Nah, this is Texas; we’re totally OK with ketchup here.

I love learning stuff like this.

I think some kind of epoxy should be fine; I just know instruments are traditionally made with hide glue, which melts at a pretty low temperature.

My great aunt was a concert violinist. Supposedly, she had an Amati violin. You may have heard of famous violin makers Antonio Stradivari and Andrea Guarneri; Nicolo Amati was the guy who taught them how to make violins. Anyway, she died years ago, and now nobody knows where this violin is. It’s a real shame, mostly be…

Quilt maple with a sunburst finish would also look gorgeous.

Inlay work in a car would look fantastic, as long as the adhesives could withstand the heat. I’m partial to abalone myself.

That is pretty impressive. I’m not sure if my engine will last that long. I take good care of it, but I really have to thrash the poor thing to get it to move my truck fast enough to not get clobbered by Dallas traffic.

I played in an orchestra for a while with a guy who played a carbon fiber cello. I liked the sound, and I can definitely appreciate an instrument that handles heat and humidity well.

Yeah, I can totally see that. I went with flame maple because it’s a more traditional choice for violins, but now I wonder why I’ve never seen a violin made from spalted maple.

I will be contributing many of those tears.

Someday, when I am wealthy and successful, I want a fancy car of some kind with an interior inspired by fine violins. Flame maple everywhere, maybe some ebony trim, and a shift lever made from a violin neck, with the carved scroll and everything.

That was exactly my intention. It gets even funnier when you imagine two of them.

I prefer the variant of boat jousting where the boats replace the lances, not the horses.

After all this waiting, it turns out the reason for all the “secrecy” was just so Toyota’s chief engineer could excitedly pull away a sheet to reveal the new car while shouting “TADA!”

Crap, they can’t even call Batman because it’s daytime...

Someone has probably already suggested this, but there are a lot of comments, and I don’t have time to read through them all:

Dude, it’s possible that your Sunfire has the exact same engine as my S-10, though I’m sure it’s packaged very differently. 2.2L?

I think the filter actually goes on sideways, with the filter flange pointing toward the front. But it’s been a while, so I don’t remember for sure.

Oh, is that what it is? Are you sure it’s not a bird? Or a plane?

That is beautiful.