...waiting for some Photoshop wizard to add a dent to the rear corner...

If you can survive getting vibed by and punched out by Chuck Berry, you are a tough individual indeed.

Neutral: I’m sure they’d be fine. Our former governor of Cauliflowernia could very well have partnered with a small firm. As such, I’ve got a good one for you:

What amazes me is the brazen history of this appropriation. Take country music, for example. Started in large part by black Americans. Banjo? African. So-called “Travis-style” guitar picking and Bill Monroe-style fiddle playing came about by way of Arnold Shultz - among others - who were - you guessed it - black. And…

Thank you for your intelligent response. I’m very fortunate to have learned to both drive and ride from retired cops - the latter being a motorcycle cop. They reminded me very swiftly and harshly early on that pedestrians have rights.

...because clearly supplies are running out.

Please include the foot stomp and fart sound:

“Oh, man! Look at those cavemen go!”

I personally consider myself SUPER fortunate to have been friends with a family who took me under their wing in high school in the Bay Area, introducing me to this country music (they called it “down home”) which was similar to the country my mother - we all - listened to, but they expanded the narrative.

Came for this. I cringed when I saw that part of the video.

AND the Captain Beefheart reference! Please take a star.

Briefly, two things:

Apple is notorious for “dot releases.” As in: “just ship it and we’ll figure it out.” Can’t say any more than that at this time... ;)

500 cc is the lowest I’d go. I’m happy with 650, but we’re talking San Francisco, here; you can get away with putt-putting through traffic. And furthermore, WOT on a 250 is fun!

I NEVER understood this. Here in Caulifowernia they don’t do that, except an annoying BMW dealership in San Francisco that apparently never got the memo. Scrape it off (gently!) and you’ve got yourself a sale!

You made a good guess! Confession time: On my first bike (a CBR 250 thumper) I naively bolted on a Vance & Hines, thinking it was going to save me. How little I knew: It made my lose more of my hearing prematurely, and simply annoyed the folks who were actually paying attention.

I see what you’re saying, but they don’t pay attention even then. The “loud pipes save lives” line is, quite frankly, a crock. I recall my ex girlfriend’s dad’s Harley Softail - which was stupid loud due to his insistence on straight pipes, and drivers still had their noses in their phones. Granted, I didn’t hoon it…

That Fiat S76 “Beast Of Turin” looks familiar.

I didn’t think I was a new car kind of person either, but I bought my manual wagon Elantra Touring in 2011. It’s got all the things you like as well. Yes, it can be comically slow - Highway 80 near Lake Tahoe and I-5 at the Grapevine are interesting, but rev it up to where it counts and it’s super fun.

That video: While I appreciate inspirational vignettes of my fellow hard-working Americans as much as anyone, the unintentional hilarity of this piece - juxtaposed with its over-the-top Up With People soundtrack - leaves me wondering if this was submitted just prior to the company’s holiday shutdown while everyone was…