The phone issue is the obvious choice. Another one that bothers me is people who take their sweet time getting into the turn lane and do most of their slowing in the regular lane thus slowing a whole line of traffic for no reason. Just get over and then slow down.

Most sensors in ICE applications are pretty dumb, usually just made up of passive components that are then interpreted by the ECU which has all the chips. Electric cars are still going to have powertrain control modules and various sensors to precisely control the motor and look at the status of all the battery cells.…

Short answer is no. I would not base a car buying decision on fuel economy. That being said 1 car in my fleet is a hybrid and sometimes I do the math at the pump just to see what it is currently averaging, particularly if I think I drove a lot of miles on that tank. My other cars I just fill up as required, drive, and…

Look at the bright side, at least neither in this deal will have Nissan’s awful CVT.

Targa Tasmania has put out several videos over the years documenting the Vipers. Ever since 2016 when the Gen 5 ACR came out the Vipers have been running near the top of the leader board at the Targa Tasmania. A viper has now won in 2017, 2018, and an abbreviated 2021 with podiums most every other year. It is a very…

I had the salesperson ask repeatedly, “Are you sure this is what you want?” Apparently my configuration was pretty rare also. I thought the name on the window sticker was a nice touch when I ordered my truck. I sold the truck years later, but kept the sticker.

Not to beat the Mike Rowe drum, but welders can make really good money. Realize this guy has probably been bringing in a paycheck since he was 20 with no loans to pay back. Your local welding shop guy probably does alright and he stays put. If you take the training, pass the tests, and are WILLING to travel, you can…

I have probably used all of my wrenching luck for the next 20 years because of it.  I see a lot of seized and broken bolts in my future. Haha

Dumbest was assuming something was badly broken and not putting in effort to investigate only to discover it was an easy fix years later. Case and point the A/C system on my used Honda. Drove around for 2 summers sweating thinking the system was leaky/broken. Finally threw a set of gauges on it (which I owned the…

I always remind myself whenever I read a story like this that these people can vote.  It makes me twitch a little.

1995 Audi S6 avant with the overbuilt turbo 5 cylinder and manual transmission. Just a tick under 300,000 miles and still pulls to redline nicely.  The shifter bushings are shot so it feels like you are stirring porridge but you can still find the gates.  It also qualifies for the longest I have ever owned a car at 13…

You know for a writer who lives in New York (I believe) I wonder how Mr. Orlove thinks all the food and basic commodities get transported to his little island. Hint: it is not on a bunch of electric trolley cars. A fuel shortage that impacts trucking and even local delivery would have a huge effect on the availability…

I think you meant to type Lamborghini Urus....At least the Jeep doesn’t have the super sloping rear roof all the modern suv’s seem to be embracing thus compromising the actual ability to haul anything. Looking at you Lambo, BMW X6, and MB GLC and GLE. The Jeep’s 7200lb tow rating isn’t too shabby either.

1st gen Honda Insight with a non functioning hybrid system. 67hp but only at the top of the revs, truly gutless down low. If the big hybrid battery system doesn’t work and you rev above 4000rpm it goes into a safe mode and stops charging the regular 12v battery, so really more like 40hp of usable power if you didn’t…

I have definitely seen the rising panic scenario play out. Some years ago at work a guy was in a heavy duty truck trying to get through a doorway and got it crooked. He had the front pushed up to a steel bollard that protects the entry ways from well trucks hitting them. Someone was trying to direct him how to turn…

Scary to think these people could be driving next to you at any moment.

There are so many good ones but I do like Carrera GT. Very driver focused with the shift knob in close proximity to the wheel and all of the exposed carbon fiber is just a delight to look at.

Yeah that is great channel. I started following him a couple years ago when he was doing a lot of the metal fab. I like to think if I ever started a youtube channel about my projects it would be like his. There are quite a few good Canadian auto content channels on youtube. Throttle Stop, Throttle House, and Speed…

Yeah they still go out and around. I think I read the main reason was they struggled to meet noise requirements or a federal regulation changed for a brief time specifying the exhaust had to exit past a certain point.

I will give you that Gen 3-4 is minuscule since it is mostly power train. But the gen 4 motors were a big step and the block was a new casting and had cam in cam VVT. Pretty neat for a big old dinosaur. The engine block actually changed in every generation, all 5 of them ;) , some changes were bigger than others but…