If he does leave Formula 1 entirely, that will be a big blow to Red Bull’s aero and chassis development, especially ahead of the massive regulation changes coming for the 2021 year. Hopefully he’s able to participate in the development of both, maybe more hands-on on the F1/Red Bull side and more of a consulting role…

Volume doesn’t tell the whole story. How many Cruze units were retail versus sales to fleet accounts like rental agencies? Ford sold the Fusion and Focus in similar numbers but claims to lose money on every unit. It wouldn’t surprise me if GM was in the same situation, especially if their employee-related expenses are…

My wife is from the Chicago suburbs and whenever we go back there to visit we always try to go to Gene & Jude’s, Superdawg or Portillo’s at least once (or sometimes, all of them).  I grew up in NY so for most of my life I was a die-hard Nathan’s fan, but I learned there was room in my heart for the Chicago-style dogs…

Exactly... it’s essentially impossible and prohibitively expensive to retrofit an airbag into any vehicle that wasn’t originally equipped with one. It’s not like you just bolt on the airbag module itself and it automatically turns into a magic puffy pillow when you crash - it has to be precisely timed, sized properly,…

Maybe whomever is suing him is hoping he’ll just roll over... 

A late C3 generation Vette? They should do us all a favor and push it back into the river.

I’ve always loved the styling of the Chrysler “fuselage” cars but I was also surprised at how little interior room they have, considering how massive they are.

Ten more years and you can start the import process on one.... you’re more than halfway there! 

Over 3,000 miles away, isn’t it? Unless the vehicles arrived from Germany via the port in Halifax and then were shipped by rail across the country to be distributed to dealers, where they were then recalled... but that’s only a guess. Otherwise it would make no sense. 

I bought a novelty book of made-up words a couple of years ago and some of them were really great, and my wife and I have started using them.

I was born in NY (Long Island) and have fond memories of all of the diners when I was growing up. I still make sure to stop at one every time I go back to visit.

Lincoln, are you watching?? Do you see this? PLEASE use this as inspiration for the next-gen Continental. 

Something tells me they won’t show up at court in one of the vehicles on their lot that has the big decal on the side advertising “LEASE THIS VEHICLE FOR $99/MONTH!!!!!!” 

And if you’re lucky, the test drive is more than a mile long. (“So, over the past three minutes we’ve proven that this is a vehicle capable of accelerating, turning and stopping. Are you ready to sign that seven year loan, now?”)

I agree with most of what you said, although I think people are naturally suspicious/skeptical about the deal they got on their car simply because the process is so frustrating and convoluted so even if they DID get a terrific deal, they often don’t believe it. Because of the size of the purchase price it’s also one…

It’s possible that the local dealership just didn’t have the room to move on the price. They don’t usually have thousands of dollars worth of margin to work with on used vehicles, especially if they’ve had to put money into them for things like brakes, tires, etc. Sure, they often take them on trade but they also…

This is a really interesting, well-written, informative piece, Alanis. Well done!

And every one of them has that bullshit anecdotal story about their brother-in-law/cousin/friend/neighbor who had some freak accident one time where they were “lucky to be thrown from the vehicle” and uses that to justify never wearing theirs - just in case they, too, encounter the same freak, fictional crash…

That sounds like a really interesting, awesome experience. I’d love to get the chance to see one in person someday... I always thought they were fascinating for a number of different reasons.

Massachusetts has laws related to lifting vehicles. I don’t remember the specific values, but the bottom of the door can’t be more than X inches above stock height. Tires also can’t stick out beyond the bodywork, so anyone who puts wider wheels on (or wheels with a ridiculous offset) would have to get fender flares or…