I was driving an NSX on the FDR once and the clutch went out in the battery park tunnel, I was able to coast up to the seaport but I was still stuck on the FDR in a low slung sports car. The police called a tow truck and it took an hour (not terrible I suppose) but then instead of bringing it to my garage they ONLY…

WAT?

You pick it up and carry it home.

flip the flimsy little lever to the middle setting, next to what I assume is the Chinese character for Neutral

Its like walking around carrying a suitcase everywhere you go, just in case you might need to move something.

Idle tow trucks aren’t making any money so I assume most truck drivers are busy doing something or sleeping.

I don’t know what world this dude is living in where there are tow operators all over the place and there’s time and money to find and fund those hires right now

How does the Changli handle this sort of failure?

And to still others: “What? What! WHAT??”

Being in the UK and with the majority of cars still being manual, not being able to get into neutral is something I’ve never even considered as a potential issue. Currently, the lack of autos in the UK means most of the cars presenting this issue will be EVs.

I wish they had found someone new, but I am pretty glad Chibnall is leaving.  He seemed to have some really big ideas but had trouble developing them well.  When I think about the show under him the word that comes to mind is “half-baked.”

This vehicle is in the travel lane. It should be at the top of the schedule.

Same for a lot of Jeeps. Where are our Jeep brothers and sisters?

Live action? Yes. In general? That’s going to depend on how you feel about 1986's Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen.

They’ve streamlined his involvement so much he doesn’t need to actually be in the film, he’s just already blocking cars in Hollywood while dancing in a weirdly tight Lakitu costume.

I’m amazed James Corden isn’t in there somewhere. Oh shit, he’s Yoshi, isn’t he?

Those guys wouldn’t be caught dead in another Mario movie.

You’d think they would go with Bob Hoskins and Dennis Hopper again, those two don’t seem to be up to much these days.

This is interesting and all and I truly, truly mean that, but it’d be great if Kinja notifications were fixed. I need to know which members of the commentariat routinely like my posts so I can send them a Christmas card later in the year.

One might say . . . I know what courses you took last summer.