The Ferrari “insert model here” ...

It’s fine if you want an appliance to drive around in, but it offers absolutely nothing to enthusiasts. It’s basically a smart phone on wheels. For a lot of people, that’s exactly what they want out of a car. They want as little to do with the actual act of driving as possible, and that’s exactly how Tesla is…

The Ford Thunderbird.

By ‘57 that’s fairly accurate at the top of the option list, but in ‘55 it was a mediocre downgraded version of the Vette’s new motor that didn’t even come with an oil filter unless you optioned it. Sort of like V8 motors in the malaise era, it was only “fast” because of how slow its competition was.

My god the laminated dyno sheets lol that do bring me back to ‘00-05  import car shows and meets.

I’ll second this. As basic as electric transportation gets, not at all attractive and an interior only a psychotic could love. Yet it’s average owner thinks they are driving a Bugatti with Toyota quality and Jaguar looks.

The Model T. Ugh...lousy ergonomics, slow, and didn’t come with even a stereo

Bloated? A bit unfair to toss crap on a car from 97-05 era, that was probably design studied in the early 90'. The Ford Taurus looks bloated now, but a freekin futuristic space ship when it came out.

Could be interesting if you own a business that provides period-correct cars for movie sets, but certainly not at $13,500.

I’m a fan of Pre-After / Post-Before.

Actual footage of 3/4 of the way thru the process from the hidden TorchCam:

Actually I keep a few of each color with me in my car. Anytime I see a Pao with clouded tail lights, I replace the lenses and leave a nice note. Pay it forward. I just haven’t stalked anyone been in Jason’s neighborhood recently.

You know how construction sites use the crane to hoist their air compressor up in the air to keep it from being stolen? If you did that with your car, it would be safe from rodents, unless they can figure out how to operate the crane.

Describing the 6987 different possible combinations of lights he could make with all the variations

Never mind all this nonsense - what I want to know is what to spray on my wiring harness to prevent the goddamn rodents from chewing it up (frickin’ biodegradable plastic wiring crap). I am almost up to $3,000 so far for rodent-caused wiring repairs. I’ve tried peppermint oil (doesn’t last very long), under-hood…

Unless I’m missing something, applying an automotive grade clear coat is going to solve that problem. The flip side is you are absolutely going to want to look into some kind of heavy duty respirator, and you’ll likely want to avoid 2k clears unless you have a supply air respirator or don’t value your health very much.

None of us can quite grasp the panic Torch must have felt after damaging his favorite part of his most cherished vehicle.
I’m glad to see that he was able to fix them.
Although, obtaining replacement Pao tail lights would have made a great series of articles.

I’m stealing "before/post-before" fyi

Just an FYI, but homicide rate is a better metric than “leading cause of death”. As a paradoxical as it may seem, homicide *should* be one of the leading causes of death age 20-44, because people age 20-44 should generally not be dying by natural causes which in turn boosts homicide and accident percentages.

I’m having trouble sifting through the snark to figure out what the story is here.