I’ll never be a huge fan of his music (was way to into punk when Slippery When Wet was released), but he’s been a good dude for a long, long time. And as I’ve aged, and become a true (transplanted) New Jerseyan, I’ve come to appreciate his music at least.

“Take my hand and we’ll make it I swear.”

It’s possible she was in this state of mind due to some bad medicine, but Jon told her he’d be there for her, asked her to lay her hand on him, and he helped her over the edge by keeping her in these arms.  Keep the faith, he instructed.

Not really into his music but great human being regardless.

If those headlights are original that’s more amazing than the mileage.

Makes sense.  On video, left his truck behind and the police are “looking” for him?  Next statement will be that they “couldn’t definitively identify him in the video” and there will be no charges.

You see the Jersey plates?  That explains it right there.

And a MAGA hat.

No, the E46 did not give BMW the Ultimate Driving Machine status. It sure lived up to the term but it was not the first. That term had been around for a long time before the E46, in the press and in BMW marketing materials.

When I was an accounting intern we went to lunch one day and I rode with the 2 partners and another intern. The partner backed out of the parking spot pretty quickly while I, in the back seat, watched the back up camera thinking “i guess he stops fast” right as we hit the truck behind us pretty hard. I do not know…

Somehow you are leaving out the client on this. The clients are very involved. (I’ve done a few car ad campaigns.)

The goal was to “sell” Mazda as an upscale auto. Maybe the customer even used the Audi as an example.

If you’re small enough you can crawl into the overhead bins for a great nap

I wonder which is less Apocalypse-Ready... This 40-year-old, (probably carb’d) V12 Lambo on original tires, or a brand-new Cybertruck?

I don’t know, does it include the Racoons?  Are they sort of tame?

Can I buy the raccoons? It looks like they need rescuing. Away to the Evergreen Forest, far from the Everclear one...

Honda Xr650L engine is still in production and it started production in 1985 (started as XR600R, but the engine is basically the same, other than the the extra displacement).

Nail, meet head.

It’s like everything. Spending more is always a case of diminishing returns once you get to “good enough”. There is far more difference between a shitty Walmart bike for $150 and your bike than your bike and a $3000 bike. It can be worth it if the differences are worth it to you, just like I think the differences and…

Better parts, hopefully better geometry, less weight, better components, less friction in the parts, and nicer materials.