First Gear: Welcome to capitalism, 21st century style. Fire half the workforce, tell the other half to work twice as hard for the same pay if they want to keep the jobs they’re lucky to still have. Don’t like it? Find another electric car factory to work in, and wait for them to do exactly the same thing.

Those dancing lights are impressive. But can they match a rotary phone assembling itself, to the hot new grooves of Sugarloaf?

I still don’t understand how a clutch actually works.  The engine output (which is where?) is spinning, the rear wheels are not spinning.  How do?

My 2005 car has always seemed just slightly old, because it was made right before Aux jacks and Bluetooth were added to every device on Earth, so it feels like the last 1990 car without an airbag.
But what made it feel old to me was when a knocking noise started in what sounded like the transmission housing. Turns out…

He looks like a girl! Now, Johnny Unitas, there’s a haircut you could set your watch to.

Haaaa, I convinced myself to do almost this a couple years ago. 2005 Benz CLK 500, with only 75k miles and a convertible to boot with AMG wheels and brakes, for $15k out the door.

So... We’re just not going to talk about how “Lynk ‘n’ Co” is a blatant attempt to get non-English speakers (i.e. Chinese people) to think this outfit is somehow associated with Lincoln?  Because that’s pretty obviously the intent.

Somebody tell me why cars can’t have big, round headlights anymore. Pack them full of LEDs if you have to, but why can’t they be round? (Betting on it being some ludicrously precise Euro pedestrian safety rule.)

Why is that man standing in the back of a Ranchero, with the tailgate up, holding a saddle despite there being no other horses around?

Can some security expert explain to me why, if there’s reason to believe a bomb is outside the airport, all flights should be grounded? Instead of getting away at least as fast as scheduled if not quicker?

I have to say Kristen, just planning such an ordeal sounds like an awful lot of, ugh, work.  You’re so much better than this.

Like so many other things in the administration, “breaking the law” only matters if anybody is enforcing the law.  Frankly, I don’t even know who has jurisdiction over violations of the Hatch Act, or what the punishment is supposed to be, aside from political appointees are supposed to be fired by their superiors…

All this talk about microdosing on LSD being common in the Valley does explain crazy shit like Juicero and Whole Water getting so much capital. Only someone with money to burn and balls to trip would think that’s a worthwhile investment.

This is the kind of disruption I paid good money for.  That and a car that might be built and delivered someday.

TIL there’s a city in Sweden called “Trollhättan”. What a beautifully perfect place for such random acts of violence.

My father still owns the ‘95, with the nostrils from the lead graphic, that he turned into a genuinely competitive roadable dragster. (As others have pointed out, it was easier to bolt Mustang parts to a TBird than the other way around and get an ultimately superior car.) I briefly owned a ‘97 because I figured it’d…

“Just FYI, it’s illegal to ride on the sidewalk. That’s for pedestrians.”

Have you considered... riding on the giant sidewalks?  Instead of in the road?  I live in Dallas, there are huge sidewalks everywhere.  Outside my home, there’s a double-wide sidewalk so bicycles can pass freely, and they still choose to ride in the street.  Baffling.

According to my research, the shelf behind the rear headrests is meant for carrying a mountain of stuffed animals.

“dependents who rely on my contributions, much as children or pets would”