The first movie made $51 million in 1969 on its original release, that’s like $379 million today, and you know it wasn’t crazy expensive to produce.

Yep, over $2 billion (inflation adjusted) from 1969-2004, just at the box office. Plus one direct-to-video movie, home video, streaming, merchandising, other appearances. Herbie has been a money making machine for Disney

If they ended the bumper at the bottom of the tail lights as a straight line across the back, it wouldnt be an issue. What's going on is the result of "bumper creep" where more and more of the back end of the car and quarter panels is composed of the one-piece plastic bumper unit.

Now I understand what he meant by his whole “have patience, we’re in this for the long haul to win” speech to the Tesla board was about. I thought he brought that live tortoise into the office just for the hell of it. 

It isn’t a scorpion pit, its a room with spike-studded walls that move slowly inward toward each other on hidden tracks. Not sure how the scorpion rumor got started. 

Really, we, the car enthusiast community that forms their theoretical audience, are the ones who already killed these magazines years ago. TEN is just filling out the death certificate to make it official.

I might pay $3800 to not have to drive that 

Weirdos. Like that one random white kid on every college campus in the middle of winter.

Looks like an Accord Coupe to me

Or themselves, apparently. The guy I was with wore shorts in 40° weather

They were bought out by Joyson Safety Systems a few years ago, but Takata Corporation still legally exists as a subsidiary of Joyson, mainly to handle remaining legal issues like this.

1st generation airbags from the 1970s were tested decades later after harsh usage and storage conditions and found to function perfectly with no degradation. Although a manufacturer wouldn't want to officially warranty an airbag for 20-30 years, due to the liability of what would happen in the off chance one didn't…

The white New Balance and jorts crowd are exactly the ones who would buy a Corvette SUV. Easier to get in and out of, and they can fit extra stuff in there when they tow it behind a motorhome.

As did I, and the driver refused to close the doors because it slowed him down

United Parcel Service of America, even though they operate worldwide, including packages that never touch the western hemisphere.

If you must go there, you pretty much have to order something flavored, like a mocha or a latte. The flavoring syrup helps cover up the burned taste from the pot that’s been left sitting out for 6 hours. 

Or a boomer’s parent

I’m at least 12 years younger than you, and somehow my high school experience was shockingly similar. I had a 1971 Super Beetle as my first car, and a large number of my friends were driving hand-me-down K-cars, mainly of the Reliant and Aries sedan variety, with some early minivans in there.

Honda shifted their market segments over the years, though. The Civic started out as a subcompact (basically where the Fit is now), then moved up to a compact (to take the Accord’s original place), while the Accord started as a compact, then moved up to a midsize, then up once more to a full-size for the 8th…

I’ve always wondered about that, and I think it comes down to different design considerations. Its possible that architects and builders used to think of a garage as simply a place to put the car when the car wasn’t being driven. If the whole family had to get in for a trip, dad backed the car into the driveway and…