This isn’t a great film, but it’s not terrible. The old “reformed criminal agrees to one more heist” plot is an oldie, but a goodie. More than anything I liked the huge variety of cars that made appearances in it - I spent a lot of time saying things like “Hey, a Superbird!” and “Chopped ‘49 Mercury, nice!” to my…

FWIW, I’d heard the term “boosted” used in reference to theft before this moving came out. Usually when someone was offering to sell me some cheap stereo equipment or something.

Their sides are the best. I never get burgers there but will just roll up for some tots and a drink.

Can advantage: dumping a load of them into the recycling doesn’t make as much noise as a load of bottles, thus hiding my drinkery from the neighbors.

Can disadvantage: I like collecting bottle caps.

Your Toyota.

This is exactly why I will never, join a marque specific club or frequent a marque specific forum. These types of people ruin the fun of being a car enthusiast by being a brand enthusiast.

I like it as an idea and would’ve love to finish it properly, but not at that price. There’s too much bullshit - those shitty taillights, rando console and seats, messed up dash, license plate bolted through the tailgate (and inexplicably one screwed to the inner fender under the hood - one from Rio de Janiero as…

Or you should get all the tats.

It’s spelled “Tanoak” but it’s pronounced “Check Engine Light”.

It never ceases to amaze me how many people will say that the Cavalier was just the bestest car ever. People out in meatspace will tell me this. They were just garbage, from the beginning. My folks had one - an ‘85 or so, wagon, the “square ones” that a lot of people say were better than the “round ones” because they…

So I used to daily a ‘96 Miata, for about sixteen years. I was 24 or 5 when I bought it - I forget what I was paying in insurance on it but it was a not unreasonable amount. I never lowered coverage on it despite the fact that it was a complete pile by the time I got rid of it and replaced it with a then year-old NC…

Aerodynamics, most likely, followed by weight.

I always liked any episode that featured The Mayor. My favorite was probably the one where the city was going broke, and he tried to ask his dad (played by Michael Nesmith, if memory serves), who denies the loan but buys the city for himself anyway.

TIL people actually cared about Tucker Max.

The story of Subaru of America’s founding is interesting too - there’s a good write up of it in a book about the Yugo (I forget the exact title but I’m sure it’s the only one).

If you don’t then I’ll join you, since I walked out of the first one half way through, I hated it so much.

They talked about this on the Current this morning, and played a few tracks from the new inductees. Made for some interesting transitions:

“If I didn’t Care” by the Ink Spots
“Go Your Own Way” by Fleetwood Mac (a car shaped like a hamburger or a hamburger shaped like a car?) (also I hate Fleetwood Mac, and Rumours in…

IIRC (from a distant reading of his book) Nick Offerman used to do this when he needed to travel someplace during or after college. Like, I’d have totally done that the summer after graduation, just to take a trip out to California or something.

Is that a LeMons sticker on the back? If so it’s undervalued since it’s a vintage Porsche with competition history.

I love AMC’s in general. Like, I go the lawn chair show and shine, and annoy all the old farts sitting in front of their (one of several) Fordrolet Corvastang and home in on the lone AMX or Javelin or even Ambassador.

But, I’ve always liked underdogs and oddballs (should really be the title of my memoirs).