If by mockery, you mean that pariah nations will only be able to work with other pariah nations, then yeah I guess so.

Yeah, but in the ’80s the driver could have an open container too. In his hand. While driving. And drinking. That, in retrospect, was pretty damn dumb.

Hell, I was in San Antonio in the early ’80s and it was actually legal to drink and drive. You couldn’t be drunk, mind you, but there was no open container law. You could drive down the road with a beer in your hand, wave hello to a cop with it and he’d wave back.

1st Gear – I’m not the only one saying this here, but when you’re pricing EVs at $70-125K, you run out of First Mover sales in a hurry. There are valid financial reasons why the Chevy Bolt and Tesla Model 3 sold a lot better than Hummers and Tesla Model S. Hit price points regular car buyers can afford and you’ll sell…

Yugo convertible, hands-down

Right. As I said, pure reflex. Ready, fire, then aim.

Tragically, it’s fairly common.

Easily. Officer Dumbfuck clearly demonstrated why he’s Officer Dumbfuck.

It means this sounds like the cop is rationalizing for his own actions.

He really was planning to stuff a second magazine into his gun and empty it too?

Sorry Jesse. That story didn’t sell on tape, and it ain’t going to get any extra credit here.

I’ve never wanted to live in a dustbuster, and I don’t plan to start now. No Dice.

Not at all. Set GT3/GTE-Pro/AM rules that way, and the hearts and minds will follow for the rest of them.

First, the fact that either one of these is pushing a $9,000 tab is depressing.

Sure. Make it Formula Mega-Vee.

If you want to control the costs of GT racing, control the cost of mechanical spares/repair equipment.

Even so, $5K would be entirely eaten up by purchasing the car and buying a replacement engine for it. Because like others here, I suspect the timing belt gave up and lunched the engine.

Upon further review, these little Volvos ain’t worth dirt. Average resale value for an average condition C30 (which would be a kind assessment of this one) is in the $1500 range according to Edmunds.

And so it has been done.

That’s just a 10-K filing away. If you want to know the answer, go to SEC.gov.