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He cancelled his Patreon yesterday. Not sure if more gainful employment was the reason.

13-year-olds vs. adults.

So... the next car is going to be a ‘65 Saab two-stroke, right?

Getting gas? Is a first-world problem?

Mechanical Engineer here, 1 1/2 years into my career, liking my job but not loving it. My dream is to build/customize/restore old cars, motorcycles, and 3 wheelers, doing modern engine swaps, electric conversions, traditional builds, and developing new things for old vehicles. I’ve always been a tinkerer and a builder

Have you met an ST twin lately?

I find it ironic that this is the title image for this article. Maybe I’m alone in this, but I actually like Chasing Classic Cars, precisely because there is no fake drama, fake deadlines, or bullshit haggling over a fake deal. It may not have the flash or the excitement of something like Top Gear or the Roadkill

...and they all turned into mangled balls of shrapnel during 40 mph collisions.

I'm going to deeply miss Top Gear. That show got me into cars, before Top Gear cars was just a casual thing, not my main interest. Ever since I binged that show on Netflix way back in 2011, I've been in love with cars.

Whenever a Jalopnik article feels just a wee bit too perfect, I have to scroll up and see if Doug is the author.

You see, after literally years of pomp and circumstance surrounding the NSX, Ford managed to upstage Acura on the very day of the NSX reveal with a far more exciting car that nobody knew anything about. Instead of talking about the new Ford GT for the last decade, and showing people drawings of the Ford GT, and

Dude, I was two paragraphs in when my spidey senses told me that this was a Dougie article. Did not disappoint. Unlike Acura.

Cheap porsche with a clutch issue, nothing is more jalop than having to fix a car you just bought:

I made the best use of Word.

Ford Mustang XR4Ti

914. Who's under-powered now, huh? HUH!?

My 944.

So this conclude the season? Well, I liked the Caterham and Disco Volante reviews, a few scenes from the specials and... I can't really remember what the rest was about.