A post-accident Tracy Morgan on one of the pivotal moments in cinema history:

...think of it as a collaboration between the Galactic Empire and a German car manufacturer.

Show me a way to go back five years to when I originally wrote this and I’ll be happy to do so. Read more

As far as #5 goes, check the typical online marketplaces. They depreciate - of course - but not that much, especially compared to big German luxury sedans. Read more

I know. Read more

BMW E34 M5.

Yes, I know. Read more

Hah. They’d be a Volvo acquisition away from reassembling Ford’s old upscale portfolio. Read more

Nice price in general, purchase pending one VERY thorough inspection with leakdown test and so forth. Looks great, but 170K is 170K. Read more

I have a bookmarks subfolder specifically reserved for stuff like the have-to-read-it-but-later pages. Open it up, realize I’m not getting to it soon, kick it to the “when I have a chance” list. Works pretty well. Read more

You’re so used to seeing it - the way the trunklid is a step up from the beltline - that you don’t even notice so much anymore. Like those flat surfaces around wheel openings.

And then that negativity gets turned around to be one of the most emulated design details in recent years. Freakin’ Bangle butts are still everywhere. (Raised trunklids are good for aerodynamics.) Read more

Funny thing about the Z4: Everyone picks it as the most Bangle-ish car built by BMW during his term there, but it was actually designed by Anders Warming. Read more

First thought: Damn, that’s a long runway. Read more

The greatest racing book of all time is Piero Taruffi’s “The Technique of Motor Racing,” with the caveat that it’s literally a textbook - all instruction and cornering diagrams. You don’t buy it for the visceral appeal, although the historical details are wonderful and the contents of the book itself will never be…

Remember how boxed sets were so popular back in the ‘80s? Kind of as expanded best-of collections? Read more

Remember how boxed sets were so popular back in the ‘80s? Kind of as expanded best-of collections?

As tangentially mentioned below, two longtime Jalop favorites:

I love the 037, but the Stratos would make more sense here. If it wasn’t the first sui generis hardcore rally car (the Alpine A110 may have something to say about that) it’s definitely the one that had the most profound effect.

Audi Quattro.