To be fair, “win on Sunday, sell on Monday” originally referred to the manufacturers and not sponsors. And certainly, in the early days of stock car racing as well as other disciplines, a lot of ad ink was used to highlight success on the track, and I imagine that plenty of people were Ford fans or Chevy fans or…

I was a fan of the show so I watched the first couple of episodes of the US version with some interest, to see how it’d work out. The cast didn’t really have any chemistry and it was hamstrung by the fact that they were probably obligated to reuse the scripts of the original, which they did water down a bit. I wonder…

I think that’s what the original poster was getting at. The March probably wasn’t setting any drag strip records, but it’s probably fun as hell to drive, and drive hard. My ‘89 CRX Si was the same way, it wasn’t fast in raw terms but that engine would just wind out to the redline with enthusiasm and it just felt like…

I don’t think I’ve heard the phrase “ghetto blaster” in about three decades, till this comment thread. 

You do realize that the people driving the cars aren’t the problem, right? This event is basically a parade. People will try and line the streets to watch the pretty cars drive by. Hell, they’re specifically inviting people to bring lawn chairs and camp out along Woodward. And since this is now effectively a “They…

I remember that they had a Camaro as one of the prize cars, and on the board that listed them they’d misspelled it “Camero”, and every time it appeared Alex Trebek had to explain that it was a typo and they meant the Camaro. I was just a kid but I couldn’t figure out how the mistake even happened (I wasn’t reading…

Well, the Sentra and LTD are, these days, interesting because they’re just not on the roads anymore, at least in most of the US. I mean, I’d stop and look at one if it was street parked locally, if only because I wouldn’t have seen one since the early 90's. 

Much as I tend to decry the modern trend for full four door/short bed pickups*, you are not wrong about the Sport Trac, mainly because it seems like it’s a handier size than a lot of other trucks I see and deal with.

*I load a lot of large objects into other people’s vehicles for my job, so I have definite opinions on…

Was Della married or otherwise attached in the books or TV show? Cause if she’s consistently described as some kind of spinster that would scan with Hazel’s being tragically killed in the 1930's. (Yes, I realize that an openly gay character would be unthinkable at the time the books and show were current but this show…

I am prepared to be entirely wrong, though! 

Probably slight differences in costuming and lighting during those scenes helped that. I would need to rewatch to confirm it, but I think Ennis wasn’t wearing his usual work clothes during the kidnapping (he’s kind of a natty dresser), or his usual hat. Sometimes the slight differences in appearance are the best…

Just as a PSA, but that thread about the Banning Porsche on Pelicanparts linked in the story is worth the read. I spent weeks going through it (I forget how I initially heard about it) and it’s just fascinating. A whole scene I had no idea existed. Then the owner himself joins, and you get to see the resurrection of…

I’ve always liked the font GM used on chevys in the sixties-they used it on all their cars it seemed.

So, is Pete calling Hazel “Globes”? I still can’t figure out if that’s what he’s doing there.

I still see the occasional Neon Challenge car out on the track, so they can’t be that terrible.

I can’t decide if the fact that he’s driving a 350Z is on purpose, or it was just the only silver sporty coupe they could get their hands on for filming.

I’ve had good luck the times I’ve used one, but I’ve also not done any cross country moves with large amounts of stuff - mainly into and out of the metro area with apartment levels of furniture. That said it’s always gone fine, nothing damaged or lost, and done on time.

It starts to get worse the further you have to…

There isn’t a known aero issue, though. The Shadows raced at RA in period, likely going way faster than this, and didn’t flip over. Similarly I’ve seen that exact car at RA, and again, it’s not flipped over. If anything it might’ve been an issue with the car’s setup - someone changed a wing setting or something - but…

Here ya go. Just remember your mask! 

It looks like he’s wearing the old school zinc oxide sunblock (you see lifeguards in cheesy movies wearing it on their noses), and zinc oxide is available as a suppository for hemorrhoid relief, which proves that he’s just been talking out of his ass this whole time. SCIENCE!