Silver is less boring than white, see Chris Evans’ (formerly of Top Gear) collection of white Ferraris. Ironically the Ferrari California Spider that he owned and that James May drove on Top Gear before Evans became a host, was painted black at the time but had been silver when owned by James Coburn. I actually…

You know, Occam’s Razor says the most logical explanation for the disappearance of your Bricklin brochure is that Torch motored silently up to your house in a CNG / hybrid electric powered Subaru 360 one night and used a 40 foot extension arm built out of K’Nex to take it off your desk. For historical research, of…

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang leaps to mind.  Author: Ian Fleming. Bad guy: Gert “Goldfinger” Frobe.  Hero: Dick Van Dyke.  Or Chitty.  My niece declared it not good at age 8 or so, and upon re-watching with all the scary, bizarre stuff with the Child-Catcher for the last third, she wasn’t wrong.  But still, flying car that…

I always wondered what happened to that concept, and had never heard of the XJ41 and XJ42 concepts, so thanks for that. The E-Type coupe was a clown shoe? Maybe the 2+2, or the Series III coupe (which was only a 2+2) which had the proportions exaggerated are a bit awkward, but not the Series I and Series II coupes. I…

All wheeled conveyances are cars, even motorcycles cars.  Jalopnika 4:16. 

You spelled Miata wrong. 

You can also try that out with an owner of a Continental Mark II which was not a Lincoln.

Deejay expressly told not to play Love Shack at wedding reception. Complies. Videographer didn’t get the memo, uses as filler for montage of guests dancing. SMH.

When you think about the braking and handling characteristics of those given all that weight and tech of the day, and how they were often held onto by folks as their last car until they died, it’s pretty wild to think of them rolling down the highway, just juggernauts. But mostly you’d see them just like that, in…

If he wanted to change lanes he’d have to pick a favorite taillight with which to signal his intentions first, and his favorite is (he imagines) always out there waiting to be discovered, likely on some Brazilian market VW of which three examples were made and one might exist, whose existence is hinted at by a 1960s…

Using employee’s sense of smell is particularly problematic since of course they are going to do what their employer says, but also, one of the known side effects of a Covid-19 infection is loss of sense of smell or the perception of a burning smell when nothing is burning.  https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20201109/cov…

Add that to the list of things like halogen light bulbs that the CA government has made taboo for shipping or sale in the state.

Kind of like this?

Bonus points as that looks like the 1957D or 1958E model, best looking years for the letter cars (though the earlier Cs are a close second). Speaking of Es, this looks like the eye chart for a car guy that desperately wants to keep his license but can barely still see, based on the big E on the wall behind the car.…

Am I allowed to be happy that I won’t have to see it on the road because it’s so ugly? It was the runner-up in ugliness to the last gen Toyota Mirai, but the Mirai got a little better looking so the Clarity may have been aiming for the crown. I think the current winner/loser is now one of the big-grille BMWs, but I…

I always thought they finally got the 5-mph front end right in the non-Z/28 versions of the 1980 Camaro like the Berlinetta. Pontiac had already had experience with the Enduro fronts on the GTO and Firebird and I guess that helped them avoid the exposed steel bumpers. Maybe having dropped the Z/28 for a few years,…

This decade isn’t looking good, so to speak, so far. BMW in particular has just gone off the reservation with the giant grilles. But the cars are just bad designs, even the Bangle era cars are better. I had a Z3 and didn’t like the Z4 at first, though the coupe was nicer and the next gen better looking outside if not…

OK David, what did you do?

I’d argue that it’s not covered if that is in fact private property where the picket line is (not a public street, highway, or road), and that obstructing someone from entering private property isn’t the same as  obstructing, impeding or hindering the normal use of the road. But I don’t know that I’d trust the local…

Neutral: Glad you’re OK, but really hoping someone with graphics skills creates an “Orlove’d” bike helmet, upside down, yellow with a stripe on it.