Some key info here: The Cybertruck *was* crash-tested. It had to be, to get licensed for sale by the NHTSA. The results of that test were filed with NHTSA so that Tesla could legally affix the sticker to each CyberTruck that says it conforms to the FMVSS (49 CFR Part 567).

What NHTSA does is *independently* re-tests…

Not as designed, no. The hydraulic rams and pump on these actually aren’t that expensive.  The problem is that there aren’t too many shops that know how to work on them, and labor hours can add up if they’re learning on your dime. (Which I learned the hard way on a W124 of the same vintage, which shares the basic…

We’ve got two trucks for our remodeling business. The extended cab is really helpful because it’s lockable, weatherproof storage space. Great for tool bags and small bundles of materials. Yeah, the drywall and 2x4s go in the bed, but you can fit a stack of 4x8s even in a short-bed truck if you put the tailgate down…

I’d like to know its towing capacity. The previous gen would tow 3500 lbs, which is not *quite* enough for a track car on a trailer, or for the average 4-person camping trailer.

The overall point is true, but is the three-row Defender really the poster child here? It’s got unique styling for the class, it’s still got top-tier off-road capability, and it generally does “real truck” stuff. It’s cool.

Why not pick on, oh, the searingly ugly new Lexus RX? Or that cynically mediocre new Alfa Romeo…

I think you’re right. The Integra was always Civic-based, but (in the US at least) was a separate body design that shared no panels with the Civic. That helped with the perception that it was a junior luxury car.

This is the way. If the car has been sitting, just do everything while you’ve got the front accessory drive apart and the coolant drained.

If the water pump isn’t leaking, it probably will be in the next 25k miles / 2 years. May as well just do it as preventative maintenance, and not have an overheating event that…

That’ll buy you about 1600 square feet of SFR in San Francisco right now. So, yeah, a 2-bedroom or a small 3 bdr.

Yeah, the crusade against drunk driving was the classic slippery slope of regulation. Driving at 0.2% BAC? Definitely impaired, with rare exceptions. Fine, let’s crack down on that. That made sense.

I’m with MarcBee on this. I have a *lot* of Tesla-driving neighbors, and I just can’t get exciting about a UI that is entirely a single touchscreen. I don’t like the seats, I don’t like the interior materials, I don’t like the way they sound or the way the steering wheels feel.

I just got some seat time in a Taycan,…

(1) When the day comes that I can buy the shivering carcass of Jalopnik from GO Media and run it myself, you’re hired.

(2) What’s the upshot for those of us that race cars and not motorcycles? It’s time to replace my SA2020.

I’ve been working on a friend’s 2nd-gen SL1 for a while now. She hates the car but it steadfastly refuses to break in any way that would justify a new car.

Under the hood, you can see they cribbed a lot of (good) ideas from Honda. It’s sort of a base Civic, but with a bigger, torquey-er motor. It’s an admirable bit of…

^^^^ This. Which I have learned the hard way. Even doing the wrenching work myself, all the little parts add up when you’re trying to bring a collectible car up to snuff. Now I’m looking for Hagerty Condition 2 or better.

Brake pads. The difference between the cheapest set and the fanciest, most high-tech set is about$100 on the average car. And they make a *big* difference in stopping distance. More than once, great brakes have kept me from an accident. They might even save your life and the lives of others.

Mercedes and Volvo say you’re correct. They have had teams for decades that investigate every fatal collision involving one of their cars. They’ve both said that a lot of single-car fatalities are likely suicides.

There’s a whole line of historical literature analyzing the parallels between the behavior of “prophets” and the DSM-V. Seeing visions, hearing voices, making connections between seemingly unrelated facts and events. These genes have survived in the gene pool for so long, you have to ask why and how that happened.

I suspect it’s not. Having seen people do some similar things, my top guess is schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Either unmedicated, or self-medicating with recreational drugs.

The fact that nobody was hurt is kinda making *me* religious. “God protects babies, fools, and drunks.”

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Everyone hates Bangle, but von Hooydonk was and remains the true villain. When BMW gets a bailout from the Bavarian government somewhere around 2035, he’ll be remembered as one of the reasons the company failed.

The obvious point of them releasing this video is for them to say “vulgar bucktooth grilles and shitty electronic interfaces aren’t a departure for us. They’re our BRAND HERITAGE!”