Bee? No... Wasp! Know the difference. One is evil.

It looks like it might be a Healey Westland...

In terms of documentation, is the slip the pump prints out more useful in this scenario than your credit card statement? I suspect the answer is yes since it will likely include more information, but just wondering if the CC transaction history might provide a some ammunition in a legal setting.

I know that thought quickly crossed the mind of this somewhat jaded American, so I bet there are plenty of people saying it, at least privately. I'm surprised the Russians haven't advanced that theory publicly though.

Another caveat... the poor (meaning the majority of people) who will need to find a way to regularly purchase new cars and continue to MAINTAIN them to a high standard so the autonomous systems continue to work perfectly and you know, not kill everyone.

Are you sure the entire piece is not meant as some sort of dry, British humor that nobody can understand? I am forced to believe it must be so since all of the assertions made are so laughably false. So I guess we are supposed to read it and... laugh?

Rolling Coal

I didn't know this spec even existed, but I think you picked a winner here.

Why does everyone always ask white people (I am assuming this only gets asked of people that look like me, and that is probably my most identifiable characteristic) in Detroit if they are "Here to see a Tigers game?" or "Coming from a Tigers Game?". I've been asked that by random folks and I am always perplexed and…

I think you missed the mark with this one. The Prius drivers reaction to "Rolling Coal" should be "Rolling Purification". Imagine this as the complete opposite of of the diesel blowing it's black cloud of smoke. The Prius would be modified with a large vacuum snorkel that would immediately consume the black cloud…

Sadly, I know that to be false. My best example was the Corvette that had somehow lost alignment of it's shift linkage, making it impossible to select reverse or several of the forward gears after having been parked inside for the winter. I have no idea how that is even possible, but I can't rule out shenanigans.

Clerk: I will need to see the medical forms documenting your... disability.

I was waiting for someone to bring up the Forduars (I drive an X-Type, so I'm familiar), but I commonly see this on old XJs which very clearly have a big ass inline six if the owner ever peeked under the hood. The BMW "V6" craigslist ads are the worst offenders though.

I do totally understand where it's coming from, however. Most engines these days have their cylinders arranged in V-configurations, what with V8s, V6s, V10s, V12s, and the like. If your car has four cylinders, well then it must be a V4.

I love low-end cars. I love what low-end cars used to be. There was once an honest dignity about a cheap car that made it useful, easy to maintain, and classless. I love exposed screw heads and easily visible seams on things because that means if something needs tweaking or fixing, you can actually figure out what…

Clearly a load of Turkey... But hey, they have feathers and people eat them, right? Same thing.

Wow, that's a great looking car. I'd love to get involved with a project like that. Are there any street-worthy prototypes?

No. The worst car GM ever built was a little car called the Cavalier. Specifically the late 1990s Cavalier. A car that a friend of mine had in high school but ended up having to sell because it was literally rusting itself in half. It was like sitting in a car that was built out of junkyard pieces. A car built by a…

There is one of these (or something very similar) that flies out of a small airport near my house. I've seen it wobble a bit in flight. Are these entirely stable?

Beat-walking policemen gave way years ago to modern, speedy squad cars. But today squad car movement is slowed down by the increasing crush of traffic. The solution could be a radical new kind of transportation designed for mobility on jammed streets. Here, for tomorrow, is the concept of policemen on mechanical pogo…