Business was all about just in time manufacturing thirty years ago along with massive divestment thanks to NAFTA and cheap shipping. There were a lot of shipping costs (particularly environmental) that were being ignored that the shutdowns and shortages may help address if people don’t get the idea we can go right…

3rd gear

First Gear reminds me of a Road and Track article that turned up in yesterday about there being no middle cars; everything is either very pricy and comfortable or cheap and nasty.

Bingo. Why spend so much for a fat sedan that will have tepid sales in the US and be a non-player in the rest of the world when you can push an I30 through US requirements and sell something well proven in the rest of the world to the handful of aficionados that would go out of their way for it?

Big hail is pretty new in Denver where my family’s been since 1912.

I was carrying all my worldly possessions in a minivan from Indiana to Colorado on 70 in Kansas when I saw my first tornado and hail large enough to make a dent. That was in 1996. Luckily the van was able to outrun it.

It’s usually people avoiding hail, though. I didn’t encounter it so much until the last ten years, as if something is affecting our weather patterns...

But no one dresses like a Best Buy employee except when they’re working at Best Buy. It’s still pretty easy to pick out, particularly when they’re all dressed the same.

As someone that grew up watching the Pirate Parrot jump the pitcher’s mound on a three wheeler at Three Rivers none of them come near Benny Bull.

To be fair those ten people were Flyers fans.

Scratching the surface of one of these batteries is unwise.

No only is a replacement not available in the US, I don’t think one ever will be, at this point.

I don’t disagree but have you been to America lately? Sportsmanship...

It’s still a better series than the Ferrari Challenge.

I don’t think a 1.5L engine is enough for a performance trim.

Stop. Don’t. Come back.

It’s a pickup. It would have rolled in any case.

Michigan would rule. The west coast is a long haul, but that where Dirtfish is located.

I’ve thought of doing the drive from Alaska to Argentina, usually with an older station wagon as it uses public roads and the highway. How did you get around the Darien Gap? The ferry service looks like it’s closed more than it’s running.

West Virginia used to have some really ominous graffiti in coal country. Multiple signs telling a story of running off scabs, huge warnings painted on the road and gangs of men at mine entrances with a couple of burn barrels were pretty common. I didn’t know there were still any brothers out there kicking ass. All you…