I’m a third-gen Californian, and I voted against 22. The whole ‘proposition thing,’ while good in concept, has been totally co-opted by special interests. Quelle surprise.

Routinely done when fueling aircraft.

My two Austin-Healeys feign indignation at that last comment.

re: “iPhones are built in China and you don’t see anyone complaining about them being cheaply built”

Except Intel.

... add Bob Seger and John Mellancamp to the list.

The only offensive ‘badge’ on the outside of the car is the ‘Dog Bowl’ fake gas cap. No owners like it, and some replace the rear panel with a blank one or one with oversized lettering (‘B  U  L  L  I  T  T’).

‘Ticking’ ... heh.

Agree (and I own one).

McQueen was a serial abuser of women (according to several of his exes, including Ali McGraw).

I owned an ‘08 Bullitt and traded it in on a ‘19. For me, it was never about ‘cosplaying’ Steve McQueen; I bought the cars for four reasons:

OK, but what about disposal of spent fuel?

I bought 2 cans at a NAPA parts store. Smells just like cheap tequila.

At the start of the Pandemic, I was in a NAPA Auto Parts store where they had hand sanitizers made by PB Blaster. Just for yucks—and it had the required 80% ethanol content—I bought a couple cans. They have a pump sprayer, so no harmful aerosols, and the spray smells exactly like cheap tequila. If things get much…

I’ll take a SWAG that the people who watch Faux News regularly aren’t the type that would seriously consider an EV anyway.

Sooooooo ... It’s a fancy-pantsy impact wrench?

‘Hobbs Time’ is the time the master switch—battery power to the main bus—is switched-on; ‘tach time’ counts cumulative engine revolutions (engine running). They’re not necessarily the same, but under some circumstances can be close.

re: “Of course, that means waiting for someone else to create that market and then trying to compete with them.”

Dying boomer here. You ain’t wrong, but I see lots of young’uns driving Mustangs, too.

re: “I had one tire shop guy tell me to periodically wipe them down with engine oil to keep them from drying out.”