The BMW Subscription Service is approved. The system goes on-line August 4th, 2021. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. BMW Subscription Service begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug. The BMW…

Careful, he’s a biter. 

no, tom green

No, it was owned by LeBaron James :P

It’s bizarre, but I don’t think govt debt is ever intended to be paid off in the modern system. It’s just inflated away with adjustments to supply made by taxes & central bank rates etc. More than half of all money in existence has been “made” in the last 40 years.

I hate it.  But I’ll get used to it.  In fact, it’s sort of an improvement.  Actually I prefer it.  The next one after this will be terrible, surely.

I don’t get why logos are “due for updates” anyway. Unless there’s a fundamental shift in the business that muddles the logo’s message or they used some very period-specific styling in the first place, there’s no need to change something that currently works. It only makes sense when there’s a functional issue to be…

Batmobile Ute.  I like it.  

I would one for free but I have to park it behind the mobile home so no one sees it.

two utes, you say?

Agreed - currently about a third of the way through reading it, having just completed First Man, and I’m loving it. Really engaging, funny, and very well written. An intelligent, humble, and extremely eloquent man. 

To quote from one of my favorite movies, Stripes.

I’m not going to make many friends with this take

Yep, I know. Have had a long time to get used to the idea. Doesn’t mean I wouldn’t like to, but the odds are real low. Good thing is I don’t mind buying used/pre-owned, and I know how to take care of cars for a very long time, so it’s not like I’ll have to take the bus or something. :P

Fast 12's plot has Dom reincarnated as the navigation voice of a 2026 Pacifica hybrid looking to preserve family by jumping a canyon in the United Emirates.

Hopefully someday you will, if you want one. I couldn’t afford a new OR used Miata when I was young, so I bought a $3K Spitfire 25 years ago. Still have it, drive it all summer in Maine.

When have little sports cars EVER been about value? The car exists because it is fun to drive, and for no other reason. It’s a toy, fundamentally.

But if it were real, it would be spectacular.

...I might have tested one........