Dialogue can be a valid sound effect when the purpose is set the mood of a scene, or to establish something about a character’s inner life, but never when the dialogue is furthering the plot.

taylor has literally [alienated] the industry due to her tremendous success

And a corollary to this is they won’t replace a part if it can be fixed. My wife had some kind of problem with the auto trans not shifting right. Made it into Mike’s Auto, left it and walked the half mile back home. 2 hours later he said it was ready. Some part of the shift linkage had broken, and instead of waiting…

I haven’t seen any of those ads, but I fully expect that Musk’s distaste for them largely revolves around how little his image and name were used.

My understanding is that an ICE can be designed from the ground up to run really well on straight alcohol. That has to be a better approach than burning hydrogen. Alcohol is much easier to ship and store, and it can’t be much harder to set up production and distribution than hydrogen.

Many years back, I hesitated when presented with a body of standing water in an underpass after a heavy rain. The guy behind me didn’t want to wait, and pulled around me to begin a slow push through the water in his sedan. As he got about halfway, a semi tractor came from the other side, confidently driving at speed…

There’s a montage in the old western sorta-satire Cat Ballou, where Lee Marvin readies himself for a gunfight, that works as both training and humor.

Jean Smart is one of the best actors working today. Between Hacks and Mare of Easttown, not to mention her Fargo series, I will tune in for anything she is in.

It is lazy, and it’s disappointing for people like us that have no means to explore this car, because we don’t get to see better shots of it. But you have to put more effort into selling your $500 crapboxes because that’s what it takes to get someone to pay attention. But I suppose that since it didn’t sell…

It doesn’t even take outside influences to give people unrealistic hopes about repatriation. Just look at Cuban ex-pats here in the US. The connection to what people perceive of as their homeland is powerful enough to cloud judgement beyond good sense, with the result being multiple generations refusing to move on to…

While no Tucker is ever going to be frequently driven, I’ve always wondered about how good Tuckers would have been as a daily driver. I’ve owned multiple air-cooled VWs in the past, and the lack of good heating and defrosting made them unpleasant to operate in a Midwestern winter. And I recall that Tatras had a hand…

I have to think that anyone prepared to drop $2.4M on anything is going to have someone inspect it carefully before making any kind of offer. And anyone really motivated to buy this car only needs to hear that it’s for sale. Better pictures aren’t likely to tip the balance on a decision to pursue it.

The best summarizations that I’ve heard about the Palestinian struggles following the establishment of Israel as a nation, is that the Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

The best thing about that DeVille is that you’ll get to meet every local beauty queen when you drive her down the parade route.

Do you think that a revived version would have actually been RWD? My guess is that it would have been brought back in FWD form, and I hesitate to believe that they would have even done justice to the looks. I mean, every picture I’ve seen of a Chinese MG looks nothing like what had been produced in Britain back in the…

The cost would certainly exceed the value of the shipping company, so that’s not going to do the job. Additionally, other articles here have noted that maritime law from over 100 years ago limits the liability of the company to the value of the ship and goods.

The downside is that the Corolla was probably on a repo list. Going to the cops is not your first move in that case.

I would assume that the Corolla was on a repo list. The tow truck driver must have spotted the plate and got into position to grab it, thinking he had an easy pick up.

It’s because cars are expensive, generally the second most expensive purchase a person will make in their lifetimes. As a result, most things adjacent to cars are expensive and lucrative as well. And money attracts bad actors.

It’s so odd seeing cigarette advertising on race cars, it’s been banned for so long.