Hah, I’m currently playing NFSMW for the umpteenth time :) Amazing graphics, cartoonish physics, easy to mod and a cheesy attempt at a narrative? If they’d added visual damage (but visual only) it would be perfect. I could do with less casual misogyny and more cheesiness in the narrative though.

Yes, because “parked two wheels on that side” kind of implies the other two are the stock wheels still attached to the hubs, and with jack stands that high you’d expect stock wheels to be hanging like that (it may not just be the front wheel; the rear wheel also seems to be off the ground on the passenger side, but…

Really? I didn’t know that. I love Citroëns - I like french classics in general - but I’m more of a Renault geek.

What? He was quite literally at the origin, both conceptually and geographically. He won the race, and the fans were chanting “Fuck Joe Biden” very loudly right as the post race interview was starting, which the reporter tried to pass as fans cheering “Let’s Go Brandon”. That’s the how the meme originated, with that…

I only noticed it was clearly a Lada after the tracksuit and that bare hand holding a cabbage for what looks like a considerably dangerous stunt gave it away for me.

20-30 in jail for unknowingly operating a faulty vehicle and making some bad decisions under stress when it failed is still cruel and disproportionate. It’s a 26-year old kid. Decades in jail is still a lot even if he had some idea that the breaks weren’t in tip-top shape and decided to go on, it’s fair to assume he…

She asked what am I, not who. She literally referred to Rosa Parks as a concept (which is subtly but implicitly dehumanising and just awful no matter if it’s on purpose or a slip of the tongue). Racists do it thinking it’s witty and that it throws people off the rancid stench of racism. It does not have the effect…

Anyone else looked at the bottom half of that gif without reading the title and immediately knew this was a Garage54 video? This is how I saw it and I had no doubt.

Yup, that’s a first gen Lancia Ypsilon, the successor to the lovely Y10. I didn’t love these back then but I gotta admit it’s grown on me. It’s not as cool as the Autobianchi Y10 that’s parked across the street from where I am right now, but it’s cool nonetheless.

Do I love it? Shit. I have a dedicated folder with pics, both that I took and some I found online in carspotting forums. I still regularly check google maps to see if it’s still parked in front of my mom’s house, five years after I finally said goodbye. I have a separate folder with oficial promo documents (pics,…

I know the low quality video must be masking some nasty damage, but it seems like it held up quite well. Bumper still in place, tail lights apparently intact... the little bugger appears to be tough!

This isn’t your run-of-the-mill car restoration; if they want to restore it without rendering it completely worthless in the process they’ll have to spend quite a bit on research and consulting, especially when it comes to making the steering setup in the trunk functional and true to the original. And the artistic…

Yeah, I remember it now (I think). For some reason I thought it was Bollinger that got served with a lawsuit for not licensing JLR’s design. Makes sense that it’s Ineos, it’s got all the signs of an unlicensed design (which I should’ve really taken a minute to think about before assuming they licensed it; of course…

Didn’t it come out less than 2 years ago? How can there be any of these out of warranty yet? How short is the warranty on these, and is it a Jeep Thing I Wouldn’t Understand?

Well, there’s the answer to that :) It still feels kinda silly to call it derivative in a negative way, it’s basically the entire point of its existence.

You come up with a few valid points against the Grenadier, but the design being “derivative”? That is the whole point of the design. I’m not sure if derivative is the correct word, because it’s just a slightly different Defender. I can’t even tell if they’re making it slightly different to avoid a lawsuit or if they…

Yeah, I was gonna say... His career was much more than that single win. He was a great driver who never had a chance behind the wheel of a truly competitive car (he almost joined Williams instead of Ferrari in 91, I wonder what he could’ve done behind the wheel of championship-winning cars like the FW14B or the FW15C).

I’ve been through some shit with another french car, but the Quatrelle has actually been reliable. Only needed to get towed once in the couple of years that it’s been in my possession, and everything that’s gone wrong with it over time was an easy/cheap fix even when I didn’t do it myself.

I have learned so, so much from my daily driver/permanent project car (a 1991 Renault 4 GTL that needs some cosmetic fixes and doesn’t always run properly - but normally gets to the mechanic under its own power). Older cars just tend to be so much easier to do small fixes on. I can change all the lightbulbs and…