I’ve got a friend who LOVES his flex, to the point that he’s put up with 2 blown engines to keep the thing running. Apparently that v-6 is not the most solid engine in the world but as a vehicle for hauling high-school aged kids and a family full of mountain bikers, it’s pretty close to ideal.

I was thinking about this as I saw the glowing review for the new Passport, yet another SUV with offroad capabilities no one will ever use. We have gotten so completely over the top with our vehicles. And I can honestly count myself in that mix even though I just drive an Outback, as honestly, I will never truly use…

It’s an outrage! there is nothing on earth that improves the great outdoors like the clouds of diesel exhaust pouring from a slow moving, stuck in traffic RV as it ponderously blocks traffic and slowly crawls ahead in an endless ant-column of vehicles all wanting to see the glory of our state and national park system.

The most MAGA car is the scrapped Madison-Milwaukee high speed rail line. Our governor at the time (referred to as a goggle-eyed homunculus by Esquire) cancelled already in motion plans and federal funding to build a high-speed rail line between the Wisconsin capital and it’s largest city. It’s a route that was key to…

This is what’s hilarious to me. When I was a kid my dad had a couple 18x24 magnetic signs for the doors of his truck, for when he needed to look official. And everyone understood that, yeah, duh, of course he’s not getting logos painted on his personal truck- the only people who do that are hillbillies who only have…

I’ve had this discussion with a LOT of boomers who insist that he’s not their creation, to which I say, You can’t take credit for the beatles and woodstock and all the stuff you love and not take responsibility for the monsters you created as well.

Boomers don’t care, they’ll be dead before anything really gets bad.

Can we just marvel at the size of this seven passenger vehicle?

Honestly, just make this as a regular van with regular second row windows and keep the honda element-like flexibility on the inside and I’d be all over it.

I have been waiting for something like this- I don’t need a lot of range, I don’t need motorcycle power, I just want a cool looking EV that can do 70% of the driving I do in a week.

I absolutely love this. Back when I was in college, one of the guys in the dorm had a custom mini truck like this, back when that was a cool thing to do. I have always missed the lowered mini street trucks.

Honestly, I don’t get VW. And I think VW doesn’t get VW either.

I wish I shared your optimism. But most of the things you mention on your list of reasons not to worry aren’t rules, they’re just traditions. And as we saw last time, if you’re willing to just completely ignore traditions, you can cause a LOT of havoc.

I wish I shared your optimism. But most of the things you mention on your list of reasons not to worry aren’t rules, they’re just traditions. And as we saw last time, if you’re willing to just completely ignore traditions, you can cause a LOT of havoc.

It’s not affiliated with Trump in the same way Captain Renault was shocked to find gambling at Rick’s.

Except... last week there was a speed trap on my way home, on a section of road where the speed limit is 25 but used to be higher. And boy did traffic slow down and... it’s continued to be closer to the speed limit this week. I only saw the cops one day, and only saw one car pulled over in my interactions with the…

There was a great ad by (I think) kelty tents when I was younger. Kelty makes perfectly serviceable- if heavy and mostly suited for car camping- tents that are very reasonably priced.

One of the biggest things I’ve been slowly learning as I get older is that nothing I buy is going to make me more able to go adventuring than I already am.

The first fun car I ever owned was a brand new bright red 1998 Isuzu Amigo. I had wanted a jeep but after being absolutely terrified on my test drive when the jeep tried to buck me out of the drivers seat on a bit of normal everyday road, I went with the Amigo, which had the same size but was much better on the road.…

Performance wise, Mercedes’ impersonation of a rock being tossed into the deepest part of the ocean for the 2022 season was worse but watching Red Bull tear itself apart has been filled with schadenfreude.