It does feel like instead of Ladas and Volgas they should be driving Austin Maestros, Ford Sierras and Vauxhall Cavaliers...

Some random Twitterer I don’t remember summed it up better than I can, that crypto is the closest thing yet devised in real life to Looten Plunder’s pollution machine that doesn’t make or do anything, just plug it in and it pollutes. 

I like  the ‘61 Tempest wagon but I’d want one closer to stock. If this one were cheap it’d be worth reversing the panel van mods and getting rid of the hood-mounted barbecue smoker but for $8500 I’ll wait for a non-ruined one. 

And you can run them off AC power from an electrified  third rail to get rid of any and all battery-related issues!

I almost like the front as seen at Auto Express better than the production one. It’s a shame it wasn’t ready until 1986 and round headlights were so passe for anyone else but BMW, because it would’ve been good to fully productionize for either the US-market Starion (alone) or the Chrysler Conquest (alone), to give…

I see a slight bit of Corvette C2 and Trabant with the roof cut off;

What’s next, NBC Brougham?

Another thing you could do instead of cutting the tray, if you really want a plastic model Civic, is to buy an actual plastic model kit of a Civic like this one from Hasegawa. Probably cost you about what a new tray from a Honda dealer parts dept would;

I mean, it’s obvious that Davis is the spokesman/mascot from their commercials, in the alternate universe where Henton’s Roundmeal exists as a commercial product.

The problem is that early ‘30s luxury cars had BIG headlights (Woodlites excepted); the faux “headlights” are smaller, not bigger than normal 7" round sealed beams which probably made them a fail for the luxury look for the intended audience and throws the car’s pareidolia into the Uncanny Valley for everyone else.

Fiat offered the 128 3P in America complete with weird triple coffin-shaped taillights, but sadly only with all-vinyl interiors which I’ve only seen in black and saddle tan.

I would’ve been part of the first cohort of American kids to fully grow up in metric if the changeover had been completed as originally scheduled. As it is, I know the difference between 3 liters and a gallon as the amount of windshield washer left over in the jug after filling the car’s tank. Every. Damn. Time. I…

Maj. Margaret Houlihan, R.N., A.N.C. is a damn *professional* and a huge part of the  4077th’s sky-high survival rate. And she did it without the kind of downtime the male doctors got.

Insurance rates, most likely. I’m almost surprised the IIHS hasn’t already done this since they can act without legislation. 

There are usually billboards next to them. Always the same advertiser, and kind of an odd slogan (what happened to “Quality Is Job 1"?)

1st: At some point GM is going to swoop in and bail out Lordstown for pennies on the dollar with most of the development work for a Chevy Silverado EV already done and funded with the sort of venture capital that’s been doing the Fry “Shut Up And Take My Money!” meme to the words “Tesla of trucks” for years now, and…

It’s the news-desk format. They can use it to crank out one-liners in rapid fire. Regular sketches show the biggest problem with doing sketch comedy with full sets, costumes and props as live TV; if something’s a dud they’re stuck with playing it out for upwards of 5 minutes.

How married are they to keeping Ferrari in, under that name? If they go to stock subcompact crossovers Honda, Renault and Mercedes are in, but FCA/Stellantis would have to shift their program to another brand. Jeep Renegade Tributo Ferrari?

2-door 210s - both the 2-door sedan and hatchback coupe - had the little pop-out windows. Maybe the base model sedan had fixed quarter windows. 4-door 210s - both 4-door sedans and wagons - had wind-down rear door windows.

Cars aren’t designed or built with this type of impact in mind. I’m not at all surprised there was more damage than immediately apparent from an 8' drop going backwards.