, if you run a company that develops technology that you would pitch to a car company, there are a lot of hoops you have to jump through and you have to fund your own development costs.

Forester height: 66.4 inches. Or 68.2 inches. I’ve seen both numbers.