You are right. It would be rude to go to France and demand a pickup truck to drive around in. When in Rome, do as...
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Nah, ignore all these guys. You’re from France and have Frexited to the USA. You require a ride to help you acclimatize
Dammit! Beat me to it. And it’s a Mercury Sable to be exact. [Same difference, I know.]
They are good looking cars. The front end has a “piccolo” bit of a Bizzarrini feel to it:
I’ve seen one in the flesh and they are really attractive cars.
Maybe they wanted to demonstrate that you could almost drive it like an automatic and pretty much never shift, I dunno
I thought we hit peak Torchlopnik when Jason wrote an article about how Apollo astronauts took dumps in space. And then proceeded to shit into a zip-lock bag.
Not yet. Not yet.
This is great! What other journalistic gems were being suppressed by PG?
This constant emphasis on safety is taking all the fun out of cars.
“ It actually hurts to push the pedals, without the soles as cushions.”
Good intel on the barefoot thing, I actually believed that one. I do that in my Jeep all the time when it’s warm and I’m wearing flip flops. To me it always felt way safer than possibly getting a flop caught under a pedal.
Sooooooooooo. . .
The one I heard when I was a teen was that children conceived in the back seat aren’t technically yours, so you don’t have to worry about child support.
It’s called a pair system aka pulse air injection reactor. Air pump goes in there, and you also have the EGR valve.
It is possible! I once swapped a gauge cluster on an Oldsmobile, and was surprised by how easy it was. In ten minutes, the car lost 30,000 miles! (I changed it back).
I’ve got to keep the blog beast fed with little stories like this one. That way I can light some candles, put on some “mood music,” and give the “Holy Grail” series the time it deserves. Part two is nearing completion and will likely run Monday! Here’s a peek at a tiny bit of the draft, complete with a giant headline: