As you say, Wawa is... fine.

Related but more useful tech: My car has lane departure warnings. In a friend’s car the warning is an annoying beep, but in mine the steering wheel vibrates, as if you’re driving over some very low rumble strips. It’s subtle and pretty slick.

U.S. only: Supply spectators with specialized firearms that allow them to shoot at the cars (but not at each other). This would quickly become the most popular sport ever, even the national pastime.

Good observation. I was going to say that I drove an E30 in the 1980s and I’d be happy to be driving one now. (I’ve gone through an E36, E36/7, and E90, but the E30 is still my favorite. My current daily is a Mini.) It’s sad but understandable that they can’t make a comeback.

I have no suggestions, but that Audi ur-Quattro in the header photo pretty sweet. Not that a $10,000 version would be anything close to complete or drivable.

I’m a fan of patina too, but it would need to be a kind of overall rust, not just weird orange spots.

I debated “reh-” or “ruh-”. :-)

Quick question: how do you pronounce “Renault?” Do you pronounce it “Ray-No,” ignoring the final “t”? Or do you pronounce it “Rain-alt,” like the pen name of British author Eileen Mary Challans?

Right. As a former engineer, I think there’s a fair amount of ambiguity in how people interpret “over-engineering”. I think the simplest interpretation has to do with over-investment of engineering effort on a component or product with respect to its value to the consumer. Your first case is a good example, but in…

I suspect there are gender differences in the stigma against minivans. American mothers spend twice as much time with the kids than do fathers, and I think a lot of the time (most of the time?) when the average family buys a minivan it’s Mom’s car.

Exactly right.

What it might help with is getting you in the pool in the first place, which is, frankly, the biggest hurdle, IMO.

Wonderful car!

the self-driving car broke heavily

At the same time, though, are sales really strong enough to keep the current Malibu around? Really?

When I google onlyfans, a preview of the Wikipedia page reads,

I’m thinking the main factor is 235,000 miles. It’s a very limited audience.

People are not getting any shorter.

I bought a MINI Clubman just this past weekend.

I’ve made the same error and been made fun of at work.