An outdated relic that isn't nearly as nice as they want you to think? Seems fitting. 

This is 100% true. I think the biggest problem with most corporations is getting big enough to have a C-suite and a Board. Because those people so rarely know or care about what the company does, how they do it, or the people that make it happen. They care about shareholders and their huge bonuses. They have no fear…

While I don’t disagree with your assessment of Field, I don’t necessarily think he’s wrong to make the comparison. Getting to the moon while making calculations with punch cards and slide rules is an amazing feat. But I think it’s really hard to overstate the difficulty of getting a machine to have better reactions…

I’m a huge fan of Mazda. I owned a G1 Mazda3 hatch for about 10 years, and I currently own a 2018 Mazda6. The FD RX-7 is one of my bucket list cars.

Now this is the way I would spend my money if I was filthy rich. Sure, I’d love to have an exotic or two, but they’ve long passed the point where their capabilities are beyond my ability to enjoy. I’m not trying to die in a fire at a race track.

It all depends on the specific woofer, of course, but the reason infinite baffle configurations are popular among car audio enthusiasts is that you can achieve extremely low sub-bass frequencies without requiring a lot of space or power.

That's much better than the asthmatic 1980s alarm clock noise I often hear from electric delivery vehicles. 

Sure, but it's much easier to put $1750 actual dollars in your annual budget than it is to put $20k aside "just in case." 

Honestly, you can insure pretty much anything you might want to these days. You might not be able to just pull up the GEICO website and insure the big toe on your left foot for a hundred grand, but someone out there will do it. 

The problem is that there should have been a legal contract to ensure the delivery of the truck before offering it as a prize. Either the truck should have been purchased from the dealer beforehand, or there should have been a contract stating that the dealer would donate it in the event of a winner. Maybe somebody at…

This all seems a bit weird. If it’s a charity golf tournament, one of the following should be true.

I’m going to don my flame suit and then tell you all that A Christmas Story sucked. Just a slow slog of a film filled with dumb, unredeemable characters.

IDK about spaceship noises, but most of the EV pedestrian safety noises I've heard sound like a robotic crow dying. I always think something is broken when I catch it. I'd honestly rather be hit by the car. 

Unfortunately, no car manufacturer has ever put a decent subwoofer in a car. I think the biggest I've ever seen is an 8, which is still midbass territory. 

I think it could under a couple conditions:

I would definitely consider it. I can work from anywhere in the US, and it would be nice to travel more without having to save up a bunch of vacation time. I'm probably going to do this in December this year so I can maintain my Hyatt status, but I could definitely see doing a week away every month. 

Honestly, I’d rather fly Frontier than Southwest most of the time. The seats aren't any worse than any other coach cabin (and are better than a lot of the regional carriers the big guys farm out to). I paid a whopping $50 for Frontier to match my hotel elite status last year, and I’ve saved hundreds flying them this…

IDK. If the thief has any idea what the car is, I don’t think it’s beyond the realm of possibility that they just Google “how to start an AMG One” and come across this video.

The Element is a perfect car if you just want “a car.” It’s cute, it’s small, it would be plenty efficient with a modern drivetrain, it’s reliable, and it is maybe the most practical car made in my lifetime. Perfect daily companion to a fun weekend car, and fun in its own right depending on your preferences.

Re: Corvettes, I’ve never really understood the idea that one should dislike a thing simply because of the disagreeable nature of other people that like the thing. You should like or dislike a thing on its merits.