I damaged my first car so badly that it was no longer a car after I was finished.

You think Northern Italy is bad? Northern Italy is positively Germanic compared to the South. I had to drive through Naples and some of the Campania region last summer. Anarchy doesn’t begin to cover it. Many Italian drivers are aggressive, and you’re right that lane changes and tailgating and the like occur on a…

You could probably challenge that. They’re legally only allowed to operate during school hours in school districts. Part of why it’s a no-brainer for these to be there, since speeding through school hours with kids around is a genuinely bad look. The law is on your side for this, though.

I always have to remind myself just how dirty 8v71s—and for that matter 6v92s—are, since they’re such impressive engines. I always had an interest in those MC-9 and 102 cruisers as well as the Fishbowl GM fleets, and I still remember GMC and TMC were offering 6v92s in their RTSes not all that long ago. They’re great…

You should try following an 8v71 or 6v92 in traffic! Not so long—maybe fifteen years—ago that’s what all city buses were running where I am. Smoke and exhaust everywhere! Those are some of the types of motors running in gliders. The new stuff isn’t great, but it’s measurably better.

It never ceases to amaze me that a US president is actually proposing a trade war against our allies. Democrat, Republican, this is just bad for the free market and the auto industry in general--doesn’t bother me that a car website is concerned about it.

By that logic, we shouldn’t have Ford or GM in this country either. C’mon. More offerings is better for all of us--more competition for other automakers, and a more interesting range of vehicles to look at.

Worth noting that this policy has a lot of cachet among some extremely progressive folk, and that well-meaning liberals are 100% the ones behind this policy. I think it’s fairly insane, but a bit about the rationale: this is likely being implemented as part of a push towards anti-colorblind education, which is…

Those tacky gold 360 rims need to go, yesterday.

It isn’t that simple. The auto tariff is stiff in a specific way, counteracted by the truck imbalance and a variety of other specific tariffs America levies on the EU. The U.S. experiences average tariffs of 2.4% across the board, whereas the EU experiences averages of 3.1%. That’s from the World Trade Organization.…

Well, but, it’s not, lol. This is a different, potentially good outcome, but all indications from the administration themselves show it’s not what they’re after. It’s not four-dimensional chess, though I wish it were.

Can we put her in a fucking cage?

In 2011 Gallup found that the top 1% were 58% Republican. As I said in another comment, I don’t think we should even be making this a political issue, but where are you getting your numbers from?

Depends who’s commenting. The moneyed, influential cadre of people who attend and own vehicles at Pebble Beach have a real chance to make a difference. Your average internet commenter, less so.

I understand that you’ve moved the goalposts for political purposes (i.e., focusing on Chinese automotive policy, which is not the story), but can’t we all just put politics aside and agree, on a car website, that stiff tariffs on car imports are bad policy? Not even for the fact that they break basic principles of…

Did the weekend team forget the “Full Disclosure, Getaround wanted me to write this piece so badly that they...” for this piece?

It’s fairly literal in talking about free, full-day parking, which is the kicker here. There are many garages and plenty of metered street spots around Manhattan, but most of the latter are for maximum of 2 hours. You need to find an unmetered spot otherwise, which also happen to be most popular with the folks who…

Upper East is way easier than Upper West. Pro-tip: the fanciest residential areas of Manhattan have the best street parking overnight, because the outdoor spots go to doormen during the day and residents have their cars in garages. I have way more luck parking in pricey areas than in middle-class ones—alternate side…

Not that I’m fond of what de Blasio has done in relation to the MTA, but that’s not really what happened by most measures...it’s a state agency, and Bloomberg didn’t particularly ‘care’ or ‘not care’ more than de Blasio has (and it wouldn’t have mattered what he felt). These screw-ups are systemic, and the real blame…

I think this is exactly right, and none of his supporters seem to think about this part. The single best way to fight these countries is economically: all we really have to do is move American money (read: oil dependence) away and suddenly American geopolitical leverage increases. Plus, we don’t really have other…