He was also a huge car nut, as we all know, and old fire retardant racing suits contained asbestos. I think they even had asbestos rags to cover half their face during races. So it wasn’t just that one time exposure.

Well, Maldonado has actually won an F1 race (in rather convincing fashion over Fernando Alonso, one of the best drivers of the current era), so there’s that.

I’ve read both Egan and Dyer, who are both great, but they are not who Doug reminds of. I would say the most accurate description is not a modern version of another car writer, rather that he is the automotive version of a famous humor writer: Dave Barry.

If you have a carseat in one outboard seat in the second row, and a booster seat in the other outboard seat, then there is no easy way of accessing the 3rd row, since one of those 2 seats would need to slide/fold forward.