Counterpoint:

That floaty thing on the right of your top photo, however, looks pretty excited. If you know what I mean. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

Not one thing. Did not imply that there was. I buy what I want all the time. I need to buy celery and broccoli. But somehow those damn Oreos wind up in my shopping cart instead.

People don’t buy based on need. They buy based on want.

He was half right. But only after the final exam.

I’d bet money there was talk of a sticker of Calvin peeing on a brand logo somewhere in that discussion. Also truck nutz.

Latest news is that the 86 will get a 2nd gen, so it doesn’t seem like its going away any time soon.

Didn’t it?

The only thing bringing the 4 cyl Supra over here would do is give the “the 86 needs more power” people something else to bitch about.

I dunno, depending on the failure mode, it could be quite entertaining. With no human driver, there’s no real reason why they have to “fail safe”.

“Horsepower is only necessary if you have to slow down in the corners” - Confucius, I think.

Yup. The Caliber specifically was supposed to replace it in 2006. And yet, they kept building PTs for 5 more years.

Based on my experience with software that originates in China, you’ll forgive me if an autonomous anything of theirs doesn’t exactly strike fear into my heart.

That’s not true at all. They sold like hotcakes for many, many years, and were a cash cow for the various iterations of Chrysler back then. When Daimler bought Chrysler, they wanted to get rid of it. But it was such a big money maker, they let Chrysler keep it and only gave it the mild refresh around 2004. It even…

Geek level 0. Try again.

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My favorite vanity plate of all time was ASCII27. Depending on your level of geekiness, you’ve already figured out what kind of vehicle this was.

Unfortunately, some of the people who are at the biggest risk of contracting measles, those who are immunocompromised, can’t get this vaccine since it’s a live virus.

I’m in favor of red light cameras. Running a red light is fucking dangerous.