McLaren said if they could race a single car at both Daytona and Le Mans, they’d build one. COME ON, ZAK BROWN. GIVE US A RACECAR.

I always thought they were designed to hold standard depth grocery bags. I could swear I've seen ads showing them used to that effect.

That rear weight bias tho. 

This has been a bad year for motorsport calendars.

Setting aside the religion discussion, two stars on Charity Navigator is pretty abysmal

They should do more of this.

Damn, this song has been anthemic for me a few times in the last few years. I feel such sympathy for Sufjan Stevens for those crazy scary health problems he endured, but HOLY SHIT, Age of Adz was an incredible by-product and way to transmute that suffering.

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.