An engineer recently told me that these are created by changing the fuel maps so the system squirts a little fuel into the cylinder under certain circumstances when off throttle. The fuel combusts in the exhaust, and you get the snap/crackle/pop sound (and the subsequent ‘Yeah, bro!’ reaction at the end of this video.

Perfect! Buy one in 18 months. Depreciation is only bad if you’re on the front end. As an exclusively used car buyer, the faster the depreciation the better.

I think Hyundai may be missing the boat here, giving us this weird looking thing in lieu of the more conventional looking and more appealing i30N. The Veloster is still too much of a boy racer’s car. The i30N is a car just as suitable to a millennial as it is to an adult driver (like me).

You’d get cut trying to step in front of me for the Ciel.

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Humans are omnivores. We can kill an animal in a humane way or in a horrible way, but we will kill animals and eat them.

I’m assuming that some Americans out there support this and are short-sighted enough that they’ve forgotten the SUV-pocalypse of the early aughts, when Detroit was puking out pushrod-powered, ladder-framed monstrosities with covered wagon-era suspensions. We couldn’t get enough of those back then, either. I can…

I’m not sure why we continue to look for rational justification for anything Trump does, when it’s clear that his only motivation is sheer spite for the brown guy who previously held the office.

How many fingers do I need to slip into you to get you to relax?

I got tired of getting flats.

They did a circuit lap and it was just as fast as a 5.0L mustang.... Pay attention.

They openly targeted lesbians in their advertisements, employment benefits and charitable contributions at a time when US companies were pulling advertisements from TV shows with gay characters.

That was a fucking great episode.

I was disappointed that they didn’t use the falcon doors to escape Clarkson’s trap.

Ouch. Down in PA you’re only somewhat screwed if you’re in an emissions county.

I usually topped the tank and reset the light in my old car. The vapor canister/emissions system threw codes, but it doesn’t run the check if the tank is almost full or almost empty. I like to think of it as an emissions cheat designed for…

Perhaps I’m not getting the full scope of what you’re saying, but on the face of it I’m going to have to side with drewso. Having a salesperson who isn’t trying to sell me on a car, so much as answer my questions and help when I ask for it is actually something I seek out in a dealership experience.

So you were upset because a salesman wasn’t pushy and didn’t force you to buy one? Yeah, makes sense.

Come find me if you ever want a spin in a car with just parking lights on. It’ll blow your freaking mind.