Which point did I miss? When are the Dems going to realize that you don’t turn your back on people like this?

FUCKING DEMOCRATS - YOU’RE PAID TO SHOW UP. WE NEED YOU TO SHOW UP. SHOW UP!!!!

The original Land Rover was a triumph of function over form, and the original Defender followed suit. The fact that they’re willing to compromise function (i.e. visibility) for what is useless design frippery shows how far from the original Land Rover ethos this thing has strayed. It reinforces (for me, at least) …

I’d say drive it home. The one car transporter I used (open truck) was not great - car took forever (~10 days Boston to Little Rock AR), went through at least one snowstorm and arrived filthy, and they managed to bend one of the seats. In contrast, I drove my TR6 home (~500 mi) - took forever, but a real bonding…

Summer, even here in relatively mild NC, is the worst time for driving a convertible, IMO. Sunburn (I’m Irish - I burn beside a bright lightbulb), ‘nads sizzling on the vinyl seats, useless A/C, even if the car has A/C. Fall and winter (before things start to freeze and they salt the roads) are perfect - time for a…

Possibly one of the most Jalop scenes ever captured. Who and where?

Would pretty much eliminate all fender-benders also

Wait - the Mirai’s a turbo?

turbot - a really fast autonomous car?

That’s on a whole different scale

Does it have a “Danger to Manifold!!!” warning light on the dash?

Sorry, not buying it - skilled use of language is wonderful, and dumbing down or shrinking the variety of words available to us removes nuance and dimension from our communication. I’m not saying that office- or corporate-speak isn’t annoying, and often meaningless, but it’s usually pretty easy to tell when someone’s…

I was going to suggest a Land Rover until I saw that “reliable” was a criterion. I think a Land Cruiser is the correct call - reliable and routinely driven by the quietly rich

I hear it’s going to be called An Eye On The Future And An Eye On The Past (Simultaneously)

let’s just leaf it there

“Sylvanus Freelove Bowser” may be the greatest name in the entire span of English-speaking world history

Seems fine to me? Maybe Barra will explain this to the president.

The only mechanic I ever really trusted - a one-man operation in Jamaica Plain, Boston - I found through CarTalk’s “Find a Mechanic”. Maybe I was just lucky, but I’m attributing it to the magic of CarTalk

When I moved to the US all I could afford was a 1980 Toyota Corona ($300), with a radio that got only one station - WMAL 530AM out of DC - Paul Harvey, SportsTalk and, yes, Rush Limbaugh. I couldn’t believe the bile he spewed on a regular basis, after growing up with the genteel NPR-like national radio in Ireland.…

And fuck you very much. If the broken veins on your face are any indication, the cirrhosis isn’t far off - enjoy.