I bought my last two cars through AAA brokers, rather than dealing with a dealership. I totally get it. I didn’t even have to go to a dealer, they brought the cars to my house. I filled out forms, paid the delivery guy, and it was l done. But the broker does serve some use insofar as ensuring I understood what I was…

One of my high-school buddy’s parents had one of these. We took it skiing a number of times. 5-6 strapping young lads with our gear in a giant photon torpedo on the roof. It got us to the mountains and back just fine, if definitely not quickly. It replaced an AWD Toyota Tercel wagon that my buddy totalled. That was no…

Yeah, it’s especially unfortunate because every name sounds worse when you put ‘Cash App’ in front of it.

Years ago, I spent 3 months working in Germany. I loved it, but it’s a different way of living.

Why even deliver them? Mine is NIBSAF (new in box, still at factory)

I agree. My daily driver for work for 15 years was a 200k mile 95 Chevy K2500 5.7 with a fully loaded utility bed. Top speed, 70mph. And that was before the snow plow was mounted. I never once felt scared merging into traffic. We’re so spoiled with horsepower these days, everyone thinks they need 0-60 times under 5…

I know Subies are damn capable, but good god some of those “overland” builds have gotta be pushing twice the payload rating of the car..

Red Fang’s “Wires”. Squarebody Impala wagon destroying shit for no reason whatsoever.

Agreed. That and the auto emergency braking on my 10yo Mercedes are actually very useful. The braking saved my butt when some asshole pulled out without looking. The car was already braking before I got my foot on the pedal. Possibly made the difference between a bit of “code brown” and swapping paint.

The problem with this stuff always seems to be that there’s always a few that just push the boundaries and ruin it for everyone. For instance, most neighbors wound’t get bent out of shape with a car that lives under a decent cover in the driveway. But leave an old rusty Camaro on jack stands for a 6 months – plus the…

Yea, and if you’re a person of color, it might not get you pulled over in certain states that will do that type of thing, just for fun.

Came here to say this:
“Also: 3-figure power and a bench seat are a bad mix.”

modern handling and lightness, and three-figure horsepower

Here, have a Snickers. You'll be back to normal in a few moments.

I remember people making a big deal about getting to see the bottom of Perez’s car when it got craned off Monaco last year. I wonder if it took a year for the field to correctly copy the floor of the RB.

Maybe its because they aren’t spending as much on their catering budget anymore.... and got restricted on just how much they can eat that has affected them.  IYKYK.

Hold on, hold on, hold on... you want to ban Trucknutz? I’ve been looking forward to a litter of Toyota Tacomas from my 4Runner. How is that going to happen if I remove them from my Tundra?

This. So much this. These guys peaked around 2010 and then it became repetitively boring. I watched the first iteration of Top Gear USA and whilst, it wasn’t a hit with the peeps, for me it was a breath of fresh air. 

Except that lower speeds are safer because lower speeds are safer. If public safety enters the picture, the speed limit needs to drop precipitously pretty much everywhere. Like, until we stop allowing trucks to be pedestrian plows, the speed limit anywhere someone might have to cross the street needs to drop to about…