For the past half hour, the Jalopnik main chat room has been full of us talking about East German microtrucks, and that’s probably as good a sign as any that we should all just hang out online.

It’s been a rough week for everyone. Truck sales are crashing. Everything’s a rainy, soggy, windy mess. But driving the cars? That’s still good. So is talking about driving the cars.

Hi! It’s Friday. A summer Friday, no less, and nobody really does any work during those. It’s time for you to slack off with us and talk about the cars, and anything else that’s on your mind.

It’s a Friday afternoon right before a holiday weekend. We’re taking it easy, just like you, and we’re blatantly stealing this idea from Deadspin. Kick back with us.