MAGA chuds are frantically driving from station to station scraping off “I did that” stickers.

As a kid it was this.  As an adult I’d probably look for the Morningstar Farms vegetarian version of this.

Does it need to be a “real” car? Because if not...

Porsche 928 S4.

Vector M12

All my favorites are from HP2. The Ferrari 550/360, 2nd Gen Viper, Lotus Elise, McLaren F1. That whole game was a murderer’s row of cars. 

I’ve always liked the Fiat X 1/9. Pop-up headlights! Mid/rear engine! Removable tops! It was a teenager’s dream. Forget that it was low on horsepower and questionable on the reliability. I’d still take one.

I had this poster on my wall.

996 911 Turbo, specifically the one from Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2

My poster car was the 1992 Dodge Viper. It was a concept car come to life and it was amazing.

C5 Corvette. 5 year old me thought this thing ruled so hard. 27 year old me does too.

So your take is: ‘pig needs more lipstick?’

What you say makes sense, but it also demonstrates a lack of understanding about how the OEM/dealer relationship works among legacy automakers. 

Key words here - “My neighbor got a 2015 Ford Fusion (Base) in 2014" that was 8 years ago!

About 25 years ago (give or take a few) my father in law bought a black on black 1973 Pantera for $19,000. He kept it for about 4 years, letting me drive it wheneverI wanted, and then sold it... for $19,000. Those were the good old days.

4th Gear: I would have a lot more sympathy for Musk if he really was someone who likes “engineering swings for the fences.” I think it’s more like he likes the very first part - massively unrealistic and often impossible engineering goals, which are primarily designed to generate hype. But how many hard engineering…

All I can say is between Jos Verstappen (https://www.auto123.com/en/news/former-f1-driver-jos-verstappen-faces-jail-over-wife-assault/4598/) and Sophie Kumpen’s (Jos’s victim) behavior towards Pérez, it’s a marvel Max has not turned out to be an even bigger asshole than he is.

Find out next time, on F1: Drive to Survive!

Being charitable, maybe it got sun-baked. Otherwise, red flag. But patina or something worse, why even bother with a respray? If it’s really in such good shape, save your money and wear the marks of age proudly, knowing that its useful life has barely begun.

Crew cab, longibed dually. Give ‘em a taste of REAL AMERICA.