I was not mechanically inclined, mind you, but I drove a Delta 88 that had a tape deck.  The tape deck ate tapes, so I velcroed a cassette walkman to the underside of the dash, with a stereo miniplug to cassette adapter- so I would play my tapes in the walkman through the adapter instead of just getting a cheapy…

Quit farting around with yokes.

I can tell you that those Taurus seats that looked like that after 10 years. The fact that those are not split in multiple places is impressive!

I daily drove an NA Miata for 9 years, and unless it was below 50 degrees or raining, the top was down. 

The tiny model of the car really seals the deal for me. This is a reasonable price for a reasonably special car. I don’t love the blue-on-blue contrast of the soft top with the body color, but you don’t see the outside when you’re in it. And if anyone else is seeing the top with any frequency, you’re doing…

The two couldn’t be more far apart. Virtue signalling specifically refers to calling attention to oneself for ‘doing good things’, whether or not said good things have actually been done or not.

Not cancel culture. Consequential culture.

“Just a Corolla”...this thing only shares the basic body shape, headlights/taillights and some of the interior with the Corolla you can buy at your dealership today. The GR Corolla will be made at the same assembly plant that did the Lexus LFA (think lots of it by hand) and now the GR Yaris. Watch some YouTube vids…

As always, Miata is the answer. Flyin’ Miata all the things!!

I’m sitting at a Miata specialist right now for some spring maintenance, and I’m considering asking about supercharging my car.

The Miata is wonderful and I plan to own one for as long as I can, but I would be lying if I said I don’t occasionally pine for more horsepower.

What sort of “niche credibility” is the world’s largest automaker trying to preserve?

What kind of barbarian writes his ad copy on his phone and posts it by uploading a screenshot from his phone? And at the end of the photo list, no less? You’re writing it, why not put it where it belongs?

Those things protruding from the front and rear bumpers are outrigger mounts that are used for roll-over mitigation work.

Unpopular opinion.

If we’re being pedantic, ALL crashes occur during some sort of landing.

Even I, old and decrepit as I am, understand this: After a hot minute as the new catchy catch phrase, “cancel culture” was exposed as the feeble protest of the privileged against accountability. You have to be living in a special kind of bubble to still utter those words unironically.

because who would want a giant gas guzzler in a time of skyrocketing gas prices.

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that “Grecale Folgore” is the stupidest fucking name I’ve ever heard.

More elaborate pranks could involve: