10/10, would be regaled again.

This is only cool if you can eventually bore members of your tribe with the stories of your triumphs back in some heroic golden age.

Man, all these people saying “do this” or “this is the way” and I’m just wondering when I’ll have the time to rebuild my corolla engine so I can add boost.

And that line is crucial. If the inspections were trustworthy (aka government run and NOT run by Big Jim) and legitimately comprehensive, it’d be one thing. Instead it’s a piecemeal network of idiot mechanics who have a financial interest in your failure.

That’s the subtle difference alright. And by subtle, I mean like a mole the size of a golf ball on someone’s eyelid. Every single time you see a government mandated “regulatory” industry privatized, this kind of shit inevitably develops. If government corruption is widespread, commercial corruption is rampant.

Yes, however, it’s worth noting that most other countries that do this send you through an actual government-controlled office, like MoT in UK or Shaken in Japan. You don’t go to some government “licensed” office like Big Jim’s who has a financial interest in you failing your inspection.

Inspections are a racket.

Come to Iowa. We don’t have any of this inspection nonsense.

Your statement is punishable by death on the People’s Democratic Republic of Pcmtopia.

If the islands are undeveloped, take the Bug. Establishing clean water, running sewage/draining, providing a power source - and then building a house on top of that (planning, material/equipment shipping,etc) ? Pain in the ass, depending on its proximity to a major island.

I’ll leave these here:

Stubborn bolt?

When changing your oil, I find it particularly helpful to wear full white. That way none of it goes on the driveway.

This is like buying a 1911 pistol that was built by Armscor.

I was worried you might not be able to come up with an AppleCar image, so I made one. :)

Elio has a video simulation of what their configurator would look like if they had one.

A FREAKIN METEOR!

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FIRST ASTON MARTIN COMPLAINER

You and I can talk crap about how weird these cars were/are, but I love what I see. It's a shame we don't see this kind of shameless creativity anymore.