Oooh, I see a Cosmos Purple hiding back there!

Zeta replaced the platform in its entirety so it’d make no economic sense to build two vastly different cars on the same line. Anyway, care to join to join me in a cry over the fact we didn’t get this?

But the drop-off had happened long before ZB. The VE/F never came close to moving the prior generation(s) volume. There’s a lot to unpack in there: rising oil prices, the late-aughties financial implosion, etc. but a brand-new all-homegrown model barely shifted the needle going from 2006 to 2007. Even with a shiny new…

Swing and a miss, though I’ll presume that’s intentional. The controversy was they resurrected a legendary name plate, one that represented the textbook definition of Detroit muscle car to a couple of generations, on a captive import. Kinda like if they rebadged some Opel and passed it off as the Commo. . .…

The car was essentially “Okay, Boomer” crystallized before a full decade before the modern usage of the phrase first appeared. You can argue it might be part of the zenith of ‘90's soft-curve aerodynamics but it only appeared conservative in contrast to Mays’ upcoming retroStang.

As for being a “conservative” design,…

I’ve made that drain plug mistake. You only ever make it once.

One thing I’ve always done, and this might be one of those ancient rituals that has lost all relevance type things, is to take a dab of oil and wet the seal of the new filter before screwing it on. Anybody else?

Also, follow-up video suggestion: the other…

I can’t think of a car more controversial that has aged better than this car.

I’ve been eyeing those up and will probably make the jump soon. I just dislike “losing” the USB port but remind myself that it’s not like I use it that often. The dust plug angle is something I never even thought of. Thanks for the recommendation!

Pretty much everyone except Google themselves are shit at updating their…

I’ve considered it for obvious reasons but that might be too many eggs in one basket for my liking. That and all my cards have been replaced with contactless versions since the pandemic began.

Edit: Well, since Kinja gonna Kinja and not let me upload an image. . .
Double-edit: Welp, there she goes. Or not.

My wife and I have been using various G’s for years. If you’re not a power-user, they’re great phones.

I (currently) couldn’t care less about NFC but the one thing that irritates me is Motorola’s seemingly steadfast refusal to add wireless charging to anything other than the flagship phone. I could “add” it myself using…

The grill-less theory’s a non-starter. Otherwise, we’d all hate the 911, no one would’ve bought the millions of air-cooled Beetles and the second-gen Corvair wouldn’t be the arguable zenith of ‘60's Detroit passenger car design. (I will die on that hill, and it’s heavily fortified.)

The 3 just has awkward proportions,…

It’s hardly a looker like a Tesla Model 3

Tail-end progressive Gen-Xer, married to a “Gen-Y” Millenial. The ONLY disappointment of the C8 is the pedal count.

If you want to belabor this point, FOAD. I will not apologize, and if you think I’m some weird social trogolodyte based on this one fact, you’re in for a rude surprise.

If the GPU was on a daughterboard, I’d be 120% onboard.

Son of a bitch.  Forgot about that.  Now I want one.

Jeep Conestoga?

Oh thank gods. Again, this really underscores for the infinite fraggin’ time that some herb eliminating your editorial staff is just plain bad.

The funny thing is that as I think about it, I actually really like the idea of building up a wild 356 kit. The fender flairs seem well done but I’d probably go with old-school bolt-ons. I know there’s probably very real and practical reasons for the Corvair engine but I’d be yanking it for something more modern. (I…

Noooooooope.

This car has identity issues. I mean, chrome and leather straps on the hood but an interior that looks like your friend’s stripped out Civic “racecar.” Ooooh, that’s some fine, fine eBay carbon fiber. I will say the over-fenders appear to have been nicely done but that’s just opens more questions.  This…

And this situation’s weirder, as the foundries are in alternative China. Covid aside, given the panda’s post-millenial bout of big dick energy, you’d think having your primary supply of high-tech chips on Taiwan would be the essence of a national security crisis.