Car And Drummer

Found in the glossy pages of the October 2016 issue of Car And Driver magazine (on newsstands now) is a feature on the efforts being made to reduce tire noise.  The lede goes a little something like this:

After beginning with a namecheck of the Patent British Exploding Drummer, the piece concludes thus:

It is my professional opinion that you should drown out any intolerable road noise with Maximum R&B.

Published several pages later in this same October 2016 issue of C/D (are newsstands still a thing?) is a review of the new-for-2017 Honda Ridgeline pick 'em up truck which, for purposes of editorial whimsy explained below, was driven into Canada:

Naturally enough, Rush references follow in short order:

The column wraps with a flourish of Canadian pop culture references:

Take off, eh?

In other automotive-related news, on the 13th of September the Paleorider transmitted to my Android via text message this photo (below) from his commute through the mountains of North Carolina to the dinosaur factory & museum that morning:

Show off!

My own commute southbound and down U.S. 27 on the 13th was without the same scenic drama.

Or so I thought.  15 second later, my sunshine and brilliant blue sky was shielded by a dense fog of dense fogification!

Roll the credits!