You know, with all the valid complaints about that movie and the many, many things it gets stupidly wrong, it bugs me that the one that gets repeated most is that one.

Of course it is. You just need Aerosmith playing in the background.

It’s also probably easier to train miners to become astronauts than to teach astronauts how to mine cobalt.

Kudos to the successful test run of Mr. Musk’s mind control gun.

Welcome to Nevada :)

Any facts on this car regarding its ground-breaking performance, exclusivity, and price tag I’m guessing are valid reasons to swoon over this car.

Whats the big deal? Its not the first time a Mercedes has taken a jaunt through the woods.

Considering the way this guy is driving a multi million dollar near race car on gravel roads and considering the event this is at, he probably is one of the best drivers in the world.

Just who appointed you Jalopnik safety nanny, anyway? I bet your real fun at parties.

“right next to the cruise-ship terminal and the water”

This blow my mind that they didn’t consult with a major optical company to help design this. Lens curvature and thickness is big bigness and sometimes very proprietary. With Ferrari sponsored by Ray Ban, and them being owned by Luxxotica, and Luxx owns Oakley (who is at the forefront of optical research) I’m surprised…

I have seen a couple interections of Grin road and Barrett street.

a) This and Wimbledon are the biggest/only running stories in sports this week; we’re consequently covering both with a microscope.

I heard that before completing several laps with the clear protective windscreen on the car, Vettel initially thought it would interfere with driver visibility.

same here!

Me too! This made be making cringing sounds, out loud. Yikes.

If I had to die, being blown to death would pretty much be at the top of my list.

Yeah, I gotta be honest, I saw JYS’s tweets and felt kinda bad for him, because I thought the article was about to publish under his byline in the Times. Only by reading this very blog did I realize he wasn’t officially involved.