FWIW, I’m pretty sure none of my kids know what a "phone book" is (the oldest is 20).

As this was in ‘75, my fantasy backstory for that guy is that he is back from two tours and was tickled to find himself in a job that provided him the comfort of his recent past activities without the lethal risks every day. And so, there he was... 

“The report notes that Genesis shifted 128,365 cars in 2020.” Shifted? How far were they shifted? Was this on some sort of giant conveyor belt? Or, was just into 6th? That’s just a weird use of that word, particularly on the Morning Shift. Sold? Shipped? Moved? OK, I’ll stop.   

Oh Oh Oh!!! Former transit bus owner here. A buddy and I bought a ‘73 Flxible (not a typo), converted it into a rather swank party bus (registered as an RV...got a free tow via AAA because of said status) and used for ~15 years until it was rendered useless by a tornado (all of the windows were blown out).

It had a…

They’re hand-operated! There’s a lever in the center console, next to the handbrake and shifter, that is pulled or pushed to open or close them. My little league coach had one of these back in the day. 

Refreshingly free of details. 

OK, I have one. A ‘65 225 convertible, light blue with an original Wildcat 445 (401 cid...the 445 is the torque rating which, even with the optimistic ratings from the period, is plenty for its 5,000 or so lbs). It has been parked indoors for ~20 years, in IA. It is imperfect but, mechanically sound. I guess I…

Exactly @eezep - The inclusion of those two says as much about Moroi-san as almost any of them. 

EXACTLY! The Legend. Man, they really blew it with the name change. So what if Legend had more recognition and equity than Acura...the rest would have come, though probably wouldn’t have overcome the inherent dullness of the RL/RLX cars themselves.

When Giuliani was mayor, he was always going on about the noise from Harleys. The idling of diesel delivery trucks was always far worse and more prevalent. Nothing new.

Don’t sweat this so much. The cheap Ritchey solution is the way to go and will still work great years after the bike is in someone else’s care. And, on FB, there’s The Vintage Mountain Bike group...tons of quick, solid advice whether you’re shooting for authenticity or just getting back on the road. These rigid…

From many angles, the Precept looks fantastic.

I think a pretty good response to Todd would have been, “Your underlying question is, ‘whose fault is it that we ended up with Trump?’ Dude, look in the damn mirror.”

My mom used to drive Saabs. Bought her first, over my dad’s objections, because it was Swedish and had a big trunk. She had a few of them and then reluctantly moved to Volvos after the bankruptcy.

Ah, the classic self-limiting marketing strategy, perfectly employed. 

Corkscrew anyone? Everyone knows where it is, along with Eau Rouge and all of the rest. The problem is not that old courses have names but, that modern tracks are so dull, generic, and clinical. They have names because they earned them with distinctiveness and...character. 

As you said, as a design, it stands out like nothing anyone else is attempting today. That’s good. Perhaps it is something like you posited, a reflection of our increasingly insane world.  

The story in which Juan Manuel Fangio is kidnapped before a Grand Prix race in Cuba and then befriends his captors and more.

The i3 should have been designed as a MINI. That’s all.

Beat me to it. Absolutely right.