Same with the Jeep Wrangler.

Oh fun, I get to be on both sides of the fence! I owned three Minis (2006 S, 2008 Clubman S, 2013 Countryman S), and I will never own another one.

Lived in Nashville from 98-2000 (back when the Predators were new and the restaurant scene was anemic at best) - and I’m STUNNED that nobody mentioned Percy Warner Park. Especially in the spring, it was absolutely my favorite place in the city.

To be honest though, they rebooted another Steve Martin-of-that-era gem, Parenthood, into a damn solid television series.

I think Finn’s plan was to pull a Randy Quaid/Independence Day manuever

My favorite theory so far is that shields deflect energy weapons and high-velocity projectiles like missiles. But as we saw in The Phantom Menace, a slow moving object can pass through. So the bombs (launched electromagnetically apparently) “fall” slowly enough to pass through the deflectors.

Well most of the times I had to go in for service, it was for some kind of electrical gremlin. Having to replace the module that controls fuel injection. Having to replace a mirror unit because the adjustment motor fried. Speakers going out. None of which speak well for going all-electric.

I’ve owned three Minis. They’re expensive for what they are. They’re unreliable and prone to random crippling issues. Most service departments are woefully ill-equipped to handle the demand (I abandoned the brand after my Countryman S threw itself into safe mode on a busy highway and I was told they *might* be able to…

15. Driving my mom’s ‘91 Range Rover (that inspired in me a lifelong love of British vehicles with questionable reliability) in the parking lot of the nearby junior high. All I remember of that was white-knuckling through 5 mph turns and having trouble maintaining a line because I was staring right over the hood vs.…

Six was a whole bunch of stupid fun, too. IMO 7 and 8 fell off a bit.

Part of it - at least here in Austin - is that there are no pro teams, so it’s just Longhorn everything all the time.

Uhh...speed of light actually.

Radar guided missiles do not travel 2-3x the speed of light.

The car may be there (or mostly there), but what about the rest of the brand experience?

Are any of the kids old enough to ride in the front seat? If not (especially if car seats are still in the picture), ANY wagon is going to be a tight squeeze.

Well, that job *was* literally killing him

Yep. After Tyrion’s trial and the Tywin shitshow the books veered pretty badly. I’m impressed that the show managed season 5 as well as it did.

Offroading 15-16 years ago up in NE Texas and a friend grenaded the rear differential on his Defender.

TSA Kabuki Theater! Now with extra kabuki!

The weirdest thing to me is how much Diet Coke’s flavor changes in different states. Coke Zero, Diet Dr. Pepper, and even (ugh) Diet Pepsi all taste about the same whether they’re cans, bottles or fountain.

Is it bullshit marketing? Sure. But don’t forget how badly Coca-cola was burned by the whole New Coke fiasco. Reformulate Diet Coke and it’d basically be New Coke 2.0.

Coke Zero is/was a way to both go after untapped markets AND keep the loyalists happy. There’s a layer of bullshit marketing in there for sure, but…