It took me a long time to figure out why some people can talk freely at urinals; they’re dads that have had all sense of social bathroom decorum broken down by small children.

This implies parents are experts. I'd rate making humans as one of my easier accomplishments (being male helps with that). 

Wishing people Happy new year until Feb.

Trying to start a conversation in an elevator is way more acceptable than doing it at a urinal.

Neutral:

“What Trends Do You Hope Get Left Behind?”

People awkwardly attempting to start a conversation in an elevator for no reason. I know its unrelated to the pandemic, but you asked.

At this point Toyota deserves ever ounce of criticism it gets on Jalopnik. As a Toyota & Lexus owner I’m really hoping that Ford shows them how to spec drive trains in mid-size trucks.

I think it needs manual hub locks and a carburetted V8 with a manual choke.

It only has decent power when you force the truck high into the rev range. Unfortunately, the rough shifting transmission tries to keep you entirely out of there. Trucks should have power available at the low end, not way up at the top end. It’s why tons of people think the old 4.0 is faster, because you feel the…

Plenty of Subaru Crosstreks in Colorado, but that doesn’t mean that the acceleration isn’t rather... deliberate, even on flat roads.

It’s too bad the rest of the Dakota was junk.

It’s easily worth five times what you paid for it.

Decent. Classic.

Which 8 Jeeps are you planning to buy with the proceeds? ;-)

There was a small kerfuffle and a couple nuclear explosions over that issue, but it was a while ago I guess.

A project I worked on used a Japanese PLC (industrial process controller). I thought it was odd as we were using it in a military application. The unit came from a distributor. When came time to get production contracts in place the distributor went to the OEM; the OEM asked where they were going and, when they found…

Trackers and mics? That’s more of a GM/OnStar kind of thing, isn’t it?

You know, if Toyota started planting hidden trackers and mics in all their trucks, that could be a valuable intelligence resource.