Finishing above: If you weren’t in line by 6:30 you were in danger of lunch hour where everyone left for an hour while you waited. Long since fixed.

In the 1980s in NYC a trip to the DMV was to be dreaded.

And of course I respect your opinion.

Counterpoint: the show sucked, like everything else on Motor Trend these days. Texas Metal, anyone?

I just finished the biography of Churchill. There are definitely worse timelines. At least so far...

I’m reading this may be a separate model above the Miata. It’s bigger, heavier, and very different technologically.

I have yet to see a Z in any color. Where I live in Tampa Bay I see Ferraris, Rolls Royces, and all manner of sports cars, so it can't be good for this model.

I’m way too anxious to run out of gas. I’m almost 70 and never even came close.

Being Manhattanites, my ex and I rented cars for trips many times over the decades we were together. I drove, so invariably we pulled over and I jumped out to see where the gas cap was on our way back to the rental place.

I see all of their models regularly in Tampa Bay.

They aren’t more boring. They are unreliable.

We have Whirlpool appliances. They are better linked to Stellantis for their quality than Toyota.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-trucks/kia-gears-up-for-first-pickup-tasman-promises-a-fix-for-its-funky-design/ar-AA1sQ7vr

1971 Fiat 128SL, bought in 1976. An absolute ball of a car, but of course it rusted out after a year.

We were there in the middle of September and had it to ourselves. Occasional cloud and rain, but when the sun broke through, amazing photos, which kinja will not let me post.

I just pull over frequently and let people go by. It’s only polite.

...from my apartment - in Florida.

I immediately thought raccoon from its paws.

This was my immediate first thought. What a promising car ruined by horrid execution. Second thought was the 1923 copper cooled Chevrolet, of which pretty much all were recalled and scrapped.

I’m 69, so none.