Is the screen biased towards the driver, is it an artifact of the fisheye lens?

The updated avionics were a nice improvement - that boardset runs a bit hot, but the functionality is dramatically improved compared to original hardware. Assembly was neater too. The original hardware was thrown together very quickly and showed it, but the purpose design 3.0 hardware was rather nice.

Are 550s selling? I remember hearing about the launch of production, and remember them ordering multiple ship sets of electronics, but I never knew if it was going into new 550s or upgraded 500s.

Well, if they’re smart, they will program each ‘button’ to require more than a gentle touch to activate. This will be slower and more annoying, but harder to screw up.

I’m not fan of touch screens, but this is probably a better solution than scrolling through layers of menus with a rotary knob with push button functionality.

I always wanted to see these things with guns and bombs strapped under the wings, A-1 Skyraider style. Does that make me odd?

Easy answer - buy more F-15s, particularly Strike Eagles. Yes, there aren’t enough F-22s to do what we need, but Boeing is still building F-15s and the Saudis financed the latest round of upgrades. Why not cash in on that? This is especially relevant because the existing Strike Eagle fleet is creeping up in age and…

Considering that might be the only one left in Nevada that hasn’t been turned into a drift machine, I’d say it’s a classic.

You’re ignoring and discounting one very, very important detail here - the opening of Iranian oil markets. The Russian economy is suffering due to low oil prices, and has been suffering further from sanctions since the beginning of the mess in Ukraine. What is going to happen when the Iranians flood the market with…

I’m still sad you killed it. Destroying that car felt like killing a unicorn. Sure, it was a old, beat up, unicorn with a chipped horn a broken leg, but it was still said to see it die.

I love this. Everyone else goes for red stitching, but blue is where it’s at.

Why is this not centered?

Yes, but imagine if all of them had been executed, their fans hunted down and killed, their memorabilia destroyed. This is more akin to Stalin erasing undesirables from photographs and newspaper articles - they’re dead, they’re erased from official records, and everyone who knew them or was there when they were in…

This sounds like an Audi R8 with two more cylinders and different badging.

Yes.

Did Honda learn nothing from the Acura beak-grille debacle?

I miss this engine bay. Whatever you do, don’t neglect the coolant hose located about here connecting to the firewall. It’s a pain in the ass to replace, but it’s worth it. I sold my ‘97 to a friend, and that hose was the only one I had not replaced before the sale. I checked it regularly to make sure it was holding…

When did SUVs stop coming with storage space? Isn’t that why people buy these things?

No Holland and Hollands? Pleb.

Toureg-150. The current Toureg can become the Toureg-250.