I have a buddy who coaches sometimes at one of the LA area stunt driving schools and he says the women are the best students by far, with the fewest bad habits that need correcting. Invariably most of the dudes need to flail helplessly before they listen evidently.

Because we want un-elected bureaucrats passing laws? The power to make laws lies with congress.

Better safe than sorry.

Why would I need to declare my own property I brought with me? I mean, I’ve never declared my watch. And why should I pay to bring my own property. This whole thing confuses me.

Ah, I gotta confess, I’ve never heard anything post Night In The Ruts. Like a whole record, I’ve of course heard the unfortunate comeback singles.

Wasn’t LTMDTT on a Joe Perry Project album?

Ah, dammit. It’s still 2023 to me!

Free car is a free car I guess. But our input wasn’t sought even a little, it was “I’m buying you a base Forester, you can pick any free color” and “you have to trade in the 05 CRV, not the 98 Tercel”.

My FIL bought my wife a 24 Forester, and I’m hating. It is...not a car I would have chosen, let’s put it that way. Thankfully, I never have to drive it.

Eh, not that anyone cares in 2023, but Get Your Wings is Aerosmith’s best.

I love Lone Star, but I think Matewan just edges it for me. And what kind of world is this when someone won’t toss John Sayles 20 million to make a movie? That’s ridiculous. Every studio should have multiple dudes like him on the payroll, making content.

Isn’t that pretty much every modern high powered car though? Corvette fanboys love to spout paper numbers (that they themselves couldn’t come close to matching) like it means anything. It’s like me claiming my Partscaster Tele is the best guitar ever because Brad Paisley could shred the hell out of it, never mind that…

Even regular Jeopardy! questions are easy compared to shows like Only Connect or University Challenge. Both of which are better from a pure trivia standpoint, since there’s no real gameplay like J! has.

Pre covid I almost pulled the trigger on an absolutely loaded manual ecoboost. PPII, mag ride, factory tune, I think it had every single option. I just realized every time I drove it I’d regret it not being the V8.

It was just a brake and light inspection IIRC. Kit cars were easy in the 90s. In fact I built a better one after and just kept the plate.

I mean, I’m sure you can get into a Miata even cheaper than a 7 clone, and c4 vette’s for a pittance more, but higher tire costs. I like the 7s because tires last pretty much forever. I hate buying tires, just hate it.

I will concede that I don’t give a rat’s ass about my daily driver, so maybe it’s easier for me? I dd a 98 Tercel, so I can have a decent track car.

I mean, I did dd my Locost for years and I had WAY less than $20 grand in it. Half that maybe by the end. But, yeah, if you’re only going a couple times a year I guess you could drive your street car, but in that case I’d still rather pay a school and drive a Formula Ford or something.

I’ve always had a dedicated track car, even if it was just a Locost or something. Why you would even WANT to drive a street car with electronic driving aids on track completely escapes me. Aren’t you racing to get better? Then why on earth do you want training wheels? So dumb IMO. Which is why you always see me…

This is where I shamefully admit that I’m wheel blind. Not something I pay the slightest bit of attention to. I’m a steelie and big sidewall guy, mostly because I’d rather lose a limb than pay a penny extra for tires.