The outstretched-arms symbol represents Ahura Mazda, the Bringer of Light.

(facepalm) That “goat” is the Ram logo, a completely different trademark.

1. Yes

If nobody had told you about electric steering, you’d never have known the difference.

How’s the new Miata selling, anyway? Lots of people in the market for hamster-wheel engines?

Was it really a Dino 208? That’s an obscure model with a 1.9L(!) V8 that was never sold in the US market, and interesting in its own right for that reason. More likely he either had a 308 GT4, which was originally launched as a Dino model but was sold as a full-fledged Ferrari (at the dealers’ insistence), or he had a…

I’d buy this explanation if it were true across the overall market. Cars that you can’t see out of are certainly a trend, probably caused by crash regulations, but all cars have to conform to those same regulations. What’s the Camaro’s excuse?

Same here. The Corvette’s cockpit is much more businesslike. It will still look like a driver’s car 20 years from now, while the Merc will just look like a design exercise.

No rational person would want the job. It’s the national American pastime to elect leaders and then block them, frustrate them, denigrate them, insult them, and tear them down as effectively as possible. Nobody who’s respectable and successful in life has time for that.

Bad touchscreens are awful for driving.

True, as witnessed by the lesson Porsche is learning right now. Turns out that people in the market for 911s, Caymans, and Boxsters don’t give a shit about MPG. Whodathunkit.

Trouble is, the only high school buddies I lost to car crashes were driving Beetles, not Camaros or Mustangs.

That is fucking awesome. I want it framed.

Also, the differential coefficient of expansion between the clamps, the hose, and whatever the hose is being clamped to.

So what do you think this guy’s complaining about? Obviously they’re breaking under some conditions, no?

Ever hold the wires going to a big inductor while you touch them to a 9-volt battery?

V=L * di/dt.

+1. The Japanese are the ones the Germans call when they get in over their heads.

Yep. Some farkers will believe everything they hear.

I dunno, it didn’t take that much money in my experience. Just a steak dinner at Outback and a quick stop on the way home for a couple of appletinis.