Tom’s mostly right here, as usual, but someone else made a point about the VW’s DSG transmission being “shit” in stop-n-go traffic. I drive a three-pedal manual GTI in rush hour traffic, which means I have the strongest left calf IN THE WORLD, but I wouldn’t call that fun.

Join the Kitniyot Liberation Front! We’re the people who only eschew the five forbidden grains. It’s nice here. We eat a lot of sushi and Thai food over Passover.

Ignore me, my criticism is invalid.

Solidarity.

I’ll take a stab at it. The Kappa platform - Saturn Sky, Pontiac Solstice. Sure, they were not well made, completely impractical, and very few people bought one, but that’s the point, right? They’re going to become rarer, and you gotta admit both the Sky and the Solstice are fucking sexy cars to look at. And the…

I would have liked this story TEMPEST LISTEN TO TEMPEST better if I hadn’t been TEMPEST LISTEN TO TEMPEST interrupted and had the page jump back to the top wi TEMPEST LISTEN TO TEMPEST th an ad for your fucking podcast such that I had to close TEMPEST LISTEN TO TEMPEST the ad and find where I was in the story again.

“we’ll have to leave it there”

I really wanted to like this book, but I found the endless dissection of various factions of Maoist revolutionaries at the beginning just...absolutely mind-numbing. And I’m actually interested in the history of left-wing groups. I’ve got the book on my Audible and maybe I’ll give it another try.

“Let’s put some more shit on the front so people won’t notice it’s one of the most reliably boring “responsible adults only” car in the history of ever.

“Corolla” is the word hypnotists use to put people to sleep.

That top picture is a blasphemous travesty and whoever did that should be lightly seared on both sides and served with french fries.

GOOD MORNING BALTIMORE

I want to read the novel that starts with these lines. Ok, shit, I’ll write it.

That one had Kevin Bacon in it, right?

I adore Zyxx, but I must point out a couple of corrections.

I traded in a 2007 VW Rabbit with around 80,000 miles on the odometer...

Here’s why I failed my driving test the first time.

I hope he doesn’t have legs. Miatas aren’t great for people with legs.

I check the blue book value while I’m at the dealership. If the dealer is offering me that or under (taking into account the car’s condition etc), I’m generally a happy camper. If the dealer tries to bullshit me into paying more than blue book, I walk away. There are a lot of subprime shady dealers in Portland that,…

Meh, he looks like he’s kind of ripped. He’s definitely the least hot main cast guy, but still. I wouldn’t kick him out of bed.