It’s just too bad that the show’s creator dropped off the face of the earth, never to be heard from again.

As I understand it, that sort of self-starting communal spirit is central to Libertarian philosophy (people are naturally good and those who aren’t are ostracized and excluded organically by the community at large), but it’s true that Heinlein wasn’t a purely wide-eyed optimist about how a Libertarian community would…

Pssh. A comments section is no place for cold, dispassionate facts.

Username and avatar checks out. But yes, I'm fairly resigned to the fact that future historians will be writing dissertations on the fact that the founding father of Mars once called a guy a pedo.

God help us if Musk ever discovers Heinlein*

OF COURSE Musk wants to bring back indentured servitude. When that fails to drum up an adequately sized workforce, I'm sure he'll get some countries to agree to send him convicted criminals.

Ferdinand Piëch was a car nut too. Honestly I think if you're running a major multinational automaker in this century and you DON'T have a deep passion for what you're making, you owe it to the industry to get the hell out of the way.

You mean you don't want to try to piece together the screenshots in the background of the title photo?

Preferring IHOP to Kerbey Lane while living in Austin is an unpardonable sin. Thanks for helping me feel less upset at her leaving.

On the one hand, I’m devastated to see Alanis go. On the other, I’m glad SOMEONE listened to me and made her a presenter on the newly rebooted Top Gear USA.

I judge anyone who bought a Charger or Challenger during the Plum Crazy run who got their car in a *different* color. Feel similarly about Lime Rock Green for the Corvette.

The first series of (Clarkson/Hammond) Top Gear included them having Lotus tune a Lada Riva. The results were incredible.

I also think I saw what looked like an Italian supercar but the badge was a crossed pair of flags. Been doing a bunch of Googling trying to figure out what it could possibly be with no luck.

I'm waiting for it to come out that he WAS prepared to name names at that press conference but changed his mind at the last minute to do that weird rambly rant as part of a deal with Japan not to go after his wife. 

He was CEO of two of the largest auto conglomerates in the world, “whacked” on at least partially political grounds, and then fled Japan in an instrument case. People I know who can’t even tell a Versa from an Altima know about this guy and are talking about him.

Yeah, but you don’t have to Beruit about it.

God, that is so petty. Can you imagine if the US launched investigations into people’s trips to other countries?

Ugh, I guess you snooze you lose—been waiting for a good night to watch this, and it looks like the video’s been taken down! Digging in on their official site:

I drove through Miami a few months ago and was extremely disappointed not to see a single car more exotic than a Tesla Model S. Bad luck I guess... 

My favorite sighting was a McLaren waiting in line for valet parking at a shopping mall.