If you have any illusion that someone in a modern, sound-insulated vehicle driving with the radio on is going to hear you on ANY motorcycle (unless you're an obnoxious, straight-piped cruiser a$%hole right up next to their door) then, my friend, you are sadly mistaken.

Nothing to complain about on the hand tools - I have a few assorted sockets from them and the odd hammer and screwdriver. I don't have a lot to judge against, though - my main toolkit is a Channel-Lock set very similar to this that I picked up from Sam's 5 or 7 years back and it's just find for me (until I hit that…

Or a Chevy Equinox. Or a Ford Focus SE.

This is a lot better shot at a Jalopnik-edition Deals post than the first attempt was. The headliner items are fairly relevant and there's a decent crop of stuff in "Tools" that could have a home in my garage.

Approves.

Because on the Jalopnik review scale, '5' is average - a 100% average, unremarkable car would score 5. 7-8 is "noticably better than average", 9-10 is "Holy cow, wow." 3-4, conversely, would probably be "boy, that's weaksauce" and a 1-2 would be "Yugo did it better and THEY went out of business".

Agreed. Giz and LH share a lot of commonality, but Jalopnik is much more focused than either of those sites. I already see this same list twice a day on the other sites.

For the curious:http://www.fcc.gov/guides/over-ai…

Is now. Must not have refreshed with the comments (because I checked twice. Yay, Kinja.).

Anything purchased new in the last 5-7 years should have a built-in digital tuner (HD or not).

Attics will lose you some signal strength just because it's got to pass through that much more material before hitting your antenna.

50 miles with direct line-of-sight shouldn't be too bad, especially if everything is tightly grouped.

TVFool.com seems to be much more realistic in their reception charts, IMO.

If you have an HOA that yells, you are allowed to have the FCC yell right back at them. Only the most minimal of restrictions are allowed on a homeowner's ability to install over-the-air antennas on their own property (YMMV on condos, townhomes where you don't actually own the roof) and even those restrictions are…

So... are you going to fix the article to correctly identify UHF / VHF channels?

There is speeding, then there is Speeding and then there is SPEEDING.

I have a Focus SE as a rental right now. That thing is a pretty major black hole. I'm willing to overlook that, but I can't get past the stupid SYNC system. A radio should NOT lock up with a spinny "loading" icon when you're just trying to go to the next FM preset. That thing is a worse infotainment system than…

Sigh. Yep. I really wanted to like the Regal GS... and then I tried to sit in the back seat of one. Nope. Not without that detachable-head upgrade I keep meaning to get.

While riding across the Great Plains with my brother, the oil pump on his Ducati quit, ending his trip in the middle of nowhere about 40 miles from the nearest town with a truck rental shop and about 400 miles from home.

My jacket looks pretty darn sharp and slim in the summer and definitely flows more air than a buttoned-up flannel with a layer of kevlar around it.