We recently test drove one and intend to buy a touring model in the next few months as a replacement for my accord coupe.

I AM THE MACHINE

No situation is hopeless.

“embarrassing” - the amount of money it takes to keep it running, is my guess.  

Speaking of wrong — The heat rate of the average coal plant in the united states in 2016 was 10493, yielding a heat efficiency of 32.5%.

To be fair, fossil fuel generation at a power plant is an order of magnitude cleaner and more efficient than an ICE.

Had a friend in college whose girlfriend had a harlequin. We thought it was fucking rad. The 90s were a weird time.

Does it make me an uncool dad if I think Kathryn Hahn is gorgeous?

A BMW 530e is $52k and change with a $7500 PHEV tax credit. Not seeing the value proposition.

Wonderful article.

I was a frequent flyer on american for many years and they had over 600 of those mad dogs.

I, too, enjoy wearing hats on my feet and fleeing carnivorous hamburgers.

Think of spotters as car nerds. There are plenty of people who can ID the model and year of a midsize sedan purely from the tail light configuration. It comes from the same place.

Powerback is permitted with tail mounted engines at certain airports with FAA approved powerback gates. They have to be out of the way enough that the noise of a powerback won’t affect the surrounding property and the gate layout such that any debris kicked up by the thrust reverser won’t damage the terminal. …

A gorgeous, comfortable, fantastic plane that died an ignominious death because the industry couldn’t support two widebody twinjets after the A300 hit the market.

UPS still operates 37 MD-11s. Fedex operates both DC-10s and MD-11s.

As far as I know, the MD-90 and 717 (née MD-95) are the only aircraft with tail mounted high bypass turbofan engines. The MD-90 uses an IAE-V2500 (an engine originally developed for the A320 family). The 717/MD-95 uses the Rolls Royce BR715.

Reminds me of the old al franken bit about supply side jesus.

Parasol configuration, you say?

It’s not a tumor!