Gatlinburg is burning

You know why Brits don't make computers?
That can't figure out how to make them leak oil.

NC knows this but the rest of you sleeping on Miatas should know that Car and Driver lists it in its Top 10 year after year:

2016 10Best Cars: Mazda MX-5 Miata - 10Best Cars

Meanwhile, I've got my eye on the new Miata's Italian sibling, the Abarth Spider.

2017 FIAT 124 Spider Abarth

 

The good thing about the Abarth is that the only real difference is the engine and a bit of sheetmetal, so you can tap all the aftermarket parts and accumulated wisdom of the Miata marketplace if you do buy it. I stay with the Miata because it has proven to be pretty much bulletproof, but I really don't have a problem with that choice.

 

I drove a Fiero in the 90s, which is vastly worse than driving one in the 80s.

 

It 's bad in any decade.

 

Gatlinburg fire: 2 juveniles face aggravated arson charges - CNN.com

 

It seems in the DNA of some people -- especially teens -- to play with fire. But I can't even imagine being responsible for that.

 

I did, too, and it was very fun on twisting, turning blacktops in the Ozarks. Engine spit the bit at about 85,000 though.

You don't see many of them these days, and the ones you do are all the 6-cylinder version because the 4-cylinder engine was shit.

 

A professional disaster plan coordinator who happened to be vacationing in Gatlinburg and barely got his family out alive rips the shit out of public officials for their incompetence and lack of communication.

Official advice nearly traps family in Gatlinburg wildfire