Matt

One day, I'll own a car with a Pininfarina badge somewhere on the bodywork... 😕

What's a Halfords? An auto parts store? Service center?

I have a "Vote For Pedro" shirt sitting in my drawer that I wonder how many kids would recognize if I wore it.

The Nissan GT-R LM Nismo team agrees with you. 😉

YouTube video by Jan Kalter - Topic Strawberry Punch

Yeah, this fits the day.

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Nah; it wasn't that. They just didn't want to spend the money for the subscription model and preferred to stay on 8-year-old SW 2017 licenses.

I hate the subscription model as much as the next person, but the benefits of the new software were compelling. I built a solid business case.

Not sure. During my previous job when I was creative director, I tried to convince upper management that we should switch, on the recommendation of one of my reports, but they didn't go for it. Disappointing.

Dandadan? That's peak anime right there. Recommend you start from the beginning, if you haven't. Episode 7 will wreck you (in a good way).

I really want to try Fusion; a couple of younger designers have raved about it.

I watched Brosnan in Black Bag last week; he looks absolutely ancient.

Cover of vol. 7 of the excellent Korean manhwa See You in My 19th Life.

Vol. 7! Much the excite. #19thlife #manhwa

Happy birthday! Many happy returns!

Rear right angle of a white Buick Rendezvous with a missing wheel cover.

Lukewarm take: The much-derided Aztek is better looking than its platform-mate the Rendezvous.

At least the Pontiac committed to the active, outdoorsy bit. The Buick is just a distended blob of a faux-luxury.

#weirdcarbs

That's wonderful. It's been quite mild here as well, albeit rainy all day today. I'll take it.

Sounds great! I wish cars still sounded like that.

Going to leave the timing belt cover off?

I don't disagree with any of that. But you know as well as I do that it's a pride/prestige thing, although IndyCar would never admit it.

All that may be true, but it sees itself (and is, really) America's premier open-wheel racing formula. It would never "subordinate" itself to F1 like that.

IndyCar as an F1 support race. That's a take alright.

Ferrari 'probably need to change driver' - Hamilton at alarming low Lewis Hamilton looked and sounded the lowest he has been as he suggested his early qualifying exit compared to Charles Leclerc's Hungarian GP means Ferrari probably needs to "change the driver"

Lewis is being far too hard on himself considering he's in a new-to-him team, and partnered with the best qualifier on the grid.

It would refreshing to see this level of soul searching vis-a-vis a teammate's performance from Lance. But we never will. 🤦 #F1

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Spannerhead logo.

Would any budding automotive influencers be interested in taking over the Spannerhead brand? Catchy, easy to remember, logo/brand identity already developed. I've owned the domain name since 2011. I may be looking to divest.

As a card-carrying #weirdcarbs member and liker of many cars others consider desperately uncool (Infiniti Q70 being a prime example), I don't disagree in the slightest. Just trying to gauge the CW on #motosky is all.

Honda CB1100F motorcycle parked in front of a strip mall.

Bike folks, is this cool? It caught my eye.

Congrats Patrick! My ex finally moved out about a month and a half ago, and although both kids are still with me, it's been liberating. Way to go! The new digs look great.

Ooh, thanks for the rec. I used to listen to his travel podcast religiously about 15 years ago.

😂 Indeed. Love Henry.

Amen.

I need a t-shirt with the slogan "Read old dead people who can’t sell you anything" on it.

2nd & Charles pick ups.

A 1986 Audi 4000CS quattro's 2.2l 5-cylinder engine in its bay.

Other than tire changes & alignments, the only time I've taken a car to a shop was when I needed a baseline on my 4000's Bosch CIS fuel injection (previous owner had tweaked something and it was running pig rich). Old Audi tech had it eating out of the palm of his hand in minutes. Money well spent.

I don't really use Discord (I think I have a token account I haven't touched in ages), but I'm happy to discuss via DMs here, if that's alright.

Spannerhead logo.

Would any budding automotive influencers be interested in taking over the Spannerhead brand? Catchy, easy to remember, logo/brand identity already developed. I've owned the domain name since 2011. I may be looking to divest.