“Stevie Ray Vaughan is dead, and we can’t get Jon Bon Jovi into a helicopter? Come on, people. ‘Yeah, get in there, Jon, there’s a hairdresser in there’.”

I put side two of 1984 in the tape deck in my uncle’s truck one night, and he thought the drum intro was something going terribly wrong with the truck. He pulled over to check, and I laughed and rewound the tape to put his mind at ease.

Sorely underrated VH track.

This is the Miura that should have gotten a credit in the liner notes to "Panama."

Counterpoint:

I ain’t even gonna lie, I would trade a dead Keith Richards for anyone we lost in 2020. If Neil Peart and Eddie Van Halen have to be dead, I don't wanna hear a fuckin' word about Keef being alive. He hasn't done a damn thing I cared about since about 1988.

God dammit, Jalopnik, it takes nearly a week for you to acknowledge the death of Eddie Van Halen, and you do it in the form of a roadtrip playlist? This was one of rock’s genuine car guys, a lifelong visitor to track day in a variety of machines as hot-rodded as his guitars, a guy who put A GOD DAMNED LAMBORGHINI…

At least the front didn’t fall off.

Unlike "The Dukes Of Hazzard," it holds up from childhood really well.

The complete line is:

Also when they’re not.

Hmm, a three-wheeled Reliant in an image with aeronautical overtones...

Did the employees all barrel-roll every time they turned a corner?

This + 3.6 out of a CTS + suspension/brake upgrades = huge stupid fun in a tiny little malaise-y package. With awesome tacky graphics.

The 1997 car of the year was the brand new Chevy Malibu.