I’ll ignore the “old-timer” remark (I have jackstands older than you, sonny), but I will offer a piece of practical advice: make sure the metal strips are properly seated if you do this. If they aren’t, the rubber strip will “walk” out of the arm as the wiper moves, and the prongs of the arm will scratch a nice arc in…

Perfect! Slap one of those fiberglass 356 replica bodies on it and I’ll take it as-is.

“So go, if you can, when you can.” What wonderful advice, and what a fitting tribute.

I saw that, and it’s cool, but this is my current BaT obsession:

I agree. They need to sell “skateboards,” and then coachbuilding needs to become a thing again.

An old co-worker of mine had a Great Dane and a Ford Escort wagon. The dog took up the entire rear of the car with the seats folded. He’d ride with his head resting on the center armrest so she could give him ear scratchies while driving. It seemed to work out well.

Not a mod to the car, but we do always use seatbelts for our dogs. We got them harnesses with big enough loops to pass the belt through, and a big metal clip to keep the belt from retracting so they have a little slack.

People can buy whatever damn fool thing they want, but I personally would have a lot more respect for Tesla if, instead of stealing a joke from Mel Brooks and an engineering philosophy from Tim Allen, they announced that they were working on the EV spiritual successor to the Model T or the Beetle or the Corolla. A…

Carvana works because they sell all sorts of cars. If you go to Tesla, you have to buy a Tesla.

That’s one way to make a splash in the racing world...

I have the US-market, 2WD, gasoline version of this car, also a manual. I think I’ll stick with mine; AutoZone has all the parts in stock.

Oh, sorry.

Hang on a sec... Lemme just...

No more than 5 mile test drives... because it overheats after that.

It’s more of a Shelbyville idea, anyway.

Memories of family road trips when I was a kid... chugging over Loveland Pass (or sometimes Independence) in a diesel VW Dasher... Dad’s brow furrowed as we barely managed 40 mph in third gear floored...

I hate Qantas...

Neutral: Test tracks. They’re already set up for “real-world” testing of regular cars. Don’t let the autonomous cars off the test track until they’re at level 4+.

It was a joke told to a reporter at the launch. It’s usually attributed to Pete Estes, Chevy’s general manager at the time, but reports of who actually said it vary.

Not the first time this has happened to Ford... at the Camaro launch, a reporter asked what the name Camaro meant. The answer: “It’s a small vicious animal that eats Mustangs.”