This was genuinely interesting! Nice to start the day off by learning something cool. Thank you! 

Really thought this said “Axe” and I was worried that walking past this in a parking lot would be like walking near a Hollister or Abercrombie in the mall.

I still say this never should have been a Fiat at all, but instead should have been introduced as a reborn Alfa Romeo Spider. Take the 2.0 4cyl from the Giulia/Stelvio and offer it naturally-aspirated in regular form, and turbocharged for Quadrifoglio trim. 290 hp in this little lightweight chassis would be plenty for…

Consensus is that the A380 is even useless for cargo. The airframe itself weighs so much that it would have the same or less payload capability than a 747-8 or 777F (or a 777-300 freighter if/when they convert those), with older engine tech that makes it less efficient than either of them.

The A380 has already been…

How much of the Focus Electric’s components are carried over to the Mach E though? BEV tech has changed a lot in the past decade, especially in motor design, thermal management, etc. 

I never think of eating turnips to be honest, but I’m going to try to use them instead of potatoes in a couple of dishes. I’ll try doing them mashed, and I think I might also try replacing the potato in a potato cheese soup that I make often.

Did they hire a bunch of engineers from FCA or GM? What happened?? Sad that they can’t get their act together. If I were in the market for a BEV this would keep me from buying/leasing a Mach E until at least the 2nd or 3rd year of production - if they can’t get the Explorer right I have very little faith that they’ll…

Yeah, if RBR can get the IP and other assets from that engine program, it’s worth a shot. And Tsunoda will likely be at least as good as Kvyat, so it’s not a risky move on that front either. Good call.

No brand is perfect, but it’s one thing to have a little quirk here and there and the occasional dealer trip for warranty work, and another to have it spent 10% of its time out of service.

It can be hard to predict, too. My Acura made several trips back to the dealer for warranty work, while my Alfa hasn’t had any…

My wife’s 2018 Cherokee went back to the dealer for warranty work 6 or 7 times in the first two years, sometimes for weeks. We actually lost count.

2.4L? My wife’s ‘18 Cherokee had it replaced at 20k! Then she had to go back because the valve cover gasket was leaking on the new engine.

She’s also had her shifter replaced three times now.

I’m lucky my parents recorded both when the originally aired, so I still have them (now on DVD transferred from VHS, with a digital backup I think too!). So now my son will get to see them someday, too!

Yeah I think they were trying to cut out some of the meanspirited stuff, but it’s not like she’s calling for Hetty Muskrat’s murder or something. I’m trying to think of other scenes that were cut after the original release - like maybe the scene where the two halves of the horse have to go their separate ways at the…

I don’t think Tsunoda’s future is guaranteed at AT after 2021 (was it a multi-year deal?) and I don’t think Honda very much cares since they’re leaving the sport after next season anyway. 

Having them all together was epic, but also the way they interacted was so well done, like they really were all friends living in the same world. It’s too bad they can’t have that kind of cross-interaction now, or probably ever again. 

In the newer releases when they show the Kermit intro, do they also include all of the scenes with the River Bottom Gang or are some of those still cut out? What about when Ma says she wishes Hetty Muskrat would fall off the dock? That’s another line that was cut on the DVD re-releases...

I LOVE that other people share in the weird joy from this that my family and I do. Ours is another recorded-from-TV copy that’s been transferred from VHS to DVD over the years, and it’s one of the Christmas specials I never tire of. I absolutely love it, and the really weird, completely inappropriately placed outro is…

Yeah, that’s probably why such a site doesn’t exist yet. Unfortunately for buyers though, there isn’t always an enthusiast site available and even extensive Google searches often don’t provide answers.

I think the only hope of a truly useful site like that would be something like Consumer Reports, since it’s very…

So... how do we create it? 

There are sites out there that seem to WANT to provide that kind of info, but don’t live up to their potential, like Repair Pal. For instance, I looked up a 2015 Chevy Sonic and it says there are zero known problems on them. But I know from experience in the parts biz that the thermostat/water outlet assemblies are…