Thanks. It was one of the two times in my life I was a driving hero. Compared to about a dozen when I was a driving zero. 

2 things I got from the MSF course years and years ago when I took it. When looking at a vehicle that is waiting to turn into my traffic lane, look at the driver’s eyes not the car. In the real world with windows up I find it can be hard to see the driver’s eyes so I check the leading edge of the front tire, and if it…

Excellent response! And yes, I agree that there is reinvestment into US steel, but it pales in comparison to increased costs for better paying industries that produce finished goods. It might feel good to have that local plant reopen, but all tolled the tariffs are a negative, and it is a negative spiral, but yes, the…

It isn’t that “China pays the tariff”. The theory is that if you increase the cost to American consumers and manufacturers of foreign goods that those customers will buy a similar good from an American company because it will be cheaper or cost the same. It makes American JOBS!

You could not be more wrong if you tried. European HIGHWAYS, you know where the lane splitting happens, not on secondary roads, are newer than highways in the Eastern US. The Pennsylvania Turnpike, where I live, is the oldest limited access highway in the world. The first clover leaf interchange is also in…

It seems to me that lane splitting makes much more sense in the Western US than it does in the more populous Eastern states that have older highway systems. Where I live outside of Philadelphia, there just isn’t the room to split safely even at dead stops. The highways twist and turn, have terribly potholed surfaces,…

The Century is empirically one of the greatest cars built in the world. A true world class luxury car, but every time I see a photo of an interior all I think is “Craptastic!” 

I took a look at the original owner’s manual that I picked up on Ebay. It says that the “engine base” is aluminum. I think that they mean the lower block, but I am not sure. The cylinders stand out of the engine base, are cast iron and exposed to air with copper cooling fins. The oil pan and transmission cases are…

Oh don’t apologize. Thank you for fighting the good fight. 

Using the phone is a choice, but I agree with you. Not only is it breaking the connection between people and their cars. It is breaking the connection between people and other people. Personally I hate owning one, but there came a point in which not being reachable 24 hours a day was seen as a business and parenting…

Your analysis of what makes a classic falls pretty flat for me. Old cars aren’t classics just because they are old. People don’t take the care to make a car a classic without it having made a connection with them first. No connection and the car ends up in the junks. One just doesn’t see Chevy Monzas, Chrysler Lasers,…

First, write that article on explorers and such from the 90's and 00's. Being almost 50, those were the ludicrous suburban warriors of my youth. The cars that Sarge in Cars made fun of for never getting their rims dirty. I would be interested in your perspective.

Back about ten years ago, the last time Peugeot was noodling with the idea of a North American return, I saw one of their cars rolling down 95 towards DC. It was a complete shocker, and they seem to like to do this. Hey let’s tour the US and freak people out! I love them. 

Finally my chance to sue Jalopnik has arrived! J/K If anything you guys should probably sue me. 

I saw one yesterday, and I am jealous. I really like the proportions and packaging better than the miata. Great car. I also was following a girl in a 500 this morning painted celadon green. She looked very satisfied with her car, but yup they do zip for marketing, same with Alfa and Maserati. Both Alfa and FIAT need…

The mechanics at my Cadillac dealership lecture me on how many miles my CTS V Wagon has, 89,000 at the moment.

Oh yeah, absolutely in design … hence the law suits. I thought you were saying that they were owned by Gibson. Got it. Yeah totally. 

But will it take its customers from other manufacturers, or is it going to cannibalize sales from other Jeep products? I agree it is a cool addition to the line up, but I question whether it is as good a use of capital than trying to unlock value from the Alfa Romeo brand or maintain customers at Maserati. 

Is it now? Any idea when that happened? When I bought mine, back in the 90's they were a small independent down in Maryland.

I can see you are quite enervated by relative guitar sales, and yeah I get that my PRS is a small producer, and yeah I get his analogy. I was sort of just tongue in cheeking my agreement there, but yes, you are correct sir!