A hat-tip to unsanctioned Israeli nuclear testing?

We sort of do though, I mean. There are “pilots” but a 747-400 can pretty much land and fly by itself (*).

Under current laws I believe being passed out in the car with keys still counts as a DUI.

Nice try but I believe that’s a 1981. 

“For a while gas stations just lost my business by having these”

“Sometimes things are just what they are”

“Cars like the 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix (there are numerous other examples from that era) are what you get when the market only has established and undisputed players.”

“a man who’s freshly divorced, wearing open shirts and gold chains in his graying chest hair, unaware that Teva sandals don’t bring in the college girls like they used to”

“they don’t record anything and are usually not even able to be monitored anywhere” 

Like a Stargate to the year 1913? These days there is power available at pretty much any city intersection.

Unwatching? Clearly you haven’t examined a city traffic light recently...

“where that kind of power is coming from 4-cylinder cars”...at speed, under boost, at high rpm, vs an early 1990's LT-1 that attains a significant amount of that figure essentially from idle and has linear horsepower output and torque to match.

Serpentine Babou, Serpentine!

I for one look forward to seeing the fine Amish craftsmanship built into every new Model 3

“It’s going to be easier to just buy a new set of wheels”

Isn’t finding an unmolested WRX of that vintage about like finding an unmolested boy at a NAMBLA convention? 

as opposed to Expert 5: “I just pwned Carmax for the 15th time and now they won’t return my calls”?

“by what metric is CA the worst in the union?”

“Also, you can’t change your SS#.”

Supply and demand. I agree it’s bullshit. This is no different than the people who lurk near the Toys-R-Us/Best Buy and buy out the new arcade consoles on launch day, then resell them on Amazon or Ebay at massively inflated prices.