Everybody knows it’s a completely black and white choice too. We MUST either stay at home forever and adopt a universal basic income so nobody ever has to work again (except essential people. Fuck those guys) OR we need to deny that the virus exists at all, and go completely back to normal, but now it’s no longer…

This was a great read, Misha. It is odd to think that the once ubiquitous Panther body cars have become a novelty. I still see them around of course, but almost never in a service role like they used to be. They were the last major holdouts of the BOF RWD domestic cars that once dominated the US market. The old joke…

Management probably would prefer not to close plants - but if they can’t make the business case work, then that capital flows to where the numbers do make sense. One of the biggest (if not THE biggest) expenses is labour - and if labour bosses make demands that make a business unprofitable (automanufacturing ain’t a…

The UAW have themselves to blame. They have created a “Us vs Them” mentality between auto works and manufacturers over the years. The “I’ll take this company down if they don’t give me what I want” mentality is so ingrained in the UAW membership, why on Earth would any auto manufacturer want them? Why did the lose…

Three basic reasons. Most people in the USA do not study other countries, they have a ‘just the right people’ attitude, and a ‘can’t happen here’ one.

Actually if you know the history in the USA the free market did speak up for the environment. Back in the 19th and early 20th century polluters were sued by their neighbors who property was contaminated and others that were adversely affected by the pollution of the commons the government was supposed to manage (air &…

Ahh yes, the “fairness” of socialism. Socialism is about the allocation of resources through political (and bureaucratic) power. Such allocation has never been fair and never will be due to fundamental problems of a very few deciding for a very many. This being true even in the absence of greed, corruption,…

If the market demands greater fuel economy then there is no need to regulate it into existence. What we are looking at is a desire of some to get an upper hand in the market or to force more expensive products with higher profit margins on to the customers.

It's a Chevrolet Celta.

What kind of car is getting fucked here?

Well, that’s one way to check exhaust leak.

The DNC is such a shitshow they can’t even do coverups correctly. Now I won’t discredit the idea that Russians hacked the DNC...but they fabricated the documents? Muahahaha no!

Was this at Opus?! I actually saw an RS4 nearby — we were staying at The Merchant and I think it was right across the street — though in MA, RS4s are (relatively) aplenty. I wish you had said hi! We were having a great time but always love meeting car people — especially when they are RS4 owners and have all their…

Wood in the frame. Wood in my pants.

That hubcap is from a Kia Forte

Brilliant drive by Verstappen. Holding off Kimi was a feat in itself, winning in your first drive in the car is incredible. Really pissed that NBC cut to soccer before the podium interview.

I’m pretty sure that Lewis and Nico just saved F1.

My mom didn’t know much about cars, but she did love them. My entire childhood she only drove two door cars, because, “Four door’s are ugly.” She fed my immediate and unending love of cars, with copious amounts of toy cars and trucks. She used to drive all over hell and back to find the latest Micro Machine releases…

10 years ago my dad bought a red Lotus Elise. My mom and him went out back roads and coastal drives, they even became part of this small Elise club. One day when they were out on a mountain road they got into an accident. Unfortunately, she didn’t make it. And at age 10 that left an impact on me, and it haunted me for…

I teared up! This was beautiful!