If you knew about him, you know what this means.

It’s subtle enough that seeing it may depend on screen resolution, but the trailing edge of the 944's spoiler had a “Porsche” embossed in it.

Dark chocolate Kit Kats, too. One of the few unmitigated good things to happen in the last few years. Read more

Observation loaded with subtext: The details are of course radically different, but the dimensions and weight of this thing aren’t far off an MG Midget or Triumph Spitfire. Read more

Big gripe: That particular shopworn Stones chestnut in the trailer is from 1969. Everything going on in the movie is 1963-1965 or so. I know they want a particular kind of dark gravitas here, but they couldn’t come up with anything that frames correctly? Read more

The Prius would be selling better if it wasn’t one of the most objectively unattractive cars on the market right now. (See also: Honda Clarity.) Read more

Curious about how much of an insanely complex story - Ford money and hubris, California garage speed culture, the opera that was Ferrari under Enzo, the outsize cast of people deeply intrinsic to top-rank road racing in the ‘60s - is going to fit correctly in this. Read more

This is why I’m not an overnight multimillionaire wallpapering my third bathroom with &100 bills: I’m entirely too sensible and rational to suggest pogo sticks as share-economy mobility. Read more

We discussed this a while back: Read more

Image. Perception. The judgement of the collective consciousness. Read more

We were in Iceland for this past Christmas and New Year’s. Read more

Not sure about that 275 width, but there are definitely some Civics out there running more extreme wheel diameters and sidewalls.

Gen X car bros! Read more

My personal auricular-violence champion is Sugar back in ‘92, pre-”Copper Blue”. By about the 2/3rd point my perception of the music had completely resolved into a staticky jet-engine roar. Read more

1. Allegedly yes. Roger Miller wore industrial earmuffs on top of earplugs to protect his tinnitus-damaged hearing as much as possible during the last tour but the vibrations coming in through his skull still made it worse. Read more

Not only were they loud enough to disrupt reality, but Martin Swope would be manipulating the sound the whole time with tape loops and weird effects. The rest of the band never really knew what the audience was hearing at any one time. Read more

Scooter? Read more

The two best investments in my mental health since I’ve been living in Manhattan have been a classic-styled bicycle and a small motorcycle. I don’t totally avoid the subways, but being able to treat the MTA as a supplementary service (bad weather, etc.) removes a major element of stress from the everyday - and… Read more

Note to Munich: Do it. Would be a huge increase in desirability for the i8 itself from any conceivable perspective (save reactionary ones) and can bring plenty of positive image support to the company as a whole. Read more

Yeah, was considering that this would be uncomfortably close to cutoff. But yeah, you’re generally right; CPO would be a compelling way to go here. Especially since the buyers aren’t necessarily averse to used (ref: FJ Cruiser). Read more