And, they’ve had that car through most of the ensuing seasons (bronze colored Oldsmobile. Sorry, I’m a refugee from Jalopnik, it’s what I do). I have to admit that it kind of surprised me that they kept it so long. Either that or the one they had for the Jennings turns up in the background and I think it’s theirs.

As long as the spoken word part at the beginning is included.

I realize that the plant fire was super dangerous and it’s fortunate that nobody was killed, but “disruptive F-150 supplier” makes me think they were shooting spitballs at Ford, or talking too loudly, some shit like that.

Duesenberg racing engines used a similar setup-valves were perpendicular to the bores. I can’t remember what the advantages were supposed to be, other than ease of adjustment (remove side covers and there’s tons of room) or maybe valve size. I’ll have to go look it up now!

Yeah, I think it ranked right up there with Mad Men in that respect (I always found Mad Men’s sets to be outstandingly well detailed).

I can’t tell if you’re serious or not, but it’s a cheap aftermarket shift knob that’s not screwed on correctly.

NP as long as it includes a selection of Tommy Bahama shirts (plus one Corvette themed Hawaiian shirt), a pair those square military sunglasses, a Corvette hat, and a bomber jacket from the mall.

Yep. I’ve read about it plenty of times in the classic car press. Owner drops off car for repairs, and either fails to pay or never bothers to authorize the work, shop keeps it.

I heard it was Fruit Stripe, but you had to get it within thirty seconds of chewing.

Nope. But, it took a massive hit when Chris Evans first took over. Granted, it wasn’t a great show but the majority of the loss was likely down to TG fanboys deserting it in droves, and claiming they weren’t going to watch at all now. The Evans-less version is better, but I’m not sure if ratings have gone up.

While I agree that the no-screen or aeroscreen look is pretty cool, it’s not for everything. That 944 and Monte Carlo are both hot messes.

I think the coolest car my mom had was gone before I was born - it was a ‘69 Camaro RS, with the rally package and a 350. She was in an accident when she was pregnant with me.

I couldn’t tell if it was just sarcasm. A friend of mine says they saw a car with just the woman surrounded by cats.

Mostly now I just see cars that are kind of beat up, painted with a rattle can in some flat color, with big wheels and more camber than is necessary. And a fart can. Always a fart can.

At an apartment I used to live at, there was a Cavalier (the “round” ones) with almost the full monty. Badly installed primer body kit…

There’s a Mitsubishi Lancer (I think) parked near work with those. I can’t recall if there’s anything else stuck to it because racecar, but it seems relatively stock. (This is a non-Evo)

So, outside of being an incomplete build and you’re just testing out the front setup, why would you do that?

I saw an SUV not too long ago that just had the “dad” figure (stick figure wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase). Just the one sticker.

I always want to either congratulate these people on having had sex X number of times, or commiserate for not being able to have sex more than X number of times, whichever I feel would annoy them the most.

I never do.

I was always under the impression that the hooks in the grille of the NA Miata are not meant for towing the car, but as tie downs (a lot of owners remove them, I never bothered). So attaching the hook to that point isn’t really going to work.

All it would take to change this is to tie the dash illumination in to the headlights actually being on, and not just the DRL’s. I’ve never driven for more than about thirty seconds without the headlights on, because when I have forgotten to switch them on (say, in a brightly lit parking lot at night), I notice the…