Aston Martins aren’t exactly known for being the best driver’s cars in the world, but that’s usually pretty easy to forgive since they’re absolutely gorgeous. That’s maybe not the way that it should be, but the world is a shallow place, and good looks will get you far here.

A sign of what’s to come?  Absolutely.  As far as I’m concerned, if they’re unable to sell sedans and wagons in Europe (or at least Britain) because consumer demand is too focused on CUVs - then North America is a foregone conclusion.  In fact, I’m kind of shocked that it happened there, first.

There was no ‘threat of a stolen vehicle’. There were no ‘suspects’. That’s the whole point. And any even marginally competent officer would have been very easily figured that out before they left their own vehicle. But, no, they put garbage into their system, received an unexpected result, and decided that they only…

Ah yes - ‘back talk’, a clear reason to cuff a child and threaten lethal violence.  

Doesn’t matter whether it was a white man or a black family. They shouldn’t be pulling their guns when there is no appreciable, objective risk from the target of their inquiry. And yes - before you approach a vehicle you think might be stolen, you should confirm that everything you entered was correct. It’s called due…

I disagree with this a little bit. They can make mistakes. They can accidently pull someone over. They can type a license plate in wrong. They can make a mistake that inconveniences you.

Well, there’s the story that they drew their guns and pointed it at a family when there was clearly no reason for them to do so.

Back when I had a ‘71 MGB I was driving it up twisty stretch of road near town that winds through a bit of a valley. Nailing the shifts, hearing the exhaust note off the nearby walls of the it was beautiful. Great fall day. Up beside me comes this late 996 Cab - one of the later iterations - being driven by a gorgeous…

When I asked about a RAV4 Prime they actually laughed.  Like straight up thought it was hilarious I even considered being able to buy one.  

I’m not some fancy business major, but perhaps Toyota would do better in North America if they actually had some products to sell here?

Absolutely!  And honestly, if I didn’t live and work where I do (American living in Canada - meaning fewer guns, at least, but just as many bad drivers), I probably wouldn’t do this.  But if feels safe for me right now - limited exposure to cars, well maintained roads and good infrastructure.  But I totally get your…

I haven’t quite talked my way out of road cycling - and I commute to work on a bike most days. In town, however, we’re blessed with an extensive protected bike lane / trail network, and my ‘share the road time’ around town can be measured in minutes counted on a single hand.

What I find interesting is the fact that the show, apparently, continued on despite the first crash and fatalities.  I’d have thought that after that, things would have been grounded for at least the rest of the day and perhaps longer.

Yep. I think there’s probably all sorts of reasons. The one you mention, of course and also the fact that the people who best know how to fly, work on and trouble shoot these planes are getting older and less able to do the work and the planes themselves have got to be fatiguing from the stress of 8+ decades of flying.

It’s always been a dream of mine to take a ride in a WW2 era plane - specifically something like a B-17, B-25, etc. The ability to do it with my kid would be even cooler! And there are two coming in soon where flights are offered. But I’m not going to do it.

I’m with you on this. I test drove a Model S a few years ago and, as we were driving along, we went up a fairly narrow road with an unprotected bike lane and a cyclist up ahead. Because of the bend the car kept heading toward the cyclist - and even though I could see that the computer registered both the turn and the…

I literally said:

I guess. The bare bones model is $45 k in Canada. And apparently the average new car price is... yikes... $66k. So even the relatively loaded Wrangler are still around (or slightly above) the average new car price.

You got Ferrari wrong.

Did I say “Be happy because things could always be worse”, or even remotely imply that we should “Never ever improve society and maintain the status quo”? Pretty sure my last sentence says exactly the opposite. But good job on the reading comprehension... bud!