Don’t tempt Sidney.  ;-)

I think that should be “geographically diverse” not “geologically diverse” in the teaser line.

Fuck that, each person who was delayed gets to use him as free labor for 48 hours.

Just like seat licenses vs. actual season tickets

And this isn’t even accounting for the cost of local transportation (taxi, Uber/Lyft, rental car, train/bus) once you get to your destination if you had flown.

oil filter wrench

“And while AMC didn’t put this van into production, some of its ideas were. Four-wheel drive became an AMC marketing point.”

Duesenberg

Actually, let’s expand that and say, making it easy to do routine maintenance on your own vehicle needs to make a come back. There’s a reason I drive an older truck — I can get to all of the fluid checks / fill points, I can change the belts without a $250 tool, and there is actually room to put my hands into the…

Easy to access oil pans / drain plugs / filters.  Many companies have move to top mounted filters which makes that part easier, but when you need to move a plastic aeroshield, and use a funnel to catch the oil because the plug is mounted 6 inches up inside the aeroshield on a 45 degree corner, it really makes home oil…

I still don’t understand why companies want to limit the height of the rear cargo area so much.  Yes, there are aero issues, but if I can’t get suitcases for 4 people into the cargo area, why even bother with the cargo area.  This looks like it has only slightly more cargo space than a Corvette.

That was some dumbass calculus. Maybe if it was $4k, but for $40k, that’s a different matter.

only if it isn’t Kia, Hyundai, Alfa Romeo.

is this a different list or a subsection of “Reasons not to buy a Nissan”?

Unpopular opinion: make them drive actual production cars with all of the crappy “convenience” features and the hard-to-work-on engines. Maybe bolt in a roll cage and side bars. Let people see the real consequences of driving at 150 mph. I’d love to see the auto stop kick in during pit stops and anti-lock brakes…

Don’t forget the 6x6 rovers from Moonbase Alpha (Space: 1999).

Oil pressure sensor on Vortec 5.3L in 2000 Chevy Suburban:
1. remove plastic engine cover
2. lay out on top of engine
3. blindly reach between top and engine and firewall and disconnect wiring harness from sensor
4. using special, odd-sized socket on ratchet extension, unscrew sensor (hoping that it comes loose)
5.…

Oh, yes it is. Any time someone who has any degree of privilege (real or imagined) is call out, they will have defenders who cry out “cancelled.”

I’d rather have an original Mach 1.

Deer run out in front of semi trucks and trains.  Those are definitely loud enough to hear.