So, a few Ford dealers in the U.S. are sending teams to help people learn how to use the more complicated features of their cars.

5th Gear: What happened to reading the manual?

Aren’t there surveys that show something like 90% of drivers think they are above average? Since only 50% of people can be above average (by definition), that’s something like 40% of people who think they are much better drivers than they actually are. Could it be those same 40% also think they are okay to drive under…

But I will drive out of my way for some sweet, sweet ethanol-free premium.

I’ve seen Premium vary wildly, up to 60 cents/gal higher than the regular grade.

After the mid 80's they started making the gears out of plastic, and have around a 150k mile life expectancy, so about the same as a chain and longer than a belt.

A Ford 300 straight six and the manual five speed? Buy it. It’ll last forever.

Which is more rare, these or m/t Caravans?

Whenever I mention that my school district used manual transmission buses, people are thrown by that. Only being 20 years ago, that was Yeti rare.

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. Any landing which allows the plane to be used again is a great landing.

Never mind that the Mazda B2000 had somewhere around 80 horsepower from a 2.0-liter carbureted inline-four.

....so I just ran Microsoft Word’s spelling and grammar check on the whole article, and it didn’t catch a single one of the problems.

I can give no credence to any list that omits Serenity.

Here in Maine, the climate is much like much of Canada. We have 4 seasons:

This afternoon in Pelham, New Hampshire.....

Psst, NSA, if you’re watching, I kid, I kid.

My one new car buying experience was the complete opposite. The first dealer I visited was completely unwilling to order the color combination I wanted. They went so far as to claim the manufacturer would not build the interior/exterior combination I wanted (despite the brochures indicating otherwise).

So, pretty much what you described.

Chicken should fly south for the winter

Now that it’s everywhere in the US