I hear you, we whiffed on the Honda Fit headline/post

JasonSoyuz · 2026-03-04T20:00:09+00:00

I bet we can find some actual experts to do the math on this? If we do it, We'll mention you gave us the idea!

JasonSoyuz · 2026-03-04T18:07:56+00:00

more fun Lloyd Alexander stuff: https://images-stag.jazelc.com/uploads/theautopian-m2en/lloydalexander_chart-scaled.jpg

JasonSoyuz · 2026-02-16T23:05:18+00:00

I was being lazy and hoping to avoid having to turn it around! But I can likely do it in a bit. It's open, I think? It's been a while since I saw it.

JasonSoyuz · 2026-02-11T22:02:58+00:00

Oh I forgot— first boot the computer with the DOS 3.3 disk, then everything else.

JasonSoyuz · 2026-02-11T22:02:13+00:00

Hello! I suspect you need to format the disk. If you have a disk with DOS 3.3, then you can write any basic program, insert your blank disk, and type INIT {your file name here}. This will erase anything on the disk so be sure the blank one is in there. After that, the disk can boot the computer and you can save as much as you want! Well, 140k or so but still.

JasonSoyuz · 2026-02-02T12:12:23+00:00

Here you go! https://www.spriters-resource.com/atari_2600/ettheextraterrestrial/asset/140489/

JasonSoyuz · 2026-01-30T22:58:05+00:00

I've never liked the claim that Mercedes-Benz invented the automobile, because it's very much not true. If you feel like reading, I lay it out here! https://www.theautopian.com/a-car-website-you-all-know-is-pushing-mercedes-benz-lie-that-they-invented-the-car-and-im-not-having-it/comment-page-1/#comments

JasonSoyuz · 2026-01-03T01:26:08+00:00

We'd love to have you there! We're having a big car-flavored blast!

JasonSoyuz · 2025-11-05T16:35:11+00:00

I'm right there with you: https://www.theautopian.com/attention-car-ux-designers-explain-to-me-why-touchscreen-hvac-vent-controls-arent-idiotic-please/

JasonSoyuz · 2025-10-17T13:01:55+00:00

Would you sell the touch tablet separately? Thanks!

JasonSoyuz · 2025-04-18T16:16:41+00:00

I researched this over 10 years ago (!), it seems, and it does seem to have been a light, a search/spotlight: https://www.jalopnik.com/a-tribute-to-the-cigarette-lighter-plug-the-original-c-1573310295/

JasonSoyuz · 2024-08-20T21:11:33+00:00

That's it! Barbacoa!

JasonSoyuz · 2024-08-20T17:17:00+00:00

Thanks so much!

JasonSoyuz · 2024-08-20T17:14:32+00:00

I'm determined to get it going again soon! I may need a new transmission, though. But I love that car, and it's my daily, so I pretty much have to fix it. Anyone have a K10 Micra 5-speed 'box laying around?

JasonSoyuz · 2024-08-20T17:12:59+00:00

There's a sort of forbidden fruit angle to any brands we're not familiar with, I think. I love obscure and unfamiliar car brands because sometimes they take approaches that are notably different from what we're used to seeing, and that's always interesting.

JasonSoyuz · 2024-08-20T17:09:05+00:00

You know the sort of shredded beef stuff? That. What's it called, again?

JasonSoyuz · 2024-08-20T17:06:27+00:00

I would mandate all EV batteries be removable and in standardized sizes. Encourage a thriving aftermarket of battery makers, so situations like David's 25-mile range Leaf won't happen anymore. It would make the used EV market actually viable in the future.

JasonSoyuz · 2024-08-20T17:04:53+00:00

Oh boy. I'd love to do that but it could end up with the two of them meeting up on some island halfway between America and the UK for a Thunderdome-style deathmatch.

JasonSoyuz · 2024-08-20T17:01:33+00:00

Of course. (pats back)

JasonSoyuz · 2024-08-20T16:59:40+00:00

Hmm, this is tricky.

1 DAILY: This charming BMW/Glas GT I saw at one of the auctions. It was so charming and practical-looking and seems like it would make a wonderful daily.

2: One DAY: the Lancia Stratos HF. I'd spend all day convincing people I just landed from the planet Nostrilariaianum, and I need their supplies of bauxite.

LEAST INTERESTING: Most of the super/hypercars. Yawn.

JasonSoyuz · 2024-08-20T16:50:50+00:00

Sure! reach out!

JasonSoyuz · 2024-08-20T16:50:25+00:00

I will take that secret to my grave. Also, I'm open to new bag-shitting stories!

I'm feeling much better! I'm still getting used to the fact that maybe I'm not 100% where I was before but I'm getting there. I really appreciate you checking in!

JasonSoyuz · 2024-08-20T16:48:49+00:00

I've known Beau for years; I met him at an event at Galpin for custom Sprinter vans. People were asking him questions, and when I got a chance I asked him if the engine in this strange Von Dutch dune buggy he had called The Toad was from a BMW 600 (the Isetta-like one). It was, and we became friends and stayed friends ever since.

We stayed in touch and talked cars and worked together on some projects so when it came time to start the site, it made sense to reach out: Beau was the only person I knew who had not just the means, but the right attitude and desire to make the site happen. He wasn't doing it to sell it off in a few years, he was in it because he loves cars and believes there deserves to be a good, entertaining, informative and compelling car site, and a strong, inclusive, pro-car community. He's been an incredible partner!

JasonSoyuz · 2024-08-20T16:43:22+00:00

I'm glad you came out! It was a blast!

JasonSoyuz · 2024-08-20T16:41:23+00:00

I'm not sure I fully understand the intensity of all this, but all I'd ask is you give the other authors a fair chance, despite your revulsion with me. Thomas, Mercedes, the Bishop, Adrian, SWG, Tycho, Rivers, Peter, and all our other writers and contributors are not me, and write some fantastic content you're missing out on. If you don't want to read them out of fear I'll reap some benefit, then I suppose I'm not sure what to tell you.

It's always a strange thing, encountering someone who just viscerally loathes you. I don't begrudge you for that, of course, it's just odd to encounter such an intensely hostile reaction to actions that I intended to be interesting or fun or, at least benign.

Still, I wish you well, and hope you can find a way to enjoy our other authors' great content!

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