There’s a metric that many people forget about whenever they hop aboard a new vehicle. It gets pushed away in lieu of talking about something’s horsepower, torque, pricing, availability, weight or fuel economy. But I’d argue that this oft-left-aside variable is far more important than all others: Giggle factor.
The “giggle factor” is the vehicle’s inherent ability to turn any semi-sensible human adult into a giggling child hopelessly losing their mind in the same way a child loses it when they first go to Disney World. It’s the machine’s ability to break the adult facade of composure we’ve crafted for ourselves and just lose our entire shit, giggling our asses off until the cows come home.
Now, there are varying degrees to said giggle factor, with some offering fewer giggles than others, and others just breaking the damn chart, going what I’d like to call “Full laughing gas.”
