$4 grand is cheap, but I never warmed up to the Firebird’s lumpy styling. There are the expected little problems of a used car scattered inside that tumorous body and dash. And since I live in sweaty south Florida, I’d be automatically adding $1-2K to that price to immediately fix whatever ails the A/C. Plus whatever…

But both of those vehicles had significantly more frontal area. The first-gen Insight is a tiny car.

Already happened. You just got to get your James Bond on ...

I’ve got a couple of farmer/drag racer buddies who swear by the power they make from E85 ... and swear at the mileage they get from it. It takes redoing the entire fuel delivery system to get the most benefit, but they’re very happy with what they get for results.

That gets you, like, 35 miles to the next E85 station.

Just the thing when you need to get to the Golden Corral right fuckin’ now!

Gotta give them credit for thinking outside the box.

Statistics prove that you’re more likely to get shot with your own gun than to use it defending from someone else.

By title, I stand corrected. That’s absolutely right.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

So what’s the terminal speed between running laps and face-planting on this drive-through barrel?

I thought I’d do some back of the envelope calculations on the 2024 season so far and see how that works out ...

Update: That didn’t last long — got Cyberstruck this morning. It may be oddly-shaped, but it’s as big as a new F-150 4x4. And dingy.

Haven’t really thought about it, but I believe I’m still in the game.

Nonetheless, I feel the point stands. And the punchline wrote itself.

You realize, of course, we’re talking about the French.

Yeah, but you can sell your F-150 or Silverado any day of the week without Elmo threatening to sue your ass into oblivion.

That’s masquerading as a whale. It’s really a killer sub lurking off your port side.

But that would be a full-time solution. Tacos above asked for something that could provide additional oil on demand.

Allow me to submit ... the Yugo.