I am impressed by some cars, but in different ways than the standard social norms. Not impressed by new cars in general, including luxury brands - anybody with enough money can own one. But seeing a rare older car in very good condition illustrates that either the owner does a lot of their work themselves, or cares…

The crossover sedan goes way further back than Subaru. The real pioneers were AMC! And the same styling cues continue to carry over... including contrasting body cladding.

The greatest irony would be if it were bought by a partnership consisting of GM and Toyota.

I prefer the more formal “Best Retards”.

My first thought was that they must have named this beetle after the infamous Beetle aficionado, detailed taillight cataloger, and Jalopnik writer Jason Torchinski. I was disappointed.

Absolutely - that is a great shade of green. My next favorite is the very rare Viper Green color, which they brought back for the New Scirocco. This whole build is making me ashamed for letting my 1977 Scirocco languish away in my garage...I’ll get back to the TDI rebuild on it this weekend.

Yup, the reality is that you can buy used EVs for cheaper than this, with tons more functionality. This scam has run its course...there is no market for Elio.

Oh, that worked out really well in Iowa for Agriprocessors: Those immigration charges were dropped and then his fraud sentence was commuted by Trump.

Yep, who knew the Department of Killing People Overseas would develop a challenge to help them kill people?

Yeah, and I’m sure the owners of the store will be hit with some hefty fine for their hiring of undocumented people, right...? Oh, no - of course not, because that is the same thing Trump has been doing for years: railing against brown immigrants while at the same time taking advantage of their labor at his casinos…

His take is a bit more nuanced than the writer suggests...and I am not usually in a place to be defending a GOP candidate. He highlights that slavery is still happening, though somehow thinks that it is only an issue in places outside the US.

In that reference, the van would prefer this fate:

I still drive my 505 wagon on a regular basis. Right now it is full of a disassembled Jetta whose interior parts need to go to my garage. The diesel versions of the 505 are damn near unkillable, though they have the nagging electrical problems of any French car. To play off the Torch article yesterday, it is my…

“I don’t have a Nazi husband, but I do know a man who would be mad at me for saying that.”

This is the sound of crows laughing at your comment...Caw, caw, caw, haw. You think he has changed his ways, but does not want to change/ cross out/ cover up his Nazi tattoos?

My takeaway is that your LSD synthesizing roommate was indeed about to become someone’s bitch...

Yeah, especially when it is so easy to actually modify the tattoo to reflect that, by doing a circle around it and a cross out, the universal way to counter Nazi graffiti. The fact that he wants to “be reminded” of it is veeery telling.

Yup, I’ve long thought the best way to actually create accountability would be for these settlements to be paid out of the police pension system, which in some states is a different entity than other public retirement programs. And then have reductions in benefits for all PD retirees if the police pension funds fall…

Yeah, this was my exact takeaway : Are we entering a future where advertisers are encouraging people to have the autonomous car take over in a situation where the driver DOESN’T feel comfortable driving?! Because that is the exact opposite of how the systems work, and how people should use them.

Yeah, this was my exact takeaway : Are we entering a future where advertisers are encouraging people to have the autonomous car take over in a situation where the driver DOESN’T feel comfortable driving?! Because that is the exact opposite of how the systems work, and how people should use them.