Why Camp Outdoors In A Forest When You Can Have A Forest Indoors? COTD

1. Car brochures used to be delightfully silly. Some automakers were bombastic with their advertising, while some were unapologetic in being half-assed. I love them both, and honestly, I think most enthusiasts would rather see the half-baked ad that Jason wrote about this morning than read about “dynamism” for the thousandth time.

For some inexplicable reason, someone — or multiple someones — thought it would be a great idea to advertise VW Westfalia vans using photography obviously shot on a stage. It all looks fake, but in an endearing way. HonkeyfromtheCIA had a hilarious hit:

Now that’s my kind of camping – a sound stage with changeable backdrops and actors to play my family.

I must admit, I’ve thought more than once about hiding inside an RV show convention center and sleeping in a camper instead of a hotel room.

Matt wrote about how Carlos Tavares is out as Stellantis CEO and honestly, we’re gutted. I’m seriously going to miss “Carlos Tavares, pictured above” with a picture of John Lovitz. EmotionalSupportBMW proposes that Tavares might have a future in American government:

**Trade Alert**

Department of Transportation receives

• Carlos Traves CEO/WR
  

Stellantis receives

• Kid Rock CFO/CB
• 3rd round pick in 26
• Cash Considerations
• pick to be named later

Stellantis to take on most of this seasons salary in dead money. Dot offensive hasn’t looked good in recent weeks. Really struggled in the red zone. Picking up a slot receiver in Traves will add another option. Kid Rock is salary filler and likely to be cut by Stellantis, who builds for the future.

Oh, and there’s this one from our lovable ESBMW:

Damn fired on a Sunday. In the immortal words of Smokey- “You’ve got to be a stupid motherfucker to get fired on your day off.”

Thomas wrote about how one of the Sultan of Brunei’s Bentleys was freed. It’s looking a little worse for wear with the Carolina Squat and as Data says:

This car has seen some things, and then gouged it’s eyes out.

Lewin wrote about how NIST standard diesel is roughly $20,000 a gallon. That’s lighting money on fire, but Cheap Bastard is technically correct, the best kind of correct:

“If you’re putting NIST standard diesel in your truck, for example, you’re effectively setting your money on fire”

Yore doing that with pump diesel too! And gasoline, natural gas, heating oil etc.

The difference is you get a lot less fire for your buck.

Finally, we have Canopysaurus with a one-liner about the Range Rover EV:

Hmm, Range Rover EV? Shouldn’t they call it a Limited Range Rover?

Have a great evening, everyone!