I’m usually 100% with you on these, but the kazashi was interesting because it’s anonymity hiding what was genuinely a nice car to drive. Tons of fun for a daily driver. I got one as a loaner for 2 weeks while I had my SX4 AWD (also underrated) in the shop for some self inflicted damage. I really liked that car. I…

My wife (who is English) and I have discussed selling our school bus conversion to build a double decker. Seeing this is going to get me into trouble!

I’m pretty sure the English prefer to be called “eccentric.” At least that’s what my English in-laws say 

In my early days of wrenching I had a classic mini mayfair. It had the automatic which debatably made it more fun, fight me if you disagree. Anyways, I had this weird situation where the temperature would randomly spike with no other overheating symptoms. I’d pull over, kill the engine, and the temperature would…

i dunno, we have enough idiots in the military that volunteer for it. the amount jaw dropping stupidity I saw from my fellow airman when I was in the AF blew me away. 

you aren’t joking. I’m glad we get him. 

David is becoming that old guy that “will get to fixing it eventually,” but at a much younger age. Truly impressive!

This. There is absolutely no reason why autopilot should function if the seat belt isn’t buckled, the seat doesn’t have an occupant, and the steering wheel isn’t handled at irregular intervals (as opposed to being able to be weighted and always have the resistance). Then there need to be ACTUAL consequences for…

COTD

I’ve had my 3 for a couple weeks now. Autopilot is awesome for what it is when you are using it as intended. That said, you have to be a complete idiot that has no business having a drivers license or wandering around in public without a monkey backpack leash to try to let it take full control. In the 3 weeks I’ve had…

I parked my lifted Tacoma in that parking lot the time I made the mistake of driving it to London when I was stationed in the UK. It was tough. Still easier than driving in Houston or Dallas.

Great article and this pretty well lines up with how I perceived Jalopnik looks at Tesla crashes. I’m a new Tesla owner (waiting on delivery of a model 3) and I genuinely do not look forward to being lumped in the same category as Tesla stans. Seriously made me consider not buying it. They are damn good cars (fit and…

you’re not wrong. And I live in central Texas, so it’ll probably be and f350 with a tonneu cover and hasn’t ever touched dirt

During drivers ed, one of the student’s mom came to pick her up at the end of class. Her flip flop got stuck under the brake pedal and she drove her car right through the front wall of the drivers ed building. That became a quick lesson in why flip flops aren’t great driving shoes. 

Thanks! We all watched it at work pretty tense! I’ve done a pretty decent amount of work on Raptor, so it’s nerve wracking watching it. My first flight in the company was 21, the first launch after the explosion of 20 in 2015 and the first landing. It’s insane to see how much we’ve done in the last 5 years and it’s…

I’d seriously love to have something like this to commute back and forth to work. I drive ~20 miles each way. It would be ideal for about 90% of the time for me.

As a SpaceX employee and a father of 3 (soon to be 4) daughters, I’m really excited to see Hayley chosen for this trip. People like Hayley are taking paving the way for a future where it isn’t an unusual newsworthy thing that a woman or person with different health needs are able to go to space. My daughters have…

I had a blast with a big bore kit built out as a cafe racer that I bought from a fellow airman when I was stationed in England. That thing was a ton of fun. It wouldn’t hit a high top speed (5 speed and no feasible way to regear) but it would hit that max speed quickly! I took it on a trip to the Ace Cafe in London…

I’ve been doing some very basic studying into Buddhist philosophies recently and one of the big concepts that stood out to me is Sunyata. The idea of an emptiness. A being, entity, concept, or thing isn’t a permanent as much as it is an idea. The example I was given is that if you remove an engine from a car, it…

i actually stuck with this one because it was the only van in 200 miles that had the options I wanted with as low of mileage. I still got a good deal on it even after the ass pain