I had a 3.6 l slant six in a ‘66 Dart, and a 2.5 l V6 in a Contour (Mondeo). “Smooth” and “Gutsy” are not words that spring to mind in thinking about them. The latter was a lot more powerful, being about 40 years newer. The Dart was super easy to work on because it only took up the passenger side of the engine…

Completely agree about live shows. But this was “Dick Clark’ New Years Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.” Expectations are different.

Livestock is expensive to keep around. They don’t make good pets, because they were bred for specific food, traction or other uses. When a new breed is developed that is better, there is no reason for livestock owners to keep any of the old animals. Unless there is a hobbyist or a national germplasm-preservation…

It would have been good to get a picture of this car in its intended environment. Perhaps stuck in traffic on El Camino in Menlo Park, near the Tesla HQ.

A beetle is a lot easier on your arms and shoulders than the maul. Especially in wood that doesn’t always split on the first strike.

If they work in Palo Alto, you’d have to do the calculation based on 0-25 time, about 100 times per commute.

Parking spaces are for losers. This thing will park wherever it is convenient and draws the most attention.

Try a 1974 DAF 66 with an 1100 cc engine.

I live in a rural, politically fairly libertarian area. We don’t have a lot of local laws, but the community has passed a few where there is consensus that the town should help people be good neighbors. One of these laws is that car maintenance like this must happen in a garage, not out in the open. The practice comes…

We can see that the teams are hawking medications. If they are hocking them up, thankfully that is off camera.

Good thing there are wealthy oligarchs and sheiks who can afford to pay the price of a CT scan with this thing. They don’t depend on run-of-the-mill racehorse owners to make this technology pay off.

Different gas, and different stomach. Cows have natural Beano all the time.

One word on your list is not “meaningless” and that is Organic. The meaning of organic food in the US is codified in a detailed law, and has quite the regulatory structure assuring that the meaning is upheld https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/prog…

And if something significant does happen, and the hospital bills you six figures?

Mud season?

Does the Rolls Royce hood ornament on my beetle count as a badge?

My tractor already has GPS-guided steering. Please make it autonomous, because all that driving back and forth with no traffic and no need to steer is dull dull dull.

A small trailer is great for dirty, heavy or tall stuff. My little hatch hauls one , and I’m saved the pain and expense of a pickup.

The variety is Profusion Orange. It looks exactly the same on the ground

The programs do not earn serious money. Most big-time athletics programs are money-losing status symbols for influential business people and politicians.