Make sure your cars oil level is full, your coolant level is correct, your tires are in good condition, and that you have more than enough fuel. Of course, bring more water than you think you’ll need for you and your passengers, and minimize time spent exposed to the extreme heat.

My brain really wants to mentally photoshop an ordinary shed door into that photo, rather than accept that the entryway is actually a garage door that is approximately 1.05 IndyCars wide. I wonder how many fenders get busted going in and out of those things. The number is probably scary.

It looks like somebody put a race car in my shed. I halfway expect to find my brewing equipment and the occasional missing 10mm socket in there somewhere.

The tires from the last car in the video definitely made it at least halfway across the weird little pond. A better “launch angle” from the right size car/wheel setup could probably clear the pond and hit the crowd. You really can’t predict or control anything once the car leaves terra firma, so it’s really just a…

Well, some smart people did an analysis of speeches given by politicians cross-referenced with the temperature at which the speech was delivered and found that speeches given while it’s really hot tend to have simpler, less florid language. If I recall, it was the equivalent of losing six months to a year of education.

Oh my god I thought that blotchy stuff at the bottom of the cliff was rocks, shrubs, and/or debris from smashed cars. I never for a second thought that those were people watching from the impact site.

I just remembered that The Onion did an article specifically about the whisleblower “accidents”

I know what you’re talking about! Definitely a shady situation, and one that needs serious investigation. It just wasn’t clear what you were referring to.

The engine bay thing is an excellent point. My Miata has similar miles on it and it’s engine bay is still quite clean, despite being an “outdoor car” it’s whole life. Granted, it’s a 2019, so it hasn’t had as much time, but I never get under the hood when giving it a bath. And I’m not trying to sell it.

You know, I’m curious what percentage of the total price of this abomination the poor Charger itself actually was. I bet it’s less than half.

The people who bought them didn’t want a truck. They wanted that spoiler.

I thought this was going to be a 60's Charger and I was ready to come charging down here to decry such sacrilege.

I'm not mad at that. It's objectively dumb and bad, but I respect the commitment to the bit.

You couldn’t convince me to live in Texas for all the money in the world.

Man, where I live, people seem to do the opposite. They get them in loud colors, then double down by adding tons of rainbow LEDs and an obnoxiously loud sound system.

It’s main safety “feature” is the ever-present specter of your own demise should things go awry. It shares this safety feature with vehicles like the 930 Turbo, the original Dodge Viper, and the Carrera GT.

That is *bonkers.*

The back end just looks so... Wrong.

First Gear: $146 million fine for 6 million vehicles. That’s about $25 per vehicle.