I don’t know if I would put it in my top 5 worst engine in a Chrysler product. The 2.6 and 3.0 sourced from Mitsubishi, the 2.7 in the 90s, the lean burn la V8 s in the mid 70s and world engine are all terrible.  This is coming from a Chrysler guy, or more a former Chrysler guy.  You would have a hard time getting me…

It’s my go to car tire in Montana, especially when you want good grip, decent handling and quiet tires.  I still run snow tires but they are competent the first snow of the season before I put in my steel wheels. If you have a Honda, the quiet Factor seals the deal

I figured the plane but hoped for the Chrysler, or the AMC. I have mixed feelings about both of those cars but it would be funny to see something chronicled as if it was a huge moment that was a car that mostly went to old people.  I owned an intrepid before I destroyed the transmission.

I have been looking for a project car to work on my wife could drive and enjoy and old Jeep wagoneers and scouts were right in the sweet spot for what I wanted to pay until the last couple years. A rough scout in my area was around 5k. Rough as in you probably needed to find a second one before your even started…

add down force and that is the max speed of the car. A Turning, even flat out causes more drag than people realize and that close to top speed the Miata is going to take a long time to recover. If you have any doubt watch in car footage of NASCAR cup cars at Daytona running flat out. They drop speed during much more…

I live in the area. The dealer lost credit through Ford around 20 years ago but still kinda operated for a long time. They had five year old new cars the last time I went in the lot. I heard, because I worked summers at a Napa that the employees were seeking thier own cars there and that made up most of the lot which…

Direct injection is a gift and a curse.  The fact that my civic has 11-1 compression and I think runs up to 14psi of boost on 87 octane is awesome, on the flip side I won't be so happy when I have to have the valves cleaned and for a while I was ending up with about a quart of fuel in the crankcase between oil…

My wife has a Highlander with stop start and after I figured out that the way you modulate the pedal effects whether the stop start takes place or didn't about me.  That car is pretty good about if you know it's going to be a short light you just let up a little bit as the car comes to a stop and it doesn't kill the…

I would imagine gps records from thier phone would be incriminating if it is a false report. I wonder if the cars infotainment system keeps track of when phones are connected via Bluetooth.

I agree, if you watch videos the wheel speed is picking up really quickly like the throttle modulation is really difficult...  Or cybertruck owners just mash the throttle.  I live in a snow state, tires make a big difference but with new tires most cars aren't completely helpless as these videos seem to show

The 8' by 4' requirement is always comical to me.  I don't haul many sheets of plywood but they still fit at an angle and I usually run out of spring before I run out of bed.  People who knock 4wd trucks either have a narrow view or haven't owned one.  

This is true. In Montana they are the, “I have to have AWD because of the snow crowd”.  They think AWD is a safety feature and I see a lot of them in the ditch.  Nothing on this list surprised me except the lack of Nissan and I imagine Jeep is probably toward the top

It’s amazing to me how the rest view mirror in every GM car is right in my line of sight being long torsoed.  Usually with the seat adjusted all the way down a long right hand corner requires me to duck me head to see very far down the road

There number of cars I have to contort myself into are surprising and I'm not that big.  I can't imagine what taller people have to do but getting a fun car has to be harder.  My mgb was easy, even before I put racing seats in it, narrow for most but it at least could accommodate me.

My best friends partner is like 6'6" and I don’t know how heavy he is but he drives a soul. It’s almost comical how the size of the car and hope comfortable a tall person is driving it have very little correlation.

I think if people looked at the total cost involved in any engine swap most of them would never happen.  That said, I do think you could make that kind of power for less money but it wouldn’t have anywhere near the longevity or driveability.  Its like the old addage, Fast, Good or Cheap, pick two.  

I totally forgot about the reveal with the sledge hammer, although it was nearly four years ago

I cant imagine what a hail storm would do to this.  It is probably manufactured in a strange way too that makes pannels inacessable for paintless dent repair

I think thats the catch. They may technically offer a model for that price point but usually the lowest I see at a dealership is around 50k and the mean is closer to 58. I think even the value trucks are over 40k after the options you would want like the Tradesman

I was thinking this too.  I believed Tahoes were overpriced, then the Wagnoneer came out.  I like the looks of it but that is a lot to pay for what you get.