I’d like to see an optional half-height front plate that is almost Euro in dimensions. So a California plate would start with CA printed vertically, then the plate number. This would be a great aesthetic improvement for newer cars with the giant grilles and no obvious bumper. US sized plates do not lend themselves to…

2006 Toyota Matrix

Back then, there were harsh penalties for having sexual relations with livestock. The death penalty, if you admitted to it or there were witnesses. So, I suppose livestock had certain rights spouses did not enjoy.

My main concern is looking like a snack to the African wildlife. The passenger one doesn’t even have doors to keep critters out. Other than that, pretty awesome!

Have you not remembered the “Rules of Wagon-ness” by the former Jalopnik, Torchinsky? Windows and the extent of them are important!

Bravo on doing the legwork. I was afraid it wasn’t a word. My guess was a take on the Roman goddess of hearth and home, Vesta.

This article didn’t load as a slideshow! Huzzah! Whatever you did to avoid the gaze of the overlords, keep doing it!

Gold star for you!

Of course, comparing it to the Silverado’s front bumper is a horrible idea, but some cars do use airflow from those holes, port it to the wheel arches, and create a smoother flow around the front wheels to decrease drag. That’s the reason for those out-of-place looking things on the Silverado’s fender/bumper interface.

Wait, what the hell is ‘Decentraland’? *looks it up* Oh, you ever heard of this thing called Second Life? They called and said, if you’re going to blatantly rip off our ~2 decade old idea, at least put the effort into it to make it run well and look pretty. People made money off of Lindens back in the day.

I was going to say Kia Stinger, but no manual? :(

I don’t like the tiny itty-bitty squinty headlights. At all.

Ken, We’d love to see a piece on the StepWGN, or any other cars you can get your hands on. I think your writing and photography is excellent, and reminds us that there’s good autos and good scenery outside of the US, even if it might be an everyday sort of car. Of course, it makes us long for the forbidden fruit, but…

Thank you for mentioning the 2004-2005 STi block version that was in the FXT. It’s the more desirable engine vs. later years. But...

I didn’t look for data on R0 for omicron vaccinated vs unvaccinated. Then you’d have to multiply each with the population vaccinated vs unvaccinated. Only then would we know if the statement: “The majority of covid spread is currently via fully vaxed breakthrough cases.” is true or not. The rest of his little post was…

Neutral: More Ken Saito, Less Erin Marquis.

Many Covid mutations take hold in immunosuppressed people who can’t shake the virus, even if their body’s reaction is not creating life-threatening symptoms. And with Omicron, there’s a good chance that the majority of cases are breakthrough cases in vaccinated individuals, simply because in developed countries, a…

Lithium prices will probably rise, and recycling costs and effectiveness will probably go down. I’d use the batteries for grid storage and wait for recycling to become more cost effective. The ‘black mass’ goo from shredding and melting the batteries is really not a good method.

I can’t fathom how many people refuse to understand this simple fact. We all have the right to choose. Sometimes the choice you make will not result in an outcome that is pleasing or beneficial to you. Even in the military, you can choose. Of course, the consequences of a bad choice are much rougher. Those truckers…

NY has approximately the same amount of people as Florida, but Florida has 3x the amount of fatalities. And Arizona has more deaths with about 1/3 the population.
Not everyone lives in NYC and takes public transit instead of cars. And the roads suck, there’s mountains, snow, ice, and traffic.