It makes you flexible, that’s for damn sure.

The C7 is a sweetheart to drive at the limit...except in Z06 and ZR-1 trim.  There the power can overwhelm the rears and cause you to swap ends with the traction control off (just like the good old days in a C2 427 with skinny bias-plys).  That is the reason for the mid-engine C8.  A new platform that can actually…

Except for the Corolla 4-banger they would’ve dropped in it

This sort of vehicle has a target audience...the frugal, understated but slightly adventurous senior Billionaire.

The $1.8B was counting on the size-able Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) cost being amortized across 32 hulls, not 3. That said, the NRE cost was far higher than expected as the ship was developing a new hull, low radar-cross-signature features, a new X-Band Radar, new electric drive, a new combat system, and a new gun…

The problem was the Navy talking itself out of Frigate-level requirements when it was considering the LCS in the first place. That was at the height of “brown water” littoral operations thinking, and also resulted in the DDG-1000 become an overly-expensive shore-bombardment platform.  The presumption was that coastal…

+1 Sea Bass

Tanks...Battleships of the Land and just as anachronistic

I don’t think he’d be there.  He’d take the payoff from BIG TANK, sign the NDA, and go charging at Kiwanis Club float in the 4th of July parade.

Pleased to meet you, Mr. Furious

People were overjoyed not to be watching cricket

Oh God.  What if he starts to teach other umpires his shitty style and joins two unions?  He’ll become the next Marvel supervillain.

The $97K price is for the range-topping model with the bespoke Blackwing V-8. 

GM never fully enabled Cadillac to become the special, unique brand it needed to be. The beancounters there lacked the vision and patience to allow a would-be (once-was) premium brand differentiate itself with compelling design, high quality materials, and special blends of luxury and performance. While not quite as…

Passing gas and hauling ass

This is Machado about nothing.

I would say corporate-run plans are more likely to be at risk from underfunding or speculative investment strategies.  Companies can then declare bankruptcy and restructure the pensions while reducing the payout benefits.  Union-run pensions are inherently dependent upon member contributions, and that member…

I wouldn’t put a whole lot of faith and confidence in that union pension if I were you...

Europeans also have an odd attachment to diesels in an attempt to save many polar bears, despite the pollution and availability of cleaner and more efficient petrol-hybrids

How the O’s swept them in the 2014 ALDS is one of the great mysteries of the modern baseball era.