As someone who’s only really seen an F1 broadcast on NBC (and who really enjoyed the NBC team), can someone tell me how the Sky team stacks up? Is there anyone close to Will Buxton for knowledge and passion? Is there anyone nearly as lovable as David Hobbs?

Wow. Dodged a bullet! Thanks for the info...

I think the increase in vehicle weight is a factor, plus just the sheer increase in the number of vehicles on any given road now. While I’m sure the related fatigue is an issue in a lot of cases, overall I think the general lack of maintenance is costing us a lot more in the long run.

Wow, I don’t remember hearing about that. I guess I’m lucky that it didn’t happen to me! Did it actually change/modify the local files that you had? I’ve come across some mis-matched files on the cloud, but my local files are untouched (and backed up a couple of times...)

If you own any of the music you’ve been searching for, you can stream it through Apple Music through the “iTunes Match” feature which is included with the subscription. It uploads your entire library to iCloud (or matches it to one that someone else has already uploaded) and even improves the bitrate for…

I have had Apple Music since it was introduced and I think the service is great. One of the key points for me is that I have seamless access to my own entire music library right from the same app on any of my devices (even Android).

4th Gear: “We call it a TourX. It’s a crossover vehicle with car-like driving characteristics,”

Even more of a possibility now!

See, now I’d prefer the T&C over the Frontier because it has more cupholders to keep a liter of cola in...

Hmm.... I saw them referred to as the “T-115" vans so I mistakenly thought the platform was then a “T” designation. Also, this line: “Voyager and Caravan were clearly based on the Reliant (though they did not share a platform)...” 

Stylin’! That cream/butter yellow color should make a comeback... it looks good on a lot of vehicles without being too bright or flashy.

There’s a guy in Maine who purchased the truck that was once Bigfoot #3 and is restoring it to its former glory. (If you’re on Facebook, look for the page titled “Restoration of Bigfoot 3" to see progress shots...)

So first, The Grand Tour copies Top Gear’s format because they basically invented it...

It’s true... my parents had the ‘84 Caravan, then a ‘92 Voyager, a ‘96 Caravan, a ‘00 Voyager (with a Plymouth badge!), an ‘06 Caravan (which they still have) and a ‘15 Grand Caravan.

I believe they call the technique you used “percussive maintenance”.

Here’s my childhood family car... 1984 Dodge Caravan, purchased new, exactly like this one except ours had a red interior. My parents have had a ChryCo minivan in their driveway ever since. When this one was new we had people coming up to us all over the place asking about it... easy to forget what a game changer they…

It’s not too different in concept from the (fake, forced) Chevy ads or the newer Mazda ads, where people supposedly don’t know what kind of car they’re sitting in until they pull the cover off of the badge... except I think your Uber/Lyft idea would ad a dose of realism to it, which would certainly add to the…

I’m fairly convinced that my wife and I won’t stay in this area long-term... housing prices were in the $100-150k range about twenty years ago, with fancy ones going for over $300-400k (not including the oceanfront monstrosities, which always fetched obscene money...)

Since I think my original image got kinja’d, here’s the beauty I was referring to.

I agree with taking a good vehicle and hacking it (literally) and it bothers me just as much when people take a clean vehicle and try to do mechanical “upgrades” as well when they don’t know what they’re doing...