This comment had so much informative content, good work sir.

You say that like seven-year-olds don’t draw badass racecars.

Any time Jerry Brown is mentioned, I miss whatever is being said because Dead Kennedy’s are playing in my head. So strange the governor from 1980 is governor again.

I think auto tire chains are just the neatest thing. I’d like to meet the person who invented them and shake their hand and say “damn, that was some clever shit you came up with, congrats.”

Which is especially surprising for GM, given their history for suffocating anything that wasn’t a Corvette. “New GM”, I suppose.

Remember how well the last 3-row Jeep with a Hemi sold? I supposed it was 8 years ago that they canned it, different market these days. Still though.

Do firefighters not tie off? Seems mighty sketchy hanging out on a sloped tile roof beside an unstable load and no harness, especially considering the guys in the basket took off and left him there, so presumably everyone was out of the car already. See ya later man, hope you don’t fall 15' and break all your bones!

You too can have luxury:

For us 20+ year-old vehicle types, that’s what a tennis ball hanging from the roof is for. Drive till it touches your windshield.

I enjoyed this story. It didn’t go where I expected it to (my assumption was something to do with rust), which is fun.

Also Canadian, had the same response: “Who shopped a Bravada/Silhouette grille onto that Malibu?” “Is he talking about the Cutlass Supreme? Better not be, them’s fighting words!”

I was going to comment on the “hit to kill” reports from China, but then I went on Snopes, and now I’m sure of nothing. https://www.snopes.com/chinese-drivers-kill-pedestrians/

“in a pipe fence trade”

Given how obsessive the creators of Mad Men were about correctly potraying the time period and that the show’s focus was the advertising industry, (including automotive ads, Jag, Chevy, etc) it’s entirely possible that in their research the creators found this ad and modeled Joan after the woman pictured here.

What confuses me about the City/Motocompo combo is that two-stroke things stink, even when they aren’t running. I park my two-stroke motorcycle in my poorly-sealed garage and the garage smells strongly for a day or so. Now put that in a well-sealed little hatchback, and your interior stinks forever.

Had to do this in my Fiero. The snap ring holding the lock plate to the column is a bit of pain. Otherwise easy fix.

This comment is heavily under-starred.

When I was a kid (late 90's), we were returning from grocery shopping driving down a 60km/hr divided road in a nice area. Ahead of us was an 80's sedan, probably a Cutlass, driving along with no rear tire. His engine also ran terribly, so he’d rev it up in netural, then dump it into drive, wait until it almost…

There’s an engine in there? All I hear is boooooooooost.

This. And bends made in HSS by cutting through 3/4 of the tube? That’s strength right there. Should collect salt and moisture as well, good thing it’s heavily rustproofed...