My grandfather is an ex-Navy pilot (though he never saw combat due to some random circumstances), and has/had some really interesting old military buddies. One became an ace flying F-86 Sabres over Korea. I used to sit there in awe of his stories about dogfighting MiG-15s.

Best article I’ve read on here in awhile. Tremendous act of kindness on Jalop’s part. This man is a damn American hero.

My comments were aimed at the disparaging tone of his remarks, not his underlying point. You’re correct that they aren’t travel hubs in the way NYC, LA, etc. are. Having said that, it’s not inconceivable that enough demand would exist in, say, northeast Ohio (~3.5 million people) or Pittsburgh (~2 million people) plus…

You could design it smartly to minimize that effect. Set the Federal gas tax at some level to produce a national gas price floor (e.g. $3.00 or 3.50 a gallon, but nothing outrageous), keep some of the revenues as windfall when gas prices are very low, then set a ceiling where the tax would be phased down to its…

McParland wins.

Whoa! Someone remembered the R-Class exists.

Agreed. I relocated from a big East Coast city (DC) to a smaller city a few years ago. The benefits (friendlier people, fewer snobs, lower cost of living, everything more accessible, avoiding horrible traffic) were worth the tradeoffs (less “cool stuff” going on - but I couldn’t afford half that stuff when I lived…

CAFE laws are stupid. Raise the gas tax if you want to change consumption patterns. Would help improve our roads, too.

This - and it also applies to the consumer market. Take a walk on a Ford, Ram, or Chevy lot. Notice the window stickers of trucks sitting in on the lot. Almost all of them are loaded with comfort/convenience features. I knew many ppl driving relatively basic trucks 10 years ago: cloth seats, mid-grade engine, no…

As it turns out, offering cut-rate flights from Europe and North America—including such noted U.S. and esteemed American destinations as Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland, yes, Cleveland —was not a viable financial strategy

Because it’s a giant middle finger toward automotive blandness and conformity, that’s why. It’s a loud, obnoxious, massively quick hoon car, and all the more awesome for it. FCA didn’t need to build this car, but decided to because it would be fun. Shit like this pushes back in small ways against the sterilization of…

Interesting comments below. I think we’re making a mistake by framing the debate in terms of absolutes here. Almost no one (including those who wrote the US Bill of Rights) believes individual rights to be 100% absolute - hence the commonly-applied American judicial principle that “a compelling government interest”…

Having read most of his works, I suspect he would have pointed out the huge difference between universal moral laws established by an omnipotent, perfectly good God and earthly laws established to regulate societal conduct by a government of sinful, flawed human beings - including some who profess to be Christians.…

I too thought it would be some white-knuckle monster until talking to some members on FerrariChat about it. It’s a not a race car for the street like its successors. It’s almost as comfortable as a Testarossa. The F40? Whole different beast!

Huh? 288 GTO was the fastest street-legal production car when it was released in 1984. Lamborghini claimed the Countach had more power, but Lamborghini made some interesting claims back then, and the GTO was considerably lighter.

It’s a racing car. Not meant to be pretty.

Time for an unpopular opinion - I have a hard time with Range Rover-branded SUVs outside the original full-size RR. They look great and offer real utility off-road, but the price tags are hilariously inflated, the interior quality is meh compared to the Germans, the maintenance costs are stupid, and the reliability…

I know they’re a dying breed but as someone who appreciates great writing and great storytelling, I think enthusiasts will lose something when they disappear. C&D, Evo, Autocar, R&T, even MT have had some killer writers over the years - Brock Yates, Ezra Dyer, Angus Mackenzie, Sam Smith, Jonny Lieberman, Richard…

Sports sedan, or maybe sport compact. It’s admittedly a unique breed.

Sports sedan