The one photo I saw showed someone trying to intervene. But it’s pretty hard to peel a strong aggro guy’s arm off a thrashing guy’s neck.

Unimog. I really, really wanted to ask for a test drive, but I didn’t have time to memorize the transmission diagram first.

Doritos: bet you can’t eatassemble just one!  Now where you gonna get three-dozen apex seals?

Thank you, thank you, thank you, this is exactly the kind of informative, interesting and humane coverage I visit Jalopnik every morning for.

...or the research reactor at my local liberal-arts college.

It doesn’t contradict what I said (“every engineer I know of who’s worked with it” including a riding buddy) but it’s good to know there’s folks finally giving it a try instead of just yelling about it. People have been stridently hyping thorium MSR breeders as the Great White Hope for quite a few decades, so I’m…

After reading the article, I’m very glad to see they’re not using molten salt as a coolant, every engineer I know of who’s worked with it says it’s just a horrible idea. The liquid metal coolant in the Alfa-class submarines worked pretty well, at least until it solidified on reactor shutdown.

Beautifully insane, but you’re gonna need a left arm like Popeye’s to start it and a right arm like Popeye’s to pull 24 throttle cables with one twistgrip.

Looks like a sunbaked but otherwise mighty fine little Toyota.

Hard agree. I think it’s the most-referenced Top Gear segment ever, even by folks who’ve never watched the show. 

Yeah, as I recall, the Pan America’s engine is basically what Erik was asking for all along (and got the V-Rod’s pig instead.) Truly amazing what he was able to make with the Evo though.

“Like the remora and pilotfish, the Lancia Beta has evolved to ‘hitch a ride’ on others since it cannot reliably make its way to food sources on its own.”

Kid: “Hey Grampa! I just got this Mitsubishi, zero down!

I skipped the safari-ish episodes, but I guess maybe I should try this one in a double-feature with Tony Bourdain’s Vietnam episode.

The cheap old supercars segment was a fine thing. Dear Spouse still likes to joke about “all its horses have run away!”

He’ll be term-limited out so that’ll be a problem for the next governor.

If...you’ve never worked, you didn’t get a degree, you have no skill set, but you’re good-looking...

...“Americas Accessory Pack,” which is mandatory for U.S. buyers and comes with stuff like a front license plate mount, a battery tender, and tire cradles for folks who park their McLarens more than they drive them.

I got two picks:

First rule of Congress: don’t fix an issue if you can run on it in the next election.