theuniverseaccordingtojacob
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theuniverseaccordingtojacob

Pre-emptive strike before the fanboys attack

Perhaps worth noting, Whiting Turner is a massive ($8.4B in annual revenue) construction company. This is not a small-time Maryland contractor. They have offices and do projects all over the country.

Rolling coal when a person is in the vicinity and when the individual rolling coal intentionally or knowingly causes that excess exhaust to contact that bystander is AT A MINIMUM an assault. They are causing their vehicle to “spit” on a living, breathing, human being that is worthy of dignity and not having his or her

This is some good Torchlopnik.

Okay, now give me a single-motor RWD version with a 50 kWh battery under 2800 pounds. 

Marty McFly approved 

My wife has no desire to learn to drive a stick, and it’s convenient to have an automatic that we can both drive. My solution is just to have another car that is a manual. Simple enough, but not the solution for everyone. 

Good take.

I’ll write a follow-up: Stop Blaming Your Traffic-Filled Commute and Just Admit You Want an Automatic.

Driving a stick in traffic is not a big deal if you’re not an old-timer.

I’m excited and afraid for you, Mercedes.

The previous owner claims that a cooling system flush was already done. The squeaky clean pink coolant seems to support that.

I’ve got a lot of hours on a Mk.4 Office Chair. You can kind of wheel it around.

I’m a poor Millennial dad with a non-automotive-enthusiast wife. So, most cars.

GR Yaris for sure. AWD with front and rear torsens, manual trans, turbo engine in a lightweight little 2 door hatchback? Sign me up. I would trade my STI Hatch in on one asap if they sold it over here.

Shocked it’s gone yet unsaid...

I would watch the shit out of Machete Kills the Mansons.


Nissan Stagea, Skyline Wagon WC34 whatever it is

Don’t ask me why, but when I saw his picture I thought of this guy many years after his college days:

Say what you want about GDubs (and Lord knows I’ve said a loooooot), his reflexes are stellar...

Surprised you didn’t put the puns in the title.

If I had the cash I would own some good looking classics sympathetically converted to EV.