Volvo’s in the right headspace

Dutch Reach

What does declining to speak to a “reporter” at an F1 race (who was told multiple times before reaching her to go away but persisted in true paparazzi fashion) have to do with her knowledge (or lack there of) F1? This accusation that by rebuffing a grid interview you obviously don’t know anything about F1 makes zero…

I guess no means no unless Brundle is doing the asking.

But the fact that people don’t want to BE attentive while driving shows how dumb an idea it is to have built all of our transportation needs on driving. Hell, we car enthusiasts SHOULD make this argument more often: the types of cars being bought are clearly not ones made for people who drive because they like to…

Equinox. Indiana Winters can suck 

If you want a car from this side of the decade, you are looking at $10k-$15k. Dealershits really fucked us through this covid event.

Exactly what I said. A early to mid 2000s Honda for $5-6k would be the perfect choice, manual or auto, they’ll all be slow with their 115hp 4-cylinders.

The 15,000 car is now what the $3500-5000 car was to us 20 years ago.

Nope. Sorry but fuck off to anyone who has no patience for a crying baby on a plane. People have places to go. Babies cry. My own kids have been everywhere, from the time they were born. Sometimes they cried, sometimes they didn’t. Now, as a 50+ year-old guy, I have tons of empathy for parents with crying babies. I’ve…

Indiana is not 45 minutes away from Chicago. East Chicago is literally in Indiana. And in Indiana, you can buy an AR-15 at a yard sale if you so desire (truth, not hype). Source: almost lifelong (although not willingly) Hoosier, who just grimaces every time some idiot whatabouts Chicago in the gun debates.

Also, can…

My wife has a Prius. She loves it. I love it. It’s a great car that does exactly what it’s supposed to, and has damn good cargo capacity to boot. 

I had the exact same experience down to the ex-girlfriend’s car exposure and came to the exact same conclusions. I would happily DD a Prius, as long as I could have a “fun” car, which is the setup I have now with my DD getting way worse mileage.

Me too. It is absolutely ridiculous. I loved my sister’s (she now has a Camry hybrid that’s FINE as a frog’s hair) and would have bought one if I could have/needed new. It was a wonderful appliance. Cars are tools. People who thinks they are penile replacement symbols are too. ;)

The truth is all new cars are pretty fast now. Even the crappier sub compacts. They all can easily do over 100mph. It is really only the car enthusiasts that have an issue with the car. But then, they also have an issue with the lower powered sports cars like the Miata and 86, which are subjectively pretty spritely…

Asking the important questions, because you never know who’s out there.

Am I the only one that liked how the Cybertruck looked initially and now finds that it has aged like milk?

Also, it still needs a coating (paint) in order to protect it from corrosion in an automotive application. Stainless isn’t immune to corrosion, it’s just very resilient to it (in certain environments)

I very much agree. I go days and days at a time without driving my cars - and I don’t even live in all that “walkable” a place. I mean I COULD walk to shops, but I don’t particularly want to. I do walk around the neighborhood for exercise. It would also help if people were incentivized to not think they need to drive C…

There are no busses where I live and when I lived in Detroit (80's) the threat of being mugged was 75% daily so I will do my thing while respecting your choice to do yours.