Early on, the plane was a ‘hot rod’ that was beyond the skillset of the typically affluent—yes, often doctors—who flew them, say, into thunderstorms. Extreme forces could cause ‘oil-canning’ of the empennage, usually resulting in the tail coming off. There was an AD—’Airworthiness Directive’—mandating the installation…

re: “... the little Posrche kit car, can’t remember the model but it was the same model that killed James Dean...”

That isn’t even a BJ7. The BJ7 is a convertible, this is a roadster, an earlier car, probably a BN7 or BT7. BJ7s, like the final Big Healey (‘BJ8'), had rollup windows, and vertical, not horizontal, slots in the grille and the convertibles had wraparound windshields, with ‘windwings.’ Also, note this car’s drum…

We generally don’t name our cars, but my dad had a Model A we called ‘Ezzle,’ because the plates started with EZL (I drove it to high school and JC).

Ford’s been making seat foam out of soy for a few years. Smart? Prescient? Lucky?

Shorting isn’t what’s hot; buying calls on a heavily shorted stock then talking up the stock on social media so it pops, squeezing the shorts, is. Profit.

I’m not a ‘track guy’ per se--I prefer out-of-the way twisties in canyons--but from all I’ve heard and read the live axle is just as good as IRS on flat, smooth, dry pavement (nowhere else, of course). My ‘08 Bullitt was tail-happy for sure, but my ‘19 isn’t markedly better.

Same here. When my dad died I inherited his guns, which were his father’s. The one most suitable for defense--a S&W .38 Special my grandfather carried as a service weapon--had been stolen years earlier, so I acquired a Glock and a Ruger carbine (which I set up to use Glock mags). I loved to shoot as a kid, lost…

How’s this for irony: You have to fire up your noisy, smelly, gross-polluting diesel generator to charge your EV? AFAIK, generators don’t have/require any pollution control mechanism (and, even with one, they still stink to high heaven).

Yep. Ellison is the poster child for ‘leverage.’

Well, it is ‘gambling,’ except the dealer can’t take your stack of chips all at once. You can hang on, and hope for a better hand later.

He can take massive loans against his portfolio, and not have to sell a share (unless the stock seriously tanks).

Ditto. Nevada is particularly interesting; long straight roads through high-desert and sage, interspersed with mountain ranges that seemingly rise out of nothing. Very soothing.

Stock-rich executives often take out large loans against their portfolio, so the they don’t have to sell their stock--hence their control--over their companies. It can cause a serious squeeze if the stock tanks, and the lenders issue a call on the loans.

If you’re like most people and have a lot of crap on your key rings having a key in the ignition can gradually wear on the ignition switch. I too, didn’t like they idea when I first got my ‘19 Mustang, but now I like it. Plus, you can unlock the trunk and doors without inserting a key.

The Bullitt gets 20HP over the ‘regular’ 5.0 (with 93-octane). I think the NA 5.0 is just about maxed-out at that.

A Mustang with a 4-cyl???!!! Yup, done.

I would have to be a bigger V8; they’re already squeezing up to 480HP out of the NA 5.0—not counting GT350 and 500—and that’s with the Bullitt edition (which is a little lacking in low-end torque). Maybe a turbo’d 5.0?

I bought a couple cans of sanitizer made by the people who make PB Blaster; it smells like tequila. I’m down with that.

Yup. Quality terminals and a proper ratcheting crimper are the way to go.