1st Gear: Suck It, Analysts

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Don’t forget the short and trouble free development of the F-22...which everyone forgets about now that the F-35 is in the limelight.

Call me when they come out with the Norris Packard version.

The launch edition should have a full plaid interior.

I’m curious how much this has to do with the extended production run of the 2014s, many of which were no doubt discounted, versus 2015s on the lot for full- or near-full price.

Looks like the Russians have finally caught up to the Rebel Alliance in helmet decoration.

I think it’s the Costco/Walmart version - more size, more speed, more payload for less money. Whether ‘more’ is actually ‘better’ is up to interpretation.

The turret in these is unmanned, right? So you have three men sitting in the front of the hull?

Nothing good comes from the trending topics feed. It’s the worst when anything from Jalopnik winds up there - the flood of out of touch, obnoxious comments by the Gawker commentariat is awful.

You’re good. Pity I didn’t type slower!

Can anyone tell from the pictures below (approximately) what size ship it is? At first I thought it was one of their larger frigates, but now I’m thinking its a smaller patrol craft. A smaller craft would have no CIWS, and the size of the explosion would suggest the missile was an anti-tank munition, like a TOW or…

The Mazda 5 was great, except that it’s second generation was beaten to near death with an ugly stick. I think if Mazda had styled it better, it would have slowly grown it’s market share rather than dropping dead.

The piping and elaborate door panels, on the other hand, is the best kind of retro.

This kind of retro can stay in the ‘60s. It just doesn’t work on modern cars.

To me, this picture always looked like an oblique shot out of one of the side windows. You’re probably right that they were probably attacking with the nose armament, but I can just see the tail or turret gunner taking pot shots at the Me323 as they orbited it.

I love the caption for this picture (from Wikipedia):

The Browning Hi-Power - such a slim and ergonomic handgun, even toddlers find it easy to shoot. I bet he didn’t have to worry about hammer bite.

Considering how poorly the SyAAF has performed during the current civil war, I wouldn’t trust them to hit a supertanker, let alone a small and relatively innocuous yacht.

You must be thinking of the ‘Girlfriend’. The ‘Fiance’ is typically pretty reliable, though if it isn’t, hope that you find out before the bumper-to-bumper engagement expires.