Nuclear base load FTW. My parent’s generation’s anti-nuclear protests doomed us all. 

The 16:10 resurgence continues. 

On the way home from the dealer in my very first car. Only stalled once!

So do we still hate nuclear or...

As I’ve mentioned here before, I’m on my fourth Delica. But, I’m fairly certain I’ve found my favorite. A black 1995 Exceed (high top but no glass roof, swiveling captains chairs) with manual transmission. It’s one of my primary daily drivers, and I absolutely love it. It’s as close to perfect as I can imagine it…

“It smacks of a little hypocrisy, is all.”

It looks like no one has linked the original video from the Curiosity mission, so here you go:

I’m totally ok with this. Underglow was one of the better 90's car fads, and way overdue for a comeback. I say you’re ahead of the curve. Hell yes!

It’s a secluded spot, I’ll give you that. But not quite the middle of nowhere (which I’ve actually been to!)

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Nope, you’re right. It sounds childish. This is what I get for letting my proofreading down for one sentence because I wasn’t in the mood to write a better conclusion. No excuses, you’re spot on. I’ll do better next time.

Super well-said. This isn’t about “defending” the Miata. It’s about the fact that this is a dumb comparison to make. 

I mean, it doesn’t seem like much of a choice to me? The Miata is a car, and this is not. I’m sure it’s lots of fun, and I support vehicles that exist for the purpose of fun and not producing impressive-looking numbers. Just, let it stand on its own as a fun toy instead of trying to justify it against actually-usable…

Yep, it’s an AP1. The understeer-under-power and oversteer-under-braking behavior is also something they reportedly addressed for the AP2 update.

You wrote, “It’s got a manual transmission, a rev-happy engine up front, rear-wheel drive, a tendency toward oversteer. If Mazda dropped a new Miata with those figures, every single person reading this would be crying joyful tears...”

As always, my responses come from experience and not conjecture.

Ahem.

As a mechanic, I have two simple, but conflicting thoughts come immediately to mind:
1. Ship of Theseus

No no, you don’t have to defend yourself. You’re absolutely right. All it would have taken here is a set of differently-shaped connectors that can’t be plugged in to the wrong pair- just like it’s done in consumer electronics and automobiles.

Hmmmm. While I’m not opposed to increasing emissions standard, I do want to note that California’s rules kinda *do* “take people’s cars away”, in that they prevent certain types of cars from being registered, and certain (popular, enthusiast) modifications from being done- whereas the same would be accepted in other…