What, no Chris Hardwick?

I’m mystified by an effort to improve the drive train and bring it into the 21 century while still using wood. How hard would it be to eliminate the wood? Would replacing the wood change the character of the car that much but changing to an electric engine would not?

Can I just... Butt in here? Not replying to anyone in general, but I say that the tipping point for when nice cars died was 2002. During that year, we lost the RX-7, the Mark IV Supra, the Plymouth brand, Dodge screwed up the Neon with a facelift, supermassive SUVs like the Excursion, Navigator, and Escalade became…

Oh CELL no!

A: so you can drive with handcuffs on.

It’s the little old diesel from Pasadenaaaaa

Automotive wise?

Jason, get a Mirage already. :-)

Neutral: How Does The Prius Succeed?

they tried that... Japanese customs frowned upon it.

Sure it does. It gets them a lazy uncle Sergio who’ll crash on Mary’s sofa four nights a week and eat all the food in the fridge.

Dear Sergio Marchionne ,

My Grandfather worked for Volkswagen from the 50s till the 90s and I’ve got a full room of old Volkswagen stuff, mostly the internal booklets, where the layout was glued together and some other unfinished, maybe never published stuff. When I find the time, I will search for more about this car here. But in the short…

I always thought Cosmic Girl was the answer to this..

1st Gear/Neutral: E-commerce is already SLIGHTLY a thing. Many of these cars with Navigation only point out certain gas stations/resturants as you drive, just this whole #Brands thing makes it take a front and center spotlight.

Cupholders - Often complained about and back in the nineties often looked down on by European types (myself included) as being a frivolous concession to the yanks for their big gulps and weak coffee. How wrong I was.

FERD: OUR TRUCKS ARE SO FUCKING HUGE THAT WE OFFER REAL TIME SATELITE FOOTAGE OF YOUR TRUCK SO THAT YOU CAN SEE OUTSIDE.