The other thing that makes water worse is that it doesn’t compress. Air compresses. Wood compresses. Steel compresses. Water ain’t give a fuck. There is no softening the blow from a wave. It’s already displaced as much of itself as it can.

I really like the retro paint jobs people are doing of F150's and Silverados.

They should intermix a few of these through the LA railyards. Really surprise a few train robbers. 

Shimano used to give JIS screwdrivers away at bicycle trade shows, since their derailleurs (until recently) always had at least 2 or 3 JIS screws on them. They don’t look like they would, but they make a world of difference.

I design OEM stuff all the time with pop rivets . In fact our company buys pop rivets and rivnuts by the millions every year to use in our products.

Any truck. 1969 C10, then current. Bloated like most of the people who own them.

Rolls Royce makes more than just aircraft engines.

Correct. Fun history - Rolls-Royce the aerospace firm owned the rights to the name and licensed it to the car company when it was spun off as a separate entity. VW bought the car company, but not the rights to the RR name. The aerospace company then licensed the name to BMW for use on cars. So VW got a factory and the…

It was kind of a mess. The original Rolls-Royce car builder’s successor in interest is Bentley Motors Limited division of Volkswagen AG. Vickers owned Rolls-Royce Motors and put it up for sale in 1998. BMW was the expected buyer as then already supplied engines and other parts to RR, but BMW was outbid by VW. VW…

If you hit another vehicle when you’re changing lanes, that’s still your fault, regardless of what kind of vehicle it is. Especially if it’s slow traffic, why the hell aren’t you checking to make sure it’s clear?

brown longroof with 4 speed? No? Has to be a Volvo 240 and not a Pinto? Yeah you’re right.

“there’s still a lot of appeal here”

Bonus: double the fuel...FOR FREE!

Speaking as a millennial parent, I would LOVE to give my kids some of these outdated experiences that were considered normal 30 years ago. I blame the boomers (of course) who had it so good that they had nothing better to do than legislate their subjective morality into every aspect of parenthood. Yes, there is a risk…

“mitigating the need for physical tie-downs.”

You just described my childhood to a T.  The Grand Marquis wagon didn’t come along until I hit high school, but cross-country in the back of Dad’s truck was a core part of my childhood (as was losing my favorite General Lee Matchbox car through the body/bed gap.

Best facelift on a SUV:

Amazing how many people have upvoted this comment. Over 2 years on, over 1 with vaccines and still too many people don’t know how vaccines actually work. For the OP and the so far 11 people who upvoted this...

So your immune system contains several layers: initial and temporary antibodies and then and more…

A big dumb fuckin’ high-performance pickup truck or SUV. American, Euro, whatever. Pick any one, fuck them all. Ugly, inept handling compared to the same drivetrain in a regular car, oversized, overweight. 

Chicken Tax!!