1st Gear:. Boy you really have a hate on for Musk - “regret”. I don’t care for the man on a personality level but give him credit when due. By the way, that idea is not original to him. It’s the way Henry Ford ran Ford for years until “experts” decided that they had a better way.

But the elephant one is completely fine?

Ding-ding: without the Salton Sea, we might never have had Trevor.

You are absolutely correct, however, the point of TV is to get away from our sad, SUV/crossover lovin’ sheeple reality. So, gotta side with HBO on this one.

My unceasing letter campaign to Steven Spielberg asking him exactly that has so far failed to yield an answer, merely a ‘Cease and Desist’ from his Lawyers.

“The outback is basically the official state car of Wisconsin.”

That Cardin Cadillac broadsheet spread is definitely Peak Disco Lizard.

“Hey Lee, why are you selling this car, I thought you were doing fine?”

Sounds like my SIL and BIL. She’s a preschool teacher, he’s a first responder with a side gig doing odd jobs. Their finances are none of my business, but I often have difficulty reconciling how they can buy the things they buy.

I dunno, to stay in business after their core clientele die off in the coming years? 

It’s not hard to get a Harley up to $30k after options.

For the same reasons that they’re already declining. Who the hell can afford a $30,000 bike? A few boomers sure, but they all want to ride “real Harleys” and cosplay as homeless vets after leaving their dental practice 

I was part of the team that developed what eventually became the Aztec. The initial concept was created by the GM studio in California. That concept, as many advanced concepts do, began after research pointed to the desirability for a vehicle with a specific set of traits - in this case a sporty, more flexible…

Christ, right? I was super stoked and started watching it and skipping around and just kind of gave up.

Yay! Way to go editing the video and making it shitty and unentertaining.