Same thing with snow skiing.

4Runners are weird because they go from feeling like extremely dated *new* cars to extremely good *old* cars. I bought a 2010 160k mile 4runner last year to drive to construction sites, and its honestly nicer than any of the midsize commuters my friends take to accounting jobs.

I will throw the 4 runner in there too. Absurdly ugly, terrible ride quality, underpowered. Only real advantage is lack of depreciation, which is only the case because of the odd cult following.

Tacoma: Slow, underpowered, tiny payload, ancient design, poor fuel economy, and outrageous prices.  

Let’s take it 1 step further; if you aren’t wearing a seatbelt and get into a crash, then OnStar shouldn’t be activated and instead it should call your mother to rat you out.

Seatbelt use in the U.S. is higher than it has ever been, with the IIHS reporting 86 percent of drivers belting up. More than half of people who die in vehicle crashes, however, are not clicking it.

I see all those little slots and nooks and crannies in those panels and think about all the dirt, mold, and crap that is going to accumulate in them. Do the modular panels come up relatively easy so you can pressure wash under them?  How big are the actual slots?  Are bottle caps going to fall in them and disappear…

That’s what zip ties or spring clamps are for.  Cruise control, baby!

What’s worse than handle bar steering is thumb throttle on a boat! Cruising will not be fun.

That low bow railing sure isn’t confidence inducing if you have young children on board. 

Depends on what you like.

Tough to say which will dumb you down faster, listening to Wall Street opine on EVs, or listening to Jalopnik opine on Wall Street.

Max was ahead and had the right to the entire track width in the corner, yet still left plenty of room for Hamilton inside.

I can’t blame someone for putting off maintenance if even a single step involves clicking through a slideshow

Slide 1: Yes

Next in Jalopnik slideshows:

Merkins are stupid

can i change my answer to be:
the jalopnik slideshow is the worst automotive feature

The parking sensors in my Volvo that beep for something in front of me when I’m backing up. Every time they beep I stop to see what’s in the way, only to discover it’s the irrelevant object that’s not in the direction I’m going. All, while they haven’t once prevented me from hitting anything for the 2 years I’ve had…

Whoever buys it needs to immediately put a BEATBOX vanity plate on it.