IndyCar opened its season this past weekend as well. Josef Newgarden took the pole and the race, winning a street course where he only won ovals (nearly all the ovals) last season. Pato O’Ward took the number 2 spot, and with Scott McLaughlin putting his #3 car in the #3 spot.

Just gonna put out that malaise era LTD/Crown Vic/Grand Marquis/Town Car look FAR better with the landau. When I see one without a landau it doesn’t look right. Likewise for the GM competition (Caprice, 88, LeSabre, etc.). Need a landau.

Probably got the family OK for Ford to mess with it because Fisher was part of GM. Fuck ‘em.

Not screaming. Just big ol’ American grunting. Glorious.

Giving me strong early 80s Saab 900 vibes

Because it’s a 6.4. Easier to get a rube than to tell the truth.

This was the 2007 emissions engine, and 2010 was a HUGE drop in allowable NOx. At the time Navistar was employing only an EGR/DPF strategy and trying not to include SCR, while Ford, probably knowing that that solution was physically impossible to meet EPA NOx targets (as Navistar’s own engine division essentially no…

I’ve seen my fair share of dead Transylvanian noblemen, so I’ll just say “I’ll believe it when I see it.”

Love how the BMW is driving on the wrong side of a double yellow. Typical.

NP, if only to look at that engine all the time. (Which you will.)

The car with the most miles on it is a Volvo P1800S.

“tactical” package

No full carts! Most kiosks are designed to do only a few quick things, and full carts in the kiosk area get in the way of others and take FOREVER. If you have a full cart, go to a staffed line or a self-checkout designed for a larger load. It’ll be faster and you won’t be a nuisance to others.

4. - Felix Rosenqvist (Ganassi Arrow McLaren) - + 4.116 seconds

It’s all the FIBs and the Minnesotans that get pulled over. They target out of state plates like crazy, just like Ohio.

Hammond, Indiana is the one near Chicago. Hammond, Illinois is downstate near Decatur.

Not worth nearly as much as Jon Voight’s ass in an ‘89 LeBaron

Animated Series

He needs to sell cars like his cousin sold brake pads. Goddamn Rolls-Royce of brake pads. Brings a tear to my eye just thinking about them.

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