So, there’s a solution, but nobody wants that solution. The solution is, drive less. Start requiring neighborhoods to be built walkable, and on public transit routes. Start requiring new road projects to prioritize public transit. Override the NIMBYs who refuse to allow infill development in their neighborhoods…

If my experience with VW is any indication, I can understand why they’re a one and done. The car was... fine. I guess. But the dealer experience and the experience of getting it fixed or serviced anywhere was just awful. Did not make me want another. I replaced it with my second Subaru, and could easily see getting…

The truck from the Fall Guy had some amazing ways to avoid traffic. And yes, I would 100% get the matching “Fall Guy” embroidered satin jacket.

Anything new. Hear me out: If you are the kind of person who can afford a $200,000 car, you should also be the kind of person who knows that new cars are a terrible place to spend money and new luxury cars are the absolute worst.

BRG, especially when non-metallic, does an excellent job of hiding dirt. Which should be a mandatory consideration when buying a car.

The bland color palate is because anyone who’s ever owned a cool looking brightly colored car and lives where it snows quickly learned that bright colors need constant attention and decided to go with something lower maintenance. My previous car was bright red. Really pretty in June, looked like it had been…

This is going to sound stupid to people who live in places with no snow, but I’d like to see automakers exploring colors that look good when covered in salt and road dirt. My outback is silver. Not because I love silver, not because I think silver is the best color but because silver is the color that hides dirt the…

And yet, everyone I’ve know who’s had one loves it. They are extremely comfortable and capable long distance cruisers and do great hauling bikes and canoes. Not the most attractive care ever, but neither was my bug-eye impreza hatchback and yet people love it too.

I would suggest taking things a step further and saying that the heavier the vehicle, the smaller the federal rebate- With a weight target that keeps going down, kinda like the way we do MPG requirements now- set it to a 6,000 pound limit to be able to qualify for anything and a 3,000 pound limit for the maximum…

OK, so lemme ask this- Why is a major snowstorm different that any other major summer storm? Like, no one expects you to go to work in a hurricane, right? Those folks who keep the country running mostly stay home. That last big blizzard that passed over the US before christmas had a death toll of close to 70 people-…

Right, because I’m guessing that Upstate NY, like much of Wisconsin, sees plowing streets as a thing that has to be done- I remember when I first got to WI, knowing that we’d get a foot of snow overnight, waking up and expecting to not have to go to work, and being extremely disappointed to find that they’d already…

You don’t need winter tires if you aren’t an idiot. If you are smart, wait for the plows, wait for the salt/sand trucks, it doesn’t matter what kind of tires you have- you’ll be fine. But it means being patient and being honest with yourself, being willing to say “I have no reason to be out in this mess AND I’m not a…

This is a phenomenon that happens the first time you buy a car with AWD- it’s like, you spend much of the year getting consistently crappier gas mileage than your previous 2wd car and you paid a premium for AWD, so the second it snows, you wanna be out there saying “AHA, THIS justifies my purchase of AWD/4WD- I am out…

Any of them.

OK, hear me out- we need more stupid cars like this. Because c’mon, this thing is crazy stupid. It’s not got any roof, it’s barely got doors... but at the same time, it looks FUN. And I can tell you, any vehicle with no roof and no windscreen is going to be fun to drive (at least until it is no longer fun and has…

I am of the opinion that SpaceX has prospered because they found a way to keep Musk away from the daily operations. Tesla suffered under their EdGeLoRd CEO so that SpaceX could flourish- SpaceX knew that if they were beholden to Musk’s whims, all their sweet and lucrative government contracts would dry up and blow…

And I know that some Tesla bro will come to mansplain why I’m wrong about this, but Tesla’s products have gone from cool and new to dated and weird. Meanwhile, Tesla’s superchargers may be everywhere, but they’re no longer the fastest and once regulations kick in and demand a single, standardized charging…

It’s like watching Hummer implode all over again.

Worst car is like worst movie, so the absolute shitboxes don’t count- the $300 beetle that was my first car, the Chevy Monza that replaced it... c’mon, these are the “plan 9 from outer space of cars”- no one would expect greatness.

So that leaves me with the Isuzu Amigo. The Amigo was... complicated. On the one hand,…

But, working class folks also deserve something they can afford. Like, what would happen if Ford made a Maverick with a more normal size bed? sure it would look a little weird, but it would be cheap, comfortable, get great gas mileage AND have all those awesome electrical sockets in the (easy to reach) bed.

Is the…