While Harden was on the court, three-fifths of Rockets possessions ended in a shot, free throw, or turnover for the bearded one.

Also, the “bitch clip” holding BMW manual shifter carriers to the transmission.  That one’s not actually bad with the right tool and a good understanding of what direction it needs to move in, but if you lack either of those you can be in for an hour of fiddling and cursing with no progress.

Give us Actraiser, you cowards. 

It always surprises me how small Atlanta and Boston are as cities. They have -huge- metro areas, though, bigger than Phoenix’s (which includes Mesa...and Tucson’s is down at #53)

Regular Caprices do nothing for me, but Caprice wagons are boner fuel. I henceforth subscribe to your newsletter. 

He definitely has a “Dog the Bounty Hunter” vibe.

Exactly.  That’s the guy that would own being a racist and then say some racist shit immediately after.

[extremely Dennis Miller voice] I haven’t seen this much displeasure about a Cardinals’ decision since electing Pius XII, babe. They sent up more white smoke than Alice Cooper’s stage show in ‘78.

I’m sure MANY Arizonans are excited for the debut of the Kliff Kingsbury Kardinals. Can’t wait to see the endzone signs.

Brake engineer here:

I’m an above average 6'2 180 pound 29 year old male. If I was put in as a running back on 1st and goal from the 1 and given the ball (up to) four straight times

He looks like Matthew McConaughey fucked a Predator in the back of a Lincoln and bore a lovechild. 

East Bay Jalop checking in. Can/will travel as necessary.

For the Leaf, battery problems have caused a nosedive in their used car value. The battery pack doesn’t have a thermal management system so heating, especially in warmer areas of the country, is causing premature failure of the battery pack. For that matter, my understanding is that charging a battery pack that’s too…

They’re really pretty good, but their depreciation is impacted heavily by a couple factors. For one, the fact that the new ones are eligible for a $7,000 tax credit means anyone buying a used one is going to treat the MSRP as $37k, not $44k. If the old adage that a car loses three grand when you drive off the lot is…

Good catch, thanks. Makes my point about the pile-on even stronger. I made a similar flub about the NPOCP 944 Turbo (I missed that it was in fact a turbo) and dealt with this nonsense even after replying with a mea culpa.

San Jose Jalop checking in and willing to help

Dang, that sucks, I hope he beats it. I agree with Tom. Keep the Highlander for its reliability and then get a cheap fun car to tinker with. A Miata’s not big enough to bring both kids, and personally I wouldn’t stray too far from early 2000's for safety reasons. But that’s just me, I worry about shuttling my kids…

5th Gear: I hate to rain on e.GO’s parade, but there is already a $18,000 EV.  It’s called the 2016 i3.  They also have a lower spec trim for around $12,000 called the 2015 Leaf.  And I hear starting pretty soon they are going to be selling for blowout prices.

Never been there. I was thinking Alaskan Bush Company. The girl’s name was Windchime or Raven or something stupid, I can’t remember. Since she’s my wife now, I just call her Sweetie.