At this point completely drawn in, I grabbed the cross-stitched email from my valet’s hand (one of his duties is to cross-stitch the day’s email) and delivered him a hard ‘thank-you’ slap across his face.

As a mechanical engineer, it never ceases to amaze me what we are able to engineer together. This is one of the most metal things I’ve ever seen. 

I expected to see David Tracy shopping for a new project at the docks

Say what you will but I'm a fan of this new long horizontal lines trend. I was never a fan of the long vertical center stack look. 

Flooding the used market with 4-month-old cars is not a great idea for Volvo’s new car sales.

“Where do these cars go when they’re 4 months old?”

The cars go to a used lot and are sold to paying customers.

He should be ready to walk. The Bugatti dealer on the other side of town the country is ready to make a deal.

‘Bout $11-12k per flight hour for your garden variety F/A-18E/F.

Maybe one of the Foxtrot Alpha guys could compare that to the operating cost of a fighter jet.

And at top speed, about $1,700 per minute!

$2,000,000 / 5000 miles is $400 per mile to drive this car. In-effing-credible.

On the surface, getting a $200,000 discount seems pretty good — until you realize that is only about 6 percent off the sticker price.

Get fucked dude. No one says they have to accept the generous gift. Sell it and take the cash? Just say you don’t want it?

Does this apply to the glowing Mercedes logo on the grill of some models? As a non-rich guy assuming what I would do if I were rich, I would keep the illuminated Spirit and pay the fine every time I get pulled over.

I guess I forgot that the Mach 1 was coming with the tranmission. Seems to be the Mach 1 is essentially a GT-350 with the standard GT motor, but for over 10k less. Sounds like a win to me. 

He is approximately one Changli in height.

Plastic timing chain guides are pretty common in many manufacturers now.  I think it’s the manufacturers revenge for people balking at rubber timing belts.  You think a chain is a lot more reliable and less likely to fail, so they use the plastic guides to decrease reliability, and it actually winds up costing more to…

I need NPR on the radio, and I can navigate with my phone.

Maybe that’s the reason for the muffler delete.  Built-in soundtrack.