Technically, Audi had that shifter first with the 2010 (or so) A8.

I think your assumption that the opening of Iranian oil supplies will benefit Russia is flawed. In the short and medium term, the massive input of Iranian oil and gas will further depress prices from where they are now. Current low prices are killing the Russian economy, which relies on expensive crude and natural gas…

This reminds me of the middle school goth phase most of my friends went through.

Paging Doug Demuro, paging Doug...

I remember that season! Man, I wonder if they’re available somewhere. I’d love to rewatch those shows.

This. Monster Garage really set things off, with Pimp My Ride, American Chopper, Overhaulin, and others following a few years later. It also helped make Jesse James mainstream, which is a sin, and set the stage for the chopper craze spawned a few years later by American Chopper.

Am I the only person who thinks suede interiors are dumb? They wear quickly and get dirty easily, and everywhere you touch leaves a ‘print’ in the suede. Also, wait a minute. Is that actually a suede gas pedal down there? The mind boggles.

Someone needs to write a series of epic Oppo posts...

No, they’re just channeling their inner Ferengi and selling to the highest bidder. Its not like money has been eliminated yet!

The system shuns batteries and is instead powered by a captive quantum singularity (known as a black hole), provided by a deal with the Large Hadron Collider.

I could.

But how do you compare Harleys to their Japanese and Domestic competitors (like the aforementioned Victory or new Indians)? If they vibrate less, ride/handle/stop better, and are cheaper, how can Sean or other reviewers honestly compare them without coming across as haters?

I don’t care how Lamborghini it is or isn’t, it’s gorgeous and I want one.

Mine don’t fold completely flat, even with the headrests off, unless I flip up the seat bottom.

I can sympathize with that. The engine we fragged was from a ‘05 or ‘06 Yamaha R6. The first engine we tried to swap in was from a ‘08 R6 which was almost entirely unlike the ‘05 - everything was different, including the motor mount bolt pattern, engine electronics, trans output shaft spline count and a half dozen…

It just occurred to me that I can finally have that watch now that smart watches are a thing. Holy crap I want one.

Did you fold the seat bottoms up against the front seats, or are yours cocked up at a weird angle?

Awesome. My team fragged the engine and trans in our car in late April on the first drive, forcing a frantic drivetrain swap and reinforcing of the motor mounts after they bent when the trans seized. We barely made it to Lincoln by the end of June and only completed a few events. The fact that you nearly wrecked your…

I love how you have a bunch of small, fun little sports cars and then a CVPI. This is further proof that when Miata isn’t the answer, a Police Interceptor probably is.

I’m not sure how many other manufacturers do this, but on the Continental Purecontact Grand Touring tires, Continental molds ‘D’ ‘W’ and ‘S’ into the tread. As the tread wears, the letters wear away, indicating whether the tire is still safe in the Dry, Wet, and Snow. While this isn’t a replacement for measuring tread…