THIS! Price it right and I would buy one tomorrow for my son as his first car. I’ve been looking at used ones just to see if that could be an option for him. Just don’t make it too fancy and over-capable. 

Should be: ...one pedal trail drive.....

Our Freestyle’s first CVT died at 60K (bad bearing we were going to replace but there was a parts availability issue). The replacement lasted until the car was totaled in a highway accident but was running strong at 253K. I was worried, but had no complaints about how that trans was built!

Good news! The 737 Max does not use the CFM56 engine as in the last generation of 737's. It exclusively uses the relatively new GE LEAP 1B engine so, rest assured, you’re in no danger.

You have to figure this will come in at a comparable or slightly elevated price to the Kia EV6 GT at $62K. Even if the Hyundai stickers at $65K, it’s still cheaper than the Mach-E GT. I saw one IRL at my local Ford dealer Tuesday with a sticker (no markup) of $73K.

I think you might be missing a bit of math. The $65K price I talk about for a Mach-E INCLUDES the $3K Ford incentive Tom mentions and the $7500 govt rebate. The $61K price for the Kia is strictly MSRP and still comes out cheaper.

I was at my local Ford dealer yesterday for a service appointment and had a minute to walk around the lot. Their inventory was full of trucks and crossovers (not a Mustang in sight) including 3 Mach-E GT’s. A quick look at the stickers showed MSRP’s in the mid-70's which seemed way too much for something that small.…

Saw my first Air IRL yesterday in Williamsburg, VA. It certainly has presence and catches your eye. In what turned out to be a banner week of car spotting, I also saw my first Ferrari Roma and F8 Tributo today when I dropped my E60 off for a state inspection. Have to say the Roma is the prettiest thing Ferrari has…

Strong Lambo Urus vibe with the new front end. Makes the new Accord look old already. Let me get an N version I can have fun with on the track and I’m in.

I have a 2010 BMW 535i (E60 generation) that I love for the power and how it drives. I cannot, however, stand for the myriad ways it has to leak vital fluids. Oil: the TWO oil filter housing gaskets, the valve cover and the oil pan gasket. Coolant: the return line to the expansion tank, the tank itself and the…

I read an analysis funded by NASA on passenger aircraft crashes for my job that had an interesting summary of reasons why people survived. It has informed my seat selections for may years now.

The Porsche 959 was one of their first road cars that offered a center lock wheel and, to make life easier for the owner, it came with a small planetary gearbox that fit over the nut. This gearbox provided the necessary torque multiplication such that standard tools could be used for wheel installation. Seems like…

That person behind you didn’t just drop out of the sky. They drove up to you meaning they are going faster. Let them through because you have no idea what’s going on in their life and why they need to be traveling at that speed. If more people thought about trying not to impede the progress of others, traffic would…

My student (a Millennial who doesn’t watch movies made before the 2000's) and I (a Gen X’er with a love of pop culture) have a thing where we recommend movies to each other. She told me to watch Blade Runner 2049 and I came away thinking that Dave Bautista was a hell of a lot better actor than Ryan Gosling.

I’ll leave you with this plot where each dot represents a particular aircraft model. Since the dawn of the passenger jet age, aircraft noise levels have been reduced by ~55dB (~+30 on the left down to ~-25 on the right of the plot).Note that a reduction of 6dB is a halving of the noise level (acoustic pressure). That…

I see this more often from European media, but why did the author refer to the US space agency as ‘Nasa’ and not NASA? I don’t see Deadspin using ‘Nfl’ or ‘Mlb’ or ‘Ncaa’. Do Jezebel writers call this nation the ‘Usa’? What’s the latest on game development for ‘Gtav’ on Kotaku?

Physically impossible? Not really. I can point you to many scientific reports showing the continual decrease in the certified noise levels of commercial aircraft over the last 50 years since the jet age began. The reasons are numerous and include the switch from turbojet to turbofan and high-bypass turbofan engines,…

It’s probably a good thing you didn’t start since every new generation of aircraft is substantially quieter than the one that preceded it (military jets excluded since they are more focused on ultimate performance). If the research plans for NASA in this area comes to fruition, elevated noise levels on the ground will…

Using ground-based solutions for taxi makes total sense as long as you can get the airports to invest in the technology. Then it becomes a trade between how much the airport is going to charge for the service and what the airline is willing to pay if they can’t get the airframer to put the tech on the plane. Like most…

What you may see first on long-haul aircraft are hybrid systems that use batteries and electric motors in conjunction with a cruise-optimized engine to boost power to the fan for takeoff. That way you’re not flying more engine than you need for the longest portion of the flight. You can also use that system to handle g…