Agreed. They look like clumsy knockoffs of ‘70s Alfa Romeos (the cars) and Datsun 620 utes (the Wolf) with absurd wheel arches. They’re different, but they’re not attractive in comparison to the designs they’re referencing.

You can get that engine (B48) to build pretty steadily to redline with intake, exhaust, intercooler and tune:

But that costs whatever a Supra costs, plus the cost of the transmission (5 figures) plus the cost of installation (5 figures). And if something fucks up, you're on your own.

How about a Dodge Dart Sport?

When I think of the coming year, "carefree confidence and a daring curiosity" are *definitely* the first things that come to mind.

A quick footnote: This is a joke. Please don't cover you eye/s while driving.

And yet it was included!

And take my eyes off the road (and risk being blinded by other lights anyway)?

Gotta have fun sometimes ;)

:)

How dare you! I am very cautious when driving. I absolutely avoid any such risky behaviours.

You make a compelling point, but with these new LED lights and the light bars on every darned truck I’d be spending most of my time parked by the side of the road.

For pirates it was more when they went below decks - their patched eye was producing rhodopsin, so they could immediately see in the lower light conditions.

It protects your night vision if there's an oncoming car. It's the same principle as pirates or aircraft pilots wearing an eye patch.

You don't do it? How do you protect your night vision if there's an unexpected oncoming car? I don't want to be driving blind.

You only have to do that briefly when you’re changing over from one hand to the other, for example if you need to switch hands to change gear.

Just the normal night-driving one. While I’m driving at night, I make sure to keep one eye covered with a hand at all times. Which isn’t even a superstition really, more just common sense.

That sounds like a pretty damn good deal for a commuter appliance with minimal running costs.

That's stretching the definition of functional to exploding point, I would argue.

SA here - our local ones have a weight sensor (I’ve seen green bins left full with a little sticker informing the bin-owner that it wasn’t collected because it was too heavy).