The “leave you alone” aspect is one of the main reasons I use them for comparing different vehicles. If I’m cross-shopping small pickups for example, and want to compare the Tacoma, Colorado/Canyon, and Frontier, it’s one of the few places you can drive them all back-to-back. And, I can take the time to compare things…

Damn, busted!

Exactly this. Beyond just a car, they’re selling a service. That service is convenience. And there are a lot of people willing to pay for convenience.

10/10, would watch!

I used to think I was smart. Then my kids got old enough to start asking questions, and I realized how little I really know. Like “how are shopping carts made?” or “why does a platypus lay eggs if it’s a mammal?” or “who invented the exclamation mark?”. Google at least lets me pretend that I’m intelligent!

“Work smarter, not harder”?

Starred for beating me by 2 minutes with the obvious right answer.

I stand by the Manx as my #1 answer, but I’ll give a close honorable mention to the Fiat Jolly for boardwalk cruising. I mean, wicker seats!

Does anything say “beach time” better than a Meyers Manx??

I love being “this guy”. I’m usually “that guy”! Especially after a few drinks...

Ah, the gorgeous Giugiaro-designed Iso Rivolta! Not as quirky as the Isetta, but much prettier (in a “standard design language”... the Isetta is beautiful in its own rights).

This is straight from the David Tracy playbook.

I’m not sure which I like better, the Dodge Durangerous or the CherokeeeeeeEEEEE!

I don’t think she’s German, so we should be safe...

Their runways are roughly 10,500’, 11,500’ and 12,500’. For reference, that’s the same size as the runways at LAX.

“So, there we were, me, ‘Steamer’, ‘Pedo’, and ‘Scrotum’...”

I giggle every time I see this video, because you know the pilot got a new call sign from it. Something like “Rabbi” or “Viagra”.

In the case of this plane, that’s pretty much the exact thought process. It’s one of the only aircraft in the world that can do what it does, so they can charge ridiculous sums. If you really need it, you can find a way to afford it.

You actually find that color in the cockpit of a lot of Russian aircraft, as well as some early Douglas aircraft. Studies showed that it was more mentally “relaxing” than black or dark gray and helped keep pilots awake on longer flights.

We actually used to charter these planes in my previous job to transport mobile power plants around the globe. This is a fairly short flight, but you also have to pay reposition fees. It’s going to be around $1M just for the plane. Plus whatever they had to pay a heavy transport company on either end to get to/from…