Ah yes, the ole’ gimbal interruptus

Something something, our new MechaOverlords something. Something pithy.

Don’t see a supercar. Probably staged.

Expect something like California’s Rule 21 (residential solar) for cars, calling for ‘rapid shutdown’ in case of grid failure (crash, in the case of cars), and a manual disconnect switch sited with the main electrical panel on houses, and somewhere on the EV. This will give rise to the fastest old-getting EV joke…

To wit:

As Senior Chief Unqualified Legal Counsel to Nobody, I make the assertion that the following defense will serve the good people of Bosch well in certain US jurisdictions.

*William Burroughs 

MAT Doctrine. Mutually Assured Transportation

This is the future. I don’t mean the Jetsons one we all deserve, but the one that is just months away. The SUV set settled on the Z-71 Chevy Suburban, which at the time represented the full expression of child transport to/from school and karate. Like fully expressing your Warrior Two asana.

Can we please, please do a special Jalopnik car review on this? Forget all the usual categories, and go right to what everyone wants to know: will it Elk Test and will it Raptor Jump and how about a 100mph head-on collision with a Smart 4-too. Oh yeah, also: does it ship assembled to the US, and do they take my…

Please note: the “502" is the version with the in-law suite. That’s what the oh-two model number indicates.

[Congratulatory words on having achieved COTD. Picture of attractive woman on/near eye-catching car, likely with car washing equipment or (probably) unused car fixing tools nearby. Pithy remark about woman having to do something or other of a gently ironic nature with/to the car before she can deliver aforementioned…

Yeah, so I’m the guy who, about 15 years ago, inadvertently drained the transmission fluid during what I thought was a super manly (on jack stands) oil change. The oil just didn’t have the color and smell I expected. Equipment: Subaru Forrester/Forester/Forrrester.

My experience was not dissimilar. Used to spend time in Germany at grandma’s house. Allied jets would hit Mach 1 at what must have been low altitude, because of the sonic boom. I always ran out of the house after the boom. To look for the mushroom cloud. Still remember how everything got super hot with existential…

Bonus points for test firing on what appears to be a shoreline just across from a bucolic lakeside neighborhood. Good morning, folks. Maybe put that French press down for a moment. Thanks, you local PIO.

“Without it the depleted uranium would crumble during re-entry.”

It is clear that the most significant developments in the intervening years were color video, and YouTube. I’m OK with this.

Yeah, likely not a simple swap. More of a daydream.

How about a TDI, just to see what happens if you keep driving these things. Like, will you get through emissions? Will the DMV give you the United treatment if you refuse to stop driving it? Will eco-activist-hipsters key it down to the engine block in the Whole Foods parking lot? What? Someone should find out.…

Question: who is rescuing gurgly little TDI motors and drive trains and installing them into 300TD Wagons? And never emissions cuz classic car.