Jeep Commercial: “Let’s meet in the middle.”

I didn’t watch the video yet but, man, loved your recap.

I understand the power and handling improvements but for a car costing near or probably more than $100k after taxes and all that (CT5-V BW), that interior is not befitting of a car costing that much. Even at half the cost, it’s not a very luxurious looking interior. The all-black interior doesn’t help. They should use…

These cars are going to be real collector items in the near future. It’s kind of scary to think that the small block Chevy V8 won’t be around forever. GM is pledging to all EV lineup for their light-duty vehicles by 2035, which means the Corvette V8 engine will eventually be doomed. We’re looking at the last or second…

I can understand if the goal is to reduce drag and increase efficiency. However, there’s still two fucking things hanging off either side of the car in place of sideview mirrors. It’s a rube goldberg. If you can make it flush with the car, similar to some door handles, then you have my attention.

Exactly. They are cutting complexity to produce cars at a faster rate and to yield cheaper manufacturing costs, while charging the same price and thus more profit. Tesla also can’t put a car together to save their lives, so let’s fix that by reducing the number of parts required for assembly.

I bet they removed the stalk to further limit complexity in assembly and/or assemble them faster.

These domestic terrorists are fucking braindead. ISIS and Al-Qaeda are laughing at their tactics. They don’t cover their faces. They brag it about before. They brag it about after. They brag to anyone who puts a microphone in their face. Good! Makes it much easier for the good guys to find you, arrest you, and throw…

Make sure to use plenty of lube!

Lordy bagordy! I yearn for this car. I’d take it over an Italian or British supercar. Really. The supercar you have to baby and watch your miles. This is a Toyota! It was made for miles! And it looks like nothing else on the road. It’s glorious. Lightweight. Fun. And reliable. I look at this car and think this is the…

1st Gear: Not surprised. I can see a Toyota truck being more popular bicoastal than domestic offerings because it’s not a domestic brand AND Toyota has a reputation for reliability and longevity, whereas the middle of the country is probably dominated by Ford, Chevy/GMC, and RAM. Higher trim domestic trucks like the…

Here’s the guy who put the stats together:

There isn’t anything like the Slingshot. It’s too weird to live, and yet far too rare to die.

As a fellow engineer, same thought. It’s so cool what we’re capable of. Our minds. Someone, somewhere, once upon a time, had a need for this type of process and invented a means to carry that out. Well, maybe not one person but a group of people came together and it didn’t take 5 minutes to form the idea and put pen…

I was about to make a joke that the real reason is it vibrates and makes that sound is it’s the sound and frustration of drivers having to pay $19 to cross the bridge. Coincidentally, I found an article posted yesterday that says, after 35 years, they’re making the one-way toll into a two-way toll again and the cost…

Of course auto companies are throwing their support in for the new President, just as they did for Trump. It’s all about making money and being buddy-buddy. Maybe if they kiss ass, they’ll get some money and support out of it. that kind of thing.

The biggest news out of Lucid, in my view, is integrating the inverter, transmission, differential, and motor into one relatively lightweight package. Hyundai has something very similar and no reason to believe Tesla or even GM won’t be able to do the same thing. It’s still going to be an uphill battle for Lucid, I…

The Yaris GR (214 pts, 3rd) came in 3rd place in AutoCar’s best driver’s car comparo, behind the Atom 4 (219, 1st) and 765LT (219, 2nd). That’s fucking high praise. It beat Porsche and Lambo, too. The Atom 4 is a open-roof street-legal go-kart and won last year’s competition. And the 765LT is track-focused hypercar. T…

Yeah, cause we really need tutorial videos on what not fucking braindead and dangerous shit to do. OK. Sure. That’s like assaulting someone on Black Friday and then posting a video of it with the title How not to shop on Black Friday. That’s pretty fucking obvious. What an absolute schmuck.