I remember when cars absolutely represented freedom. But it was a lie back then just like today. Yes, a car could get you out of your parent’s house, leave a bad situation, go somewhere new. BUT these are all things you can do without cars. It’s just that, we built a country in which it’s nigh impossible to do unless…

The... good? news- if things continue the way they’re going, that massive cultural shift will happen sooner than expected.

Of all the scams ever pulled on the American people, linking cars to freedom has to be the biggest. Cars aren’t freedom. They’re expensive and the damage that having “Just Drive” as the default answer to every problem has caused so many more self perpetuating problems.

since everyone isn’t paying for my car, I think it’s OK if I don’t care what they think.

If I had a dollar for every comment I see about how subarus need more power and how not having a manual ruins them...

I’m going to be so happy when “traditional masculinity” AKA “I’m a scared little fella who’s afraid someone will see the real me” goes away and gets replaced with just being a human being who’s happy who they are. 

I can tell you how I got rid of my automotive biases- I got my anxiety under control which helped me stop caring about what anonymous enthusiasts on the internet thought, which got me to examine what I actually wanted out of a car, which got me to look beyond the few manuals left in the world, which opened me up to a…

And somehow, you never have to deal with other cars, traffic, weather or any of the hundreds of other things that cause you to have to slow down? Just saying, the extra speed always gets eaten up somewhere and the drive still takes the same amount of time- the longer the drive, the less useful speeding becomes.

I have a LOT of experience doing these drives. Driving faster equals more stopping for gas and it doesn’t get you to your destination faster. It seems like it should but the math doesn’t work when there’s traffic, weather, other drivers, a need to eat and pee and a need to stop and get gas.

OK so I do a lot of long distance driving- I have a 450 mile drive I have to do 4-5 times a month.

Here’s what I’ve learned- if I set my adaptive cruise at 73mph, I can make it to my destination on a single tank of gas. If one was able to actually do that drive nonstop, it would, according to googlemaps, average out…

Not if there’s a speed limiter keeping you from driving over 20.

Yeah, speed limits in neighborhoods should be unlimited. Fuck those kids, I need to drive faster.

Came here for the “they’re takin’ mah Freedoms!”, was not disappointed.

Oh thank god. His shtick is as old and out of shape as he is.

Right, but the Crosstrek starts at 5K more then the Trax. And at this pricepoint, 5K makes a HUGE difference.

I hate this dismissal- ugh, it’s blaaaaaand, it looks like all the other ones... Of course it looks like all the other crossovers. It’s a mass market budget car. Do you complain that all the clothes at H&M or Old Navy look like all the other clothes out there? Do you complain that all the appliances you can buy tend…

I need to make a 450 mile drive about 4-5 times a month. It’s a long-ass drive and it’s one I do not want to make longer as it’s already got several nasty choke points that can add hours to the drive. In my outback I can make it on a single tank of gas which cuts my travel time down to around 7-7.5 hours, which is…

1st Gear: Toyota Chair Isn’t Sold On BEVs

I’ve seen her live as well and her slightly manic energy is infectious. I still want to meet the hero who booked her for the trump white house press corps dinner.

I mean, I’ve seen John Oliver live and I’ve been a fan for literal decades now and I can say he’s exactly as funny as he’s ever been and that he and Michelle Wolf are similar in that you either like them or you do not.