How about just banning baseball caps altogether? I’ve been to a few bars that ban certain items of clothing, and baseball caps are frequently among the items not welcome. It doesn’t make a political statement, but it does have the side effect of no MAGA hats. 

Have you tried not being a dick online?

Is that all you’ve got? Out of date and inaccurate insults insinuating communism for anyone who actually wants the government to do something. You’re the fucking dolt here. If you want to argue this, show me some figures on why we can’t do it. If nobody knows how much it costs, how can you be so sure that things like…

Oh, christ, are you really that fucking disingenuous?

Pretty simple, really. Same way we paid for the Interstates and the space program. 

Take the existing formula, add a double wishbone front suspension, ditch the boxer four for a normally aspirated inline four of 2.0L, and if possible, make it a little lighter. Keep the touchscreen bullshit out of it, and analog gauges would be nice, too. Definitely needs to keep the option of a manual gearbox. As…

Nicely said, but the sane and intelligent already get it, and you’ll never convince the morons that they’re wrong. 

That’s Hella weird. 

I love this movie, and pretty much anything related to it.

I’m almost surprised that the Russkies still fly this piece of crap. I wonder how many have just fallen out of the sky due to mechanical failures brought on by age.

I wouldn’t be unhappy with it, but I’d rather have a Suburban or a Tahoe, purely because I don’t want to change timing belts. I want my truckish vehicle to require as little maintenance as possible, and shelling out $600 every 4 or 5 years just doesn’t fit with that plan. 

The 10AE Miatas have a reputation for dying tragically in collisions that were the other driver’s fault. 

Eh, coming from the Dallas area, by comparison Austin didn’t have much going on car-wise from 2004-2008. I rarely saw other modified cars, and hardly ever had idiot kids “rev on me” or any of that nonsense. I’m sure if I had looked for it, I’d have found something. But in Dallas you didn’t have to look. 

I’m bummed they limited such a great color to so few cars. Let’s hope this version avoids the Anniversary Edition Curse. 

I had so much fun doing, uh, other things there that I didn’t really miss the car thing. Looking back, that was probably when I started backing away from car culture in general.

Really. I’d think an econobox and a potent GT would be a pretty sweet combo. Great cheap car for the daily stuff, and a sweet performance car for funtimes. Sounds like a great 2-car garage to me. 

Interesting. I never noticed Austin having much of a car culture while I was living there. Of course, I wasn’t seeking it out, but my impression of the place was that most people there really didn’t care about cars. It’s also a tough city to keep a car nice in, as parking is rare, the spots are small, and it seems…

I don’t disagree that the flag is a nice touch, but French pride? The flag is the only thing French about the Volkswagen Chiron. 

Yup. My buddies and I have always just called them Hecklers. 

I’m a recovering ex-German-car fanatic. The hangover has lasted decades. I’ve pretty much sworn off anything German. Even their beer.