4th Gear:

I got a text message from a local independent shop that they’re doing the same. Call/text your issue and have your car in the driveway with keys, they pick it up AND drop off a loaner, then text when they’re done, you pay online, they drop it off and pick up the loaner from you.

It actually sounds insanely…

For the love of all that is holy, PLEASE dear OEMs, match the temperature of your lighting! It bugs me to no end seeing what looks like ~6K (sliiiightly bluish white) on the DRLs in the grille vs what looks like ~4.5k (yellowish white) on the DRLs in the headlights, vs what looks like ~5k (mostly pure white) on the…

That CDC page hasn’t been updated since Saturday, or so it says.

First Gear:

Nextdoor neighbor just moved in this weekend and I met him yesterday. I guessed based on the two brand new Infiniti SUVs in his driveway he was a dealership employee. Turned out he’s a car salesman at an Infiniti dealer.

I’m guessing again, but I’d assume that they would have a portable ramp to drive the cart up with the control stick.  That or, it’s light enough for an adult male to pick up.

I had a discussion on Jalopnik about this, and some good recommendations were tipping VERY generously to service workers for a while, donating to a local charity, or purchasing goods/services directly from local family-owned businesses. I’m likely going to do some home renovation and give some…

Good question! I honestly have not asked him specifics of the dimensions of his cart relative to the interior of the Metris’s rear or asked specifically how he would secure it. I just know that he said it would work without modifications like a minivan. It looks like there are at least two metal floor latches visible,…

Amazingly, these things actually serve a niche purpose beyond commercial use - handicapped transportation without needing to be modified like a normal minivan. A good friend of mine has been specifically shopping for a Metris for a while now, as they have a motorized cart they will need to transport once their child…

I like the big tipping idea too, good suggestion!

Don’t forget that you also need your fuel injectors and throttle body cleaned, as well as a “flush” of your coolant and brake fluid, because they’re “dirty”.

That will be $750 please, and if you could write an article and publish it online about how we didn’t bend you over, that would be swell!

Actually a very good idea.

2nd Gear:

Agreed, this headline is more than misleading, it’s a downright lie. It’s akin to saying man dies from drinking water after drinking bleach, simply because the bleach was mixed with water.

Now, Trump is sure an idiot. That’s not up for debate. But these people ingested AQUARIUM CLEANER. I don’t see how you can pass…

My wedding ring is tungsten carbide with a strip of carbon fiber around it. My wife hates it and says it’s basically like I married my car.

I don’t correct her.

Yeah.  This rendering totally clashes with the entire rest of the car.  The car as is now is boy racer ugly, but at least it has an identity.  This rear end does not belong on the car.  If you’re going to re-do a car’s rear-end, at least make it look like it came from the same designer as the original.

Yeah, this is going to really screw over people who have a solid monthly budget, but that has high expenses coupled with high incomes... if their incomes drop at all from this environment, they’re screwed.

Example, neighbor behind me is (well, was) very financially stable. We live in a very affluent neighborhood and he…

I will join you in that.  It doesn’t deserve even a pity click.  Cowards won’t even turn on comments as they know the place will burn down.

I’m having trouble making sense of the numbers here. The number of confirmed cases seems very, very small relative to the mass hospitalization of folks that apparently is going on in certain areas. I’ve heard second hand accounts of coworker’s spouses and immediate family members who work in healthcare of floors of…

The author doesn’t fail to understand anything. He’s just an anti-capitalist and injects it tirelessly and needlessly into every article he can. And a couple of other writers do it to a lesser extent.

So no, he’s not an idiot.  He’s just an idiot.

Very telling that this inane comment is a “staff” pick while it is at odds with the other 120+ calling out Balaban for being an idiot.