Elvis Presley has been dead for decades, yet America is still in love with him. His fans collect just about anything Elvis they can get their hands on. Now, aviation rescue YouTube channel Jimmy’s World has even turned his forgotten private jet into an RV, too. A lot of you were amused with the well-executed build, but some of you got funny.
Sid Bridge is good at layering on the comedy in our comments and today was no exception:
The lack of HVAC will definitely make you a hunk of burning love. The ride will likely leave you all shook up. Sure, one can’t help falling in love with it, but if you go on with a suspicious mind and are too heavy with your blue suede shoes, you’re likely to end up doing the jailhouse rock and having to return this RV to sender.
I’ll show myself out.
Sid has left the building.
This morning, Matt wrote a Morning Dump which includes news that Stellantis is offering buyouts to white-collar workers. There’s an Autopian in-joke where a mention of Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares is followed with “pictured above,” but never an actual picture of him. Ottomottopean gets a giggle out of me:
I’m starting to read, “pictured above,” as part of Tavares’ job title now.
Most of your favorite Autopians hate when automakers hide things behind menus. There is literally no reason why vent controls should be locked behind a screen when your fingers are more than capable of the task. Heck, even some HVAC controls were confusingly locked behind the screen my 2024 Ford F-250 Super Duty press loaner when there was physically feet of dash where buttons could have been placed.
Argentine Utop shares the frustration:
I don’t understand how all this shit is even legal. People spend stupid amounts of money and gas to drive fortresses, but at the same time ALL the incentives point them to take their eyes AWAY from the fucking road?
The infatuation with screens went beyond narcissistic and well into straight dangerous.
Finally, Matt Hardigree has spilled a lot of ink about how he regretted buying a new Subaru Forester. He now has a Honda CR-V, but he might want a new Ford Maverick now, from Bob Rolke:
Matt’s next article: I regret buying a CR-V now that there is a AWD hybrid Maverick.
Have a great evening, everyone!
Obligatory: https://youtu.be/5DcTY9i-fx8?si=K3S8M4ZX-MXetYWk
So the second comment under that video is sooo perfect.
In 1977, there were 170 Elvis impersonators. In 2000, there were 85,000 Elvis impersonators. If we continue at this rate of growth, there will be 9.4 billion Elvis impersonators by 2043. But the population of Earth in 2043 is projected to be 9.2 billion, meaning another 200,000 Elvises have to come from somewhere. When we all become Elvis, we will be visited by 200,000 Space Elvises.
Elvis is EVERYWHERE!!!
I’ve never seen it, but I needed that. 🙂