Nash Metropolitan? Gotta give a shout out to Neil Zurcher and his One Tank Trips. A Northeast Ohio institution right up there with Dick Goddard.

On top of sea level adjusted times, the best buff book time I saw for a BL Legacy GT was 5.0s and a 14.0 at at 99mph. Later, I read an explanation how they got those times: >4k rpm clutch dump and power shifting through the quarter mile.

Great minds think alike.

Could be worse...

Also, when the Emperor first mentions Vader’s son, I was gleefully picturing a minature Darth Vader.

It’s crazy to me the impact the Typhoon/Syclone had on car enthusiasts. Here we are name dropping them 27 years after their introduction.

Yep, in the US from Avis.

Yep, I ended up turning it off after one day.

Like many modern cars, the XC40 uses an engine start/stop feature to theoretically use less fuel by shutting itself off at stoplights.

...and city employees in San Francisco might as well live on a different plane of reality...

Probably next to the tub of Badger Heralds.

And was headquartered in Madison, Wi?

Touche.

Yes.

I’ve been waiting for this joke. I see an Ohio plate in there as well. :)

This is soooo true. I’m surprised it wasn’t LA, though.

I like the first one because it gives nice context, but I like the second one because you can see the AT&T bulding clearly. Good work.

Porsche’s Unrestricted Le Mans Car Is At The Nürburgring, Maybe To Obliterate A Lap Record

Article about Tennessee, but throws up a lede image of...Chicago? Okay...

No, it’s about Kasuke Miyagi who fought against his own people in World War II while his wife lost a child in an internment camp. Noriyuki Morita was nominated for an Academy award for his performance. Ralph Macchio showed up.