The current gen focus was the first small car I liked, followed by the last Gen Cruze, I actually wanted to rent one.

Got a similar story.
Rewind to 2005-2007 on Hwy 21 headed towards College Station, TX back from GF’s ranch. Speed limit is 65 and to avoid getting caught with a plug of traffic after the speed trap that is Caldwell Tx, I put cruise control on 81 in my 01 Silverado. Shortly after getting up to speed my Radar detector…

Your argument is invalid, the whole point to a track day is to stay on the track, once you go off, all bets are off. under your reasoning I could argue the having a pit wall immediately adjacent to a corner exit is negligent as it creates a hazard if you take the corner too hard.

Kim exited with too much speed, pushed…

I owned the wagon and thought this was by far the worst.

As a Cadillac ATS-V & CTS-V owner, I mostly disagree. There are some things they do, reflector placment, that seem out of place, but over all they look simple and clean like the rest of the car. On the V models all those front vents do something and Cadillac’s theme really is simple, clean, and purposeful and the rear…

Like others have said, F150 can be high to insure due to the sheer numbers on the road and where you live. If you live in a border state, trucks have a high instance of teft. I pay 4300 a year for 6 cars (30's, Married, Male, No tickets). 4 of the vehicles have full comp (1000 deduct, 300/500)
Full Comp:
2016 ATS-V
2016…

Didn’t Toyota know they could have saved themselves 1,000s of hours in Engineering if they just fitted E3 diamond fire plugs?

How so?
2003 they started their turn around, and have gained back market share ever since. Was CUE a mistep, yes, but as someone who has owned or owns 4 caddillacs since 2012, they have gotten better with deisgn, quality, and materials every design refresh.
Do they have issues, yes, but every car company does. There is…

I agree, BS, but I love to buy tires, when I get bored I see what I can buy next. I know, I’m a monster.

As an ATS-V owner in TX with freeway speeds generally in the 75-80 range, 6 gears is needed. We had a 07 GT 5 spd and that car was annying on the freeway compared to our 08 Z06.

Native houstonian here,
Had one of these guys tried to use them against my truck when he wanted to cut in traffic. I figured if he got them infront of my tires and I rolled on top of them I’d probably snap it off.

My point exactly, I remeber when the current gen Tundra came out they were touting how it had big brakes and all this massive stuff. Well it had to have it because you made the truck massive and of course, every OEM followed suite. Now every #Bro has to lift these things and put on XD wheels with mud tires.

I love the raptor, but all new fullsize trucks are too big and they are making them bigger, because #Bro.
I own a 2001 Silverado & a 2015 Sierra, yes the extra room in the interior of the Sierra is nice, but trying to park that thing is a pain.

I’ve been pulled over multiple times, mostly for speed, and usually deserved it, but here are a few notable experiences.
Was living in Downtown Houston at the time and needed to pickup up my pregnant wife from an graduate class she was taking. Left our apartment around 8:30 PM to drive the 5 blocks to pick her up, the…

There is a county here in TX, just outside Houston, where all the riders try to avoid becacause not only are the locals unfriendly to Cyclists, the Sheriff and deputys are also.

Couldn’t you just refinance at a lower rate after the deal is done?

2003 Ford Escape V6
Bought it from my MIL in 2017 as something for my wife to DD to her job since it takes her into questionable parts of town and her other ride is a 2016 ATS-V.
Has good torque off the the line, has more linear power delivery due to a cable throttle, and its power to weight is allot better than…

I’ll only go to places that do inspections only, recently started going to the dealer, but then I’m good friends with the service manager. All the other places have an incentive to rip you off, especially in TX since you have to go back to that place for a retest if you fail.

The Start of this article sounds like the opening sequence of idiocracy when the Army scientist is talking befriending “Upgrayedd”

Mech Engineer here
it has been my experience that there are 3 types of Mech engineers.
1. That get the theory, math, and etc, but not the practical / hands-on side. Put these guys behind a desk, crunch some numbers, maybe patent lawyer, and etc.
2. The inverse of that Great hands on, but struggle with the theory. Throw…