I was optimistic about Halo: Infinite after the complete catastrophe that was Halo 5, but man have my expectations been hung out to dry. That was the most disjointed game in the series so far. The visual aesthetic was all over the place, the enemies looked imbecilic, the gameplay looked clumsy, the weapon set looked…

I really, really want to like this car. I keep trying to rationalize getting one in my head because I adore how it looks, how it seats, and that it’s something different. But the one I drove was just so dynamically inferior to my S3 that it’s a hard, hard sell and I’m just searching for an indication that the Polestar…

The word over on Swedespeed is that it will be back but the chiclet will just say “Polestar Engineered” instead of showing the Polestar emblem. That and the introduction of the limiter with standard Red Key are the extent of the updates.

If you got the Volvo Red Key as a standard feature and not as an optional extra (or dealer freebie), then you likely have the reduced top speed. It will be interesting to see if the aftermarket can crack the ECU and tune that out.

Geely is actually planning to fold Volvo into the mothership right now and causing some...consternation...back at the Volvo homeland.

I’m considering one. I tested an S60 T6 R-Design, without the Polestar Optimization, and was not impressed. Hanging revs, down-shift times measured in seconds, and delayed throttle response. How does the full-beans Polestar Engineered fare?

Every service ever goes from pay-2-remove-ads to pay-2-reduce-ads. The instant I started seeing ads on Hulu, I killed it; I’m not going to pay for a service and then let a company double-dip by force-feeding ads at me at the same time. When Microsoft dumped a fuck-load of permanent ads on my Xbox 360 dashboard, I…

I do 220 miles round trip every other weekend in the summer and there is no charging available at the other end. Most EVs have a range of under 300 except Tesla...but I don’t want a Tesla because I think they are shit at everything else besides the power train.

The recent 6MT Accord was, by most accounts, mediocre at best. The previous gen Accord with a stick and a V6 with 2 doors? That will be the classic.

No one is saying you have to give up true manual transmissions completely

The new 3-series and the 8-series are pretty good. The outgoing models and their contemporaries? Absolutely creaky, especially the X-series cars.

C-class and below are the primary offenders. Even the newer models, like the A and the [ugly as fuck] CLA. Just...atrocious.

Daily drivers are not allowed to have a bent for fun? Well excuse the fuck out of me and all the hot hatches and sports sedans I’ve enjoyed.

But Verizon is actually “Verizon Communications”. This is, simply, “STELLANTIS”. The former has context in the name allowing it to work in spite of itself, the latter does not; the all-caps thing they have going just adds to the whole pharmaceutical (or private equity) aesthetic.

What are the negatives of holding onto the Yaris for one more year anyway and then getting the Toyota anyway if the Bronco doesn’t pan out? Even if the offer on your Yaris is higher than KBB, is it by a large enough margin to offset potentially not getting what you actually want?

Boaty McBoatface LLC would be, without irony, an improvement over Stellantis. At least it is catchy and entertaining while being off-key, Stellantis is forgettable and generic.

Mastering the operation of the clutch is the point of a manual, so it would be a loss for manual afficianados and a who-cares for everybody else.

There is no decision for people in your position to make, ergo the problem cannot apply to you. This solution is the same as slapping an auto shift lever back and forth instead of using the paddles: same thrill...or lack thereof.

Git gud.

Common misconception is that the stick is what makes a manual fun; it is not. It’s the clutch and managing the revs via that clutch which is fun.