Same. Love that color.

I worked at the Subaru / Isuzu plant here in town just parking stuff for Isuzu’s warehousing company. I’d drive the vehicles from the factory door to their designated parking spot. We made all of the variants for the world, so that means Isuzu Rodeo, Wizard, MU, Holden / Opel Frontera, etc. I drove a MU destined for…

Could look great with some sort of ARB front bumper all up on there.

My wife made a mistake with this comment: “You should get something fun!! I have a practical car.”

And I just turned 40.

I love flying, but sometimes it is admittedly a pain in the dick when you land somewhere, then realize you’re stranded. Granted Uber / Lyft are almost everywhere, and where not I can probably just grab the free crew car that’s at most little airports and cruise around, but I’d love to be able to fly and then taxi that…

They come pre-configured if you check Option Group 420B: Coexist Package.

In Indiana, we have the ‘In God we Trust’ plate... I get that in the 1950's our motto ‘e pluribus unum,’ which truly does reflect the mission of the U.S. was replaced to upset the ‘godless communists,’ but even that is too far, in my opinion. I don’t want to know / care about your religious leanings.

However... now…

I never understood why anyone wants to post their political crap on their car. I have my FB wall for my liberal rants, and nobody can key that or cause a dangerous situation... things are a bit too polar for that. I’ve got a retro 1980's Apple decal on my car and I’m almost afraid of the Android crowd. I like being…

My wife owns an Element... same story there. We’ve only replaced it once though in the seven years we’ve had it, but still... it’s the only car I’ve had that has had a broken windshield.

I intentionally seek to avoid nav. My car is fourteen years old, and nav was an option... can you imagine how awful that’d be? It may be a different story if you buy a new car and keep it a year or two, but that’s not me. Even today’s in-car nav will be awful by the time I buy that car used.

Yeah but you have to own a Dodge Neon and $615 in cash.

I had a 1991 Rodeo S 5 speed as my car... similar kind of thing. It was *hard* to shift correctly, and didn’t even have a tach.

When my mom decided back in the eighties that she had to have a minivan, I got to help make the decision. We tested the Astro, Caravan, Toyota (my fav), and... a gold Aerostar with a manual transmission. That definitely scored some points, but it was a bit used (maybe a year old in 1989 or so).

We settled on a 1989…

I thought I knew all the little weird mundane car facts. I never knew they were meant to be left on and then the car unattended... I can say in my 2005 G35x, all electrical shuts off after 45 minutes so it’d have limited effectiveness.

That’s a uhh... 1990's Ford Aerostar steering wheel, isn’t it?

That is badass!! I admit I sometimes go into the hangar on days I’m not flying, and I turn on the master and avionics in my plane and pretend. The whine of the gyros firing up makes me feel like I’m in a Big Boy Plane™. I’ll never get tired of the sound of a gyro spinning up to speed.

Not quite the same, but I scored a 2-seater ride along at IMS. Didn’t ride with Mario, but he was there. Instead, I rode with Stéphan Grégoire and we passed Mario Andretti as he was merging on, so I can say I passed Mario Andretti at the Indy Motor Speedway (just don’t ask me for details and we’re cool). It was a lot…

Any consensus on why we’re cool with the Miata, but not the BRZ? I never hear “The Miata needs more power.”

Jesus Christ... can you guys imagine? My water gets up to like 120 deg F. The ol ring piece would have bits of loose meat hanging from it like pulled pork if you connected this to hot water. Don’t follow that advice.

Jesus Christ... can you guys imagine? My water gets up to like 120 deg F. The ol ring piece would have bits of loose…

Thanks!!! :) I’ll buy you a beer if you wander around Indiana anytime soon.