And there was a lot of initial enthusiasm when they resumed sales in the US. People were excited about the 500 because they thought a small and presumably “chic” Italian car would make an ideal urban commuter. Then, the reality hits that infrastructure, personal transportation needs, and driver behavior in the US are…

Sure, give LMPD even more power to abuse. What could possibly go wrong? 

Speaking strictly from a US-centric perspective, I’d have to say Fiat. Although they and parent company Stellantis are internationally huge, they have virtually no presence here and now only offer 2 versions of the 500. Everyone who wanted a 500 bought one years ago and has since moved on, and I can’t imagine anyone…

Did not come here expecting obscure Tina Turner facts and was compelled to dig a little deeper. Her LM002 was cool, but that coach built XJS shooting brake is to die for.

Hardly possible since Isuzu is long gone from the US, but the VehiCross was, and is still, super cool.

This is undoubtedly the top answer. All of the best ideas and innovation went into transport and delivery. This is a phenomenon known as “bike shedding” i.e. - if you bring a bunch of people together to build something like a power plant while simultaneously giving them a smaller and easier-to-reach goal of building a…

Maybe, just maybe, Musk could end up falling from the window of a very tall building, like so many of Putin’s friends and allies have a weird tendency to do. This nepo-baby had a fast ride to the top, and his ride down could be even faster.

Probably about as much as he knows about political asylum, which in his deranged and withered mind gets twisted into “insane asylum” and leads to him making WTF references to Hannibal Lecter that nobody understands when he goes on a tear about immigration. Also kind of like how saw part of a slide deck about ways to…

The Toyota Echo. Exciting as off-brand Tupperware, and also one of the most bizarre video game promotional tie-ins. There were so many cool cars in 1999, yet this somehow got hitched to a hotly anticipated game about space witches and angsty teens with gunblades.

The Honda Del Sol VTEC. To preface, I have a soft spot for the Del Sol by virtue of having previously owned one in Si trim, but the VTEC is much closer to what the Del Sol should have been from the get-go, provided you’re willing to overlook the FWD drivetrain. The entry-level S trim with its pokey 105 HP just…

One of our neighbors in the very middle-working class subdivision we lived in during the 80's had a Ferrari 308 that he’d take me for rides in when I was about 8 years old. My older sister and his daughter were best friends so we knew them pretty well but could never figure out how he could afford such a nice car by…

Thanks for sharing - wishing you and your family the best. I know it’s tough.

I was sitting here trying to be an altruist and thinking “none - there should be a vehicle for everyone and choice is good” but you talked me out of it. Fuck these things indeed.

By stating that we aren’t bound to honor harmful ideologies or embrace hateful symbols as “heritage” just because we have ties to a certain place or maybe have some rotten branches on the family tree? You can either walk me through this or we can agree we feel the same way about it.

Genuinely curious how you arrived at that conclusion. I'll use fewer words. Confederate flag bad. People who fly it also bad. Heritage not an excuse.

You are delivering gospel - I’d rather have fake wood trim over piano black or faux carbon fiber. Any damn day of the week.

Not really a story as much as an exercise in audience engagement, but Torch’s Elon Musk Smoking Weed Caption Contest was a good time. Any time hundreds of people pile on to take the piss out of Elon, I’m there for it.

The neat thing about heritage is that we can choose to divorce ourselves from it. Or at the very least, the parts of it we don’t agree with. Every human being on the planet has some awful fuckwit ancestors - people don’t choose to carry those legacies unless they are similarly disposed to being awful fuckwits.

I try to avoid painting with a broad brush, especially when some people just have to make do with what they already have or can afford. I’m also usually okay with people liking what they like. For me, it’s less about the vehicle and more about how the owner uses that vehicle to express themselves. That being said…

Right there with you. I always loved the Xterra and wanted one badly when they came out - especially in yellow. This one is probably too high up there in years and miles to be reliable transport, and maybe priced a little too high for someone interested in building an off-roading toy. Not familiar with the current…