My eyes glazed over the moment you complained about the manual.

Call me old-fashioned, but I’ll take reliability over power and fuel economy. And fuel economy is a dubious claim at best. Real world tests look like the improvement is around 1-2 mpg in mixed driving. And the old one had a bigger tank (21 vs 18 gallons) so it goes farther even with a 2mpg penalty. Add in the nearly $3…

Should have stuck to the script, Toyota. That GR engine had been around for 20+ years and been well and truly figured out.

My issue isn’t with the federal grants per se, it’s with tying up those grants with projects focused solely on the Olympics. LA could absolutely use $900 million in federal funding for transportation projects - but centering those transportation projects to serve a limited purpose is absolutely bonkers. I have good…

$900 million in federal grants....

Unfortunately, the issue goes far beyond talent. A driver needs the right look. The right background. They have to be good on camera and entertaining. They must agree to succumb to endless PR nonsense and handle it well. They have to do media events and get harassed by journalists. They have to have no skeletons. It…

JetBlue Mint is actually pretty amazing, and can be had at semi-reasonable prices. It’s no Emirates private suite or Singapore Airlines cabins. But, it’s a great way to fly in a lot more comfort. 

Was a shame, as it was an awesome effort to see. But that’s the rules, and Merc seems to play with fire a little too often. Hamilton in Austin last year and George this year makes it a lot of lost points over avoidable technicalities.

This is ridiculous and useless. Go swab anything that is touched or used by humans with regularity and you will get a horrifying collection of stuff growing out of it.

I love the mundane cars, too. Especially Japanese cars from this era, when cars were sedately designed and relatively handsome almost across the board and just went about the business of being cars. 

I think it will become even more potentially lucrative as people really begin to push back on techolification (new word there!) of cars. The young baby boomers in my life, who are in their early to mid 60s, seem to want absolutely nothing to do with all the tech in modern cars. My mom’s partner recently bought a…

You should buy that and hang on to it for a few years. Sell it on BaT in 2030. 

Like every other type of video like this, just skip to the last three minutes. And honestly, it’s kind of underwhelming. I mean, respect. It’s an amazing build. But... why...? It looks ridiculous. It doesn’t have a lot of space or comfort. None of it screams Elvis. It just doesn’t really make sense. 

I don’t know that I’d spend $22k on this. But... $15k easy. That V6 is fantastic. They drive well. They’re comfortable. This era was safe, reliable, and cheap to insure. The JBL sound system sounded great for a factory set. It doesn’t have a million electronic things to go wrong. It will run for another 20 years. I’m…

The suggestion that ‘little changes’ will result from Chevron is difficult to swallow, and frankly makes the rest of your point hard to take seriously. Republicans have been trying to reverse Chevron since 1985. They will continue trying to chip away at it. You will see a massive uptick in the number of lawsuits…

You act like anything to this court is sacred.

Meh. 

Will check out! Thanks for the recommendation, looks fascinating. 

Unfortunately I have no fix for completely stupid.

I bought a lightly used 6x10 utility trailer for $700. It is infinitely easier to load, unload, and actually use than modern trucks with beds 5 feet off the ground. Ever try to shovel a load of fertilizer, gravel, manure, or anything else into a modern truck? Nightmare. And I can also put 8' dimensional lumber in it…