Take my star and get out.

I have some of those tires as well. The front ones are a hard rubber and the rear tires are a durable, rubbery foam, similar to what I assume Citroen is using. If you google “foam Lego tire”, you will find pictures of that type of tire.

That looks like it would shift you into a different gear under hard acceleration.

Well... The first thing that comes to mind is to simply put the usb port close enough to the center console of the vehicle (like, right above it) that any heavy key chains would simply rest on top of the center console and not put any weight on the usb port. You could prevent the key chains from sliding off the center…

Why not design a key fob with a usb plug that slots into a usb port somewhere in the dashboard? It would solve both problems. You’d have a place to put the key, and the usb port could charge it. The one downside is that maybe after repeated use, the usb port could wear out, but I’m sure that automotive engineers could…

Yeah, I think in the 60's and early 70's, America was pumping out some seriously beautiful car designs, and then sometime in the mid 70's, everyone in America, including car designers, went a bit loopy (I’m guessing it probably had something to do with drugs). I still like all those wonky 70's American car designs,…

I would agree with you, but this topic has already been discussed, with the conclusion being that the peak Jalopnik car is a brown, rear-wheel drive, diesel, manual wagon. Though this and the Volkswagen flat-four-powered Rolls Royce from a while back are giving me doubts.

Wait... so you’re the one who ended up with this thing?

I agree, the 70's were a wondrous time of pure elegance :)

Cool! Any other neat easter eggs I should know about?

Me when I was, like, 8: “I wonder what it would be like if we built a fighter jet with wheels instead of wings?”

For some reason, I think the idea of an American muscle car driving around in China is awesome. Also, if you had a 15 year-old car and it failed emissions tests, would it still be illegal to drive it if you had it fixed and re-tested and it passed? And would it be legal in China to take a classic car and swap the…

I don’t read a lot of racing news, but whenever it involves Kimi, I do. He’s just an interesting person. I think it’s kinda cool that he doesn’t care about milestones or achievements or anything like that, he just wants to race. 

I don’t always comment “lol” after actually laughing out loud, but this time I did. Thank you.

I don’t really have a fear of heights, but I do have a fear of any railing that does not go above my waist. In my mind, my waist is my pivot point, and I live in fear that someday I’ll be standing by a railing that doesn’t go above my waist and somebody will bump me or push me or something and I’ll flip over the…

Wait, you worked on the game?

I found that, once lowered, it handled great on the road and gave me an advantage in SUV races where roads were involved, but the second the race transitioned from on-road to off, all hell broke loose. No suspension travel + race tires = terrifying off-road experience. Sure was fun on the road, though.

Thank you for this. I’ve been searching for an answer to that question, and this was very helpful. Also, could you maybe make a chart to help people decide what kind of Plymouth Cricket Club is for them? Because I (and, I’m sure, many other people) am not sure whether the thing I need in my life is a club for…

David Tracy nailed it. The ‘60s safety shouldn’t be a huge deal if it’s not a daily driver and the baby only rides in it occasionally. Even if you do find yourself wanting to drive it frequently, I’ve heard that Corvairs were actually some of the safest cars on the road in the event of a crash at the time, as the lack…

In some rare cases, it seems that some sporty crossovers can be lowered and turned into sporty wagons. I think the Alfa Romeo Stelvio is one of them, as it’s based on the same platform as the Giulia, but with raised suspension, which ruins the handling. If you lower that suspension back to the Giulia’s specifications,…