Okay, I’ll bite:

I don’t think you’ll find very many people here who agree with that sentiment. Most will say sedans can have 2 doors, but coupes cannot have 4 doors:

2 doors can also be a sedan - it depends on the roofline and interior volume.

That’s a pretty bold statement without any substantiating evidence at all to support your argument.

https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00178/amp/#

Druid Road? How appropriate.

I was thinking that perhaps in Japan with the extremely low firearms ownership level and the amount of restrictions on them, it was probably deemed unnecessary there.

This. I feel like this is a concept that has not been done justice. In the sub-$100k bracket there was the Honda CR-Z and... that’s it.

Is it really cheaper to have a needle though these days? LCDs can serve multiple purposes, so you can get rid of (or add in low/zero cost indicators for) things like a fuel light, turn signal light, high beam light, etc. I’m sure some of the idiot lights may be mandated by law, but surely not all of them?

My eyes on reading that: 😧

I’m guilty of buying a hot dog at the theater once or twice when I was too late to get dinner before the movie.

Raph, I’ve really enjoyed reading your Cimmaron saga.

That must have hurt to leave in your back! How long was it there? Did it get infected?

That is gold.

Agreed that below idle speed in first is worse. Unless you’re in a stop and go traffic jam going up a parking ramp or a 10%+ grade road. That is manual hell - or a really difficult challenge at least - if you don’t have hill start assist.

That is exactly what I uttered when I saw that 'shop!

P.P.P.S. “Jason and the Cargonauts” or even “Jason and the Cargonuts” / “Jason and the Car Go Nuts” also have a very Jalopnik-thematically appropriate ring to them.

Or, for your Scimitar and Tioga, “Jason and the Car Go Naughts” (or “Jason and the Car Go Nots”)!

Please stop me already!!! I am having all too much fun…

P.P.S. Jason, you need to find a way to work the title ”Jason and the Canoegonauts” into this. Or “Jason and the Terrornauts”, which would be more accurate to the original naming convention, but that seems less funny to me.

Jason, I’m not sure that your rack is going to be a problem in concept (though I would use high quality 2x4s instead of what look like 1x4s, and I’d also use distorted thread lock nuts [from McMaster-Carr or similar] and blue/standard thread locker to be really sure they don’t come out), but please get real tie down…

SANDVICH!!! Nom nom nom nom