Pretty sure that’s the air intake for what appears to be a pair of rear mounted turbos. Potentially problematic for a number of reasons (lag being one), but still a thing that is sometimes done. I think in this case it just adds to the ‘80s radness

Why stop at triple crown? I won’t be happy until he wins at WRC, Nascar & Top Fuel Drags

Mcbain, I’m really sorry to hear your anal seepage has gotten so bad it’s spread to your mouth. In all seriousness you apparently have the reading comprehension of a mosquito at a Dead concert if you think I care in the slightest what Domino’s does with our crappy roads. I saw a comment that seemed to be saying that…

Thanks for that thorough explanation. It sounds like the law is just as much of a mess as I guessed! So would a 2005 outback fall under the SUV rules or Wagon rules? I’m guessing wagon. Either way I need to get an inspection this month so we’ll see what happens this year...

Lol the tint laws.... I’ve always tinted the back and side windows of my wagons, and only once have I received a ticket for it (which I later got out of because the trooper who looked about 18 wrote the court date on a national holiday without realizing it). I got nervous when Cuomo told the inspection places to…

That line of thinking sidesteps the real issue. Even if we accept that it’s their asphalt so they can paint it as they like, who says they can just put their asphalt wherever they like? I used to write graffiti when I was younger. Was that ok because it was my paint and the wall was already ugly? The real reason this…

That is a good catch on the plate. I wouldn’t have thought of that

I don’t know, very few cars even today have any sort of AWD with locking diffs. I think their reputation isn’t just the result of being the only game in town back then, although I’m sure it helped.

Thank you!

Still doesn’t make it right. The key here is permission from the city, either formal or implied - not the fact that it was their material they put in the road

Speaking as someone that just paid to redo the roof on their house, I would too. Sign me up!

But being dumb is fun! Until half the internet calls you out on it haha

My roof analogy was admittedly (and intentionally) dumb. My only beef with what you said is that installing the patch themselves isn’t what gives them the right to do that, it’s that they presumably got the permission of the cities. The permission could be from them asking, or it could even be as simple as the city…

Wow, I had no idea how seriously people take their Domino’s pizza article logic. Indeed, I set up an intentionally dumb and exaggerated straw man to what I (mis)read as an intentionally dumb comment. Trust me, I know how advertising works and I get that filling a hole in the road with asphalt you bought with the…

Nice try, but fixing a patch in the road doesn’t make it “your” road. By that account I could have saved a bunch of money on the house I just bought by putting a new roof on it before moving, then kicking the owners out because it was now my property. Come to think of it, I probably should have tried that...

I hear you there. 13 year motorcycle rider here, although I’ve never had a Harley (yet). Things that move when you twist the throttle are just better no doubt! Before I turned 16 and could get a bike though I went everywhere on the non-powered 2 wheel variety and you know what? They made learning to ride a motorcycle…

I do see the appeal of that aspect. Then again, I feel like the knowledge that somebody could just walk up and “share” my ride home away from me while I’m shopping would be worse than locking up my bike and expecting it to be there when I’m done. In places where bikes get nicked more often then not even when locked I…

As someone that doesn’t live near any place that has these, I have a pretty “meh, this doesn’t really affect me lets just let it play out” view on these things. Electric street toys seem like they could be fun, after all, but again they aren’t near me so why should I care.

Yeah the Corsa was certainly not a GREAT car, slow and with a plasticy interior. Still, that was all the more reason to wring it out on some narrow winding coastal roads where it proved surprisingly nimble. It just felt like a happy car, it might not be fast but it was always happy to try!

I get outwardly excited anytime I can rent a small car, but it’s even better when I’ve done it overseas. Small car + manual! If I could buy the Opel Corsa I rented last year in Ireland in the states, I would.