If demand doesn’t slack and I’m seeing no indication that it will, I’d say this is the new normal: $5/gal gas. And with the Russian oil boycott tightening supplies, plus the Get-away-with-murder-but-DO-NOT-appreciate-being-called-out-as-the-murderers-they-are Saudis not doing cartwheels at helping out Biden by turning…

At 17 I was drafted by the old man handling some driving from Iowa to Arkansas. This was a big boat Chrysler Newport—it floated on highways—and way before anyone bothered with seatbelts.

Pfftttt!!! Your car’s location data is stored on some corporation’s servers. You don’t have it under any control, so there’s no privacy.  Ba-dump.

1) Dudette, proofread.

Oh, bullshit. What I bet is going on: Virgin is desperate to keep from experiencing staffing shortages, so push has come to shove—scrape the bottom of the barrel—hire more fools who have scarred themselves with tattoos. And attempt at saving face by issuing a cover story about “expression”.

Considering how Opie’s F1 movie, Rush, about the Lauda/Hunt rivalry, completely bombed at the box office; Apple may regret winning the bidding war.

Gilles’ carbon copy of a ‘68:

Talk about an EZ question to answer about an EV: the Dodge muscle car EV concept:

Prediction of vehicles in the 21st Century:

My god—it’s so Eighties—the angular styling, the overly stuffed seats, rows and columns of buttons, the gauge cluster which is a helluva cluster of analogue gauges—talk about a time trip.

Yes, it is good in its own terms—the Hollywood blockbuster that did it right. At least a Best Pic nom among others. Wouldn’t be surprised if it took home the Best Pic Oscar next year.

Yes, science fiction becomes reality:

She looks like the mother of the actress from the Jumanji movies cosplaying as the Jumanji actress.

Showing 30 minute shorts—say whut?

Yes, that’s quite the TPCV—tiny penis compensation vehicle.

And we didn’t come out with the utterly complicated and thoroughly unnecessary W16:

It’s like watching crack cocaine addicts scream and bitch about the price of crack when they’re STILL gobbling it up as fast as they can. Think the drug dealers care? They got you by the short hairs and they know it.

Reminds me of Plymouth slapping some tape graphics on a meh Volare:

Yup, I prefer calling it the Predator grille:

Now much closer to the truth?