J. Dolphin? Harrier? You're not fooling anybody, Torch. That thing says "Stark Industries Jeep Mk V" on the bottom, doesn't it? Proving once again that all of Tony's best ideas were ripped off from his dad.

No argument here on any of that. I just suspect that regulators would focus more on the safety issue. A mirror has just 1 part to break (ignoring the power-tilt components, because most of the time if that breaks you can just physically set the mirror position and still see behind you with 100% effectiveness). A…

True. On the other hand, mirrors aren't subject to electrical gremlins, and are relatively cheap to replace. The cost thing isn't a factor for upmarket luxury rides, but the lack of a failover alternative in the event of a malfunction may be a stumbling block.

Yeah, I was just gonna post the same question. I THINK that Tesla has petitioned...whoever decides these things for a rule change about using cameras instead of full-sized mirrors. But until that's decided, the cameras are not street-legal, as I recall.

Son of a BITCH.

I've been bugged by the fact that the producers of the TOP GUN NES game used the USAF boom-type refueling arrangement rather than the factually-accurate USN probe-and-drogue setup since *I* was 11. Do your f'ing homework, Japanese video game programmers of the late 1980s!

Awwwwwkwarrrrrrrd.

Didn't you catch the part about MESA being a multi-mission facility? They didn't just film the fake moon landing, they also used NASA's top-secret Temporal Distortion Tachyon Field Emitter to beam the faked moon landing into the past!

That's what I figured, too. We weren't under any obligation or expectation to step in, and only did so when asked by the legitimate authorities*. That's a strategic call by the President, which I suppose is one of his primary job responsibilities.

I respect you sir, but I cannot believe you. No, I say. A thousand times, no.

THUNDERSNOW is the AC/DC tribute song that Canada demands.

• 1. Punish unpredictable drivers with higher insurance premiums. Drivers who swerve in and out of lanes, pass on the right, refuse to give way, etc., make everyone around them have to pay attention to them instead of to the entire highway (i.e., mass loss of situational awareness = "crossing-the-streams bad.") Think YT…

After Centauri retired out of the Star League recruiting game, he needed a Star Car with a backseat for the kids. The old pro never lost his affection for that Death Blossom, though.

I have always kept my key-and-fob on their own ring, carabinered to any other keys I had to carry around. Always. It's been a weird compulsion of mine since I started driving my own car in...96? If anybody'd ever called me on it, the answer I would've given them would be "too much weight could pull the ignition-key…

Dibs on his stuff.

Concur - beautiful photography in this piece.

Was the most difficult part of this whole process when the editor had to choose which of Travis' screams to include in the final cut? Oooooh, will there be a Director's Cut with all of the pleading left intact? Maybe a DVD featurette where Travis takes us on a tour of all the bodily fluids he sprayed all over the back…

Heh. You just know that he came up with the SICKEST burn later on when he was waiting to fall asleep.

That was followed by a suspiciously telegenic reaction take by Travis, but yes, it was glorious.

What was the deal here? Did they not want to scratch their hood by driving through the gate? I can guarantee the scratches from the train crash would have been a lot worse. Your stupid car isn't worth your life.