Googly Eyes Make Everything Better: COTD

A little bit of laughter can help make long weeks feel a bit shorter. I consider hearty chuckles to be a necessary component of a good day, and googly eyes are a great path to quick giggles. Seriously, slap some googly eyes on almost anything and try not to laugh.

Today, Jason wrote about how the 4×4 version of the GMC 7000 series was so big it needed its headlights positioned south of the truck’s grille. GMC didn’t fill the old headlight holes with anything. Jason felt that GMC should have just filled the holes with caps. 10001010 has a better idea:

Cheap plastic covers that mimic the grill are boring, what these really needed were 7″ googly eyes.

IRegertNothing, Esq enhances it:

Bonus points if you put them on springs that release every time you hit the brakes really hard.

I don’t know how to do the requested gif, but check this out:

While I’m at it, I also made this some time ago in response to the Alvis Lancefield article:

Contributor Sam Abuelsamid has written about the 2026 Toyota RAV4, and Toyota’s cash cow crossover has gone all hybrid. It also has a bit of tech called Arene OS. Yzguy:

So when the software goes sideways, I can say “Come on Arene”
Toora, loora, toora, loo-rye-aye…

In other news, those nightmare stand-up airliner seats are making the news rounds again. Hopefully, they continue to be just a terrible idea. At least the jokes are great. Rippstik:

I won’t stand for this.

Finally, David is facing a self-induced dilemma over what to do with his first car. Its potential replacement is a Jeep with rotten floorboards. Matt Sexton offers sage advice:

Oh goodness, no. That’s not a minor restoration. Once you get to floorboards, I’m out.

I’ve had two cars restored and the three things I took away from it were: 1. It will cost three times what you expect 2. It will take twice as long as you expect 3. In the end it won’t be worth what you’ve spent on it (If it’s an emotional thing and you can afford it, then accept this). And neither of my cars needed floorboards.

For the record one of those cars was my first, and I still have it.

Have a great evening, everyone!

(Topshot: GMC/Vaessen Creative)