I like it, but there can be only one:

My father drilled that into my head when I was learning to drive - turn all the accessories off. When I finally asked him why he does this he said “Because whenever someone else drives my car I get in and the radio’s blaring and the fan’s turned up all the way blasting me in the face with hot/cold air. I don’t want…

My understanding is that if you don’t rev match it is a bit harder on the clutch and trans, especially if you let the clutch out slowly enough to slip it.

I’ve met a lot of guys with low mileage Miatas - they seem to attract that kind of buyer. I met a guy last summer who had a really nice ‘91 he’d bought new, and he was super proud of the fact that it had only just turned over 30,000 miles (“mostly country miles too!” he bragged). I didn’t say it out loud but it seemed…

I agree that the needed more power (I have an NC now and think this), but your second paragraph is a bad attempt at being clever. Increasing regulations (safety, emissions, etc.), as well as consumer demands for more sophisticated comforts, have made the majority of cars heavier than cars were 28 years ago. Look at…

I discovered that there were certain shoes I could drive in and some that I could only if I was planning on just going down the street to the store. My NC is the same way - I can barely drive it in work boots.

That line was in the mix had I bothered to continue!

Everybody sing!

You’re a baller, Mister Grinch!

That’s not really true, though. The Revival is run to pretty specific class regulations, and all cars are era appropriate as well. For instance, your Mini vs. Mustang race - it’s meant to be a recreation of early sixties British touring car racing. The St. Mary’s Trophy is for fifties and sixties sedans. The TT is for…

Also, the Tribune had some seriously boring strips in it - I was pretty much reading most of them out of habit. It’s one of the reasons I like reading them online now - I’m not wasting time reading garbage like Broom Hilda or Dustin, neither of which were very funny to me.

Oh, Sherman’s Lagoon is funny (and I agree with you on Zippy), but some of the gags are strange to me.

What are the odds that Richard Rawlings tries to flip it?

I think it’s about or a little above market but I can think of other ways to spend that kind of money on cars and actually have something more interesting than a car that oozes “slightly wealthy semi retired orthodontist with ED” than this.

I just started reading ‘em online. I discovered that I was really just reading about half of the Chicago Tribune’s comics out of habit, and that I don’t miss the legacy strips like Broom Hilda or soaps like Rex Morgan, outside of not quite knowing what the Comics Curmudgeon is talking about on any given day.

Also, Sher…

I can see why they want the old artist back. He was really good at drawing Fritzi’s boobs.

I believe they call leaving one’s ill spouse as doing it “Newtie-style”.

This whole story was incomprehensible.

Not No Longer Amused, but I’m firmly anti-salad as well, at least when it’s a typical restaurant style of salad made up of lettuce and some assorted other vegetables covered in a dressing. Mainly because I hate lettuce - it’s overuse as a filler on sandwiches, burgers, and tacos ruined any chance I might want a whole…

Ray Hanna was a brilliant pilot. I wish I could find a better video of this one:

Jon Bon Jovi has been in movies? I legitimately did not know that.