Given the context of the movie, should the crash scenes not be harsh and drastic? I mean, what was shown in the trailer looked pretty poorly done, so I’ll allow cheesy as a complaint unless they’ve updated it, but pretty sure part of the point is that racing was brutally dangerous at the time.

From the video transcript, it looks like swapping out the tires only dropped it from 38.4 MPG to 38.1 (having already taken a pretty big hit against EPA’s 52 with elevation and driving style)

The two car guy Boomers I know (a former colleague, and a friend’s dad) both have NB’s. I’m still in car seat times (even if I’m going grey as an aging Millennial), so Miata’s out, but RX-8 is still on the table (you know, the oversized NC with less reliability).

It’s clearly not as good as Elton John’s original, but the Nickelback cover of Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting is like the one time they’ve ever sounded like they’re having fun, and I feel like it’s a safe bet that if they hadn’t gotten famous, they’d have ended up in Fort Mac, drunk on overpriced Molson’s and…

Apparently the Central Park Rangers are inspired by the Ring Wraiths from Lord of the Rings - so, very plausible that it feels tacked on, but it’s kind of a solid cinematic reference in that you don’t need to get it, and it’s not trying to draw attention it itself.

Learned this one the hard way (should’ve already thought of it) - if you don’t already have welded pads for load distribution, might be good to throw something under to help spread that out. I had something on jack stands for a couple weeks over this past summer, and didn’t think about how asphalt softens in the heat…

MIOTO (Miata Is Occasionally The Answer) - you’ve got a generation with a subset that grew up on small British roadsters (the ones that had an active Road & Track subscription from roughly childhood to when Peter Egan retired), are at a stage of life where a two seater is feasible, but can’t be bothered to waste time…

It was from a series of commercials when the MkV came out, and it looks like a proto-Funko Pop (so, just a stupid display piece).

Did we miss that Lucille is not meant to be a sympathetic character, and that calling them dramatic and flamboyant (while being dramatic and flamboyant) is not meant to be an endorsement of being horrible?

I don’t think it actually deserves to be considered “worst,” but this Veilfire Toyota Alphard stick with me for being a choice. Frankly, the tinted lenses in a non-matching red are worse than the quilted vinyl panels.

It’s literally a life-sized Hot Wheels, and that’s a good thing.

Counterpoint - bring back extended cabs with little jump seats. They’re probably not viable between side airbags and modern child seats, but these might’ve been the coolest thing to ride in when I was little. And, if we’re designing trucks around what’s fun to kids (a perfectly rational design ethos), it really means…

Lyle Lanley could not be reached for comment.

I grew up in a white trashy town that only had a Mopar dealer - the OG Durango (and 2nd generation Dakota) do things for me, but the R/T I want is the stock one for the guy that thinks that getting the drop on SN95's that don't realize they're racing means he's still the king of main street even with the child seats…

“political participation, social participation, neighborhood solidarity and neighborly helpfulness”

And the IS500 if you need a little more (very little) back seat.

Personally, I financed (admittedly at 0%) because even just collecting interest from my savings account was more profitable, and it was advantageous to have the cost of the car liquid for unforeseen expenses rather than tying it up immediately.

You say that now, but it’s inescapable. At least it’s not Blippi, and as much as Chase (the cop dog) gets a bunch of attention, he’s the most boring member of the team.

K-Car and not Panther?

The “James Bond is a codename” theory only holds up of your viewing of the series ends the moment Lazenby quips “this never happened to the other fella.” Literally in the same movie, he’s shown reminiscing over events from the Connery movies. Diamonds Are Forever opens with Connery out for vengeance over Tracy Bond’s…