I rented one of these from National last week. God, what a shit car. It feels wider than a Tahoe and handles only marginally better. And the fuel economy was a joke for a V6. The V6 Camaro is a proper sports car and I’m sure the Mustang is too (I’ve only rented the 5.0). But the Challenger is just so old and sloppy

I’ve done this before at my university. Open parking all over campus on Saturday. Drove somewhere and parked. Drank all weekend and come Sunday night, no idea where I left it. It happens

But it does look pretty good from street level. Unfortunately, it’s surrounded by skyscrapers that will be looking at it from above.

I don’t know of any system like that that would pull the car over. That seems more dangerous than just continuing course.

Well autopilot in airplanes requires the pilot and co-pilot to be present and aware at all times, maintaining control of the aircraft should something unexpected happen. That’s what the Tesla system does. Plus its a catchy name that some other manufacturer would take if they didn’t.

Other than being worded really poorly by a fratstar manchild, the policies are pretty reasonable. More reasonable than most companies that have a silly zero-tolerance rule people often ignore. Yeah Uber is a shitty company, but this letter is one of the more responsible things its done, in its intention. And from what…

Finally! They are huge nuisances and I’m glad someone is addressing this. As someone who drives in Chicago everyday, I can’t go more than a few blocks without seeing an Uber double-parked in traffic or pulling a sporadic U-turn to pick up a new fare. I’m sick of them going 1o mph down busy streets trying to figure out…

My sister has a 5 speed crosstrek and I agree. The shifter feel is awful and the clutch has zero feel. But she loves the car. As a mom, she’s mostly concerned with fuel economy, comfort, safety and looks. It’s fasts enough for her use and she’s just glad they even offered the manual

It really can only happen at hand built “coachmakers” which rolls Royce technically is

It’s likely a Chinese buyer living in London. 8 is the luckiest number in Chinese and you can bid on license plates in the U.K. He likely paid a million just for that number plate which is permanently grafted onto the car now.

When I was working at Toyota corporate a few years ago, I heard rumors that they were going to put the new Lexus 2.0T and 8 speed into the CT. Sad that little hot hatch never happened.

And they’re getting hours on big boy planes, not just Embraers. So it’s a better career move in some ways

You know who else pays underpays new pilots? The regional partner airlines they must fly with for years before the mainline airlines hire you. They don’t get mainline pay of the “competition” because they don’t have enough experience to work for them. Just because you’re flying a 737 doesn’t mean you’re qualified for…

You wanted quirky. Does this count? Manual, RWD, Mercedes chassis. And at under $5,000 with lowish mileage, you’ve got money for some good track tires and repairs. It’s basically a Mercedes SLK underneath, but worse in every way... though it has a lot of personality!

A true Jalop bear knows that a Focus can’t do donuts because it’s FWD. Source: my avatar is a bear

True. I’m just pointing out that the brand prestige and styling go a looong way in the market for a $35k midsize car.

Why buy a 330i when the Malibu is cheaper, larger, more practical, has better mileage and is not too far off in terms of performance? The same logic here.

I’m a consultant, so I work in Dallas 5 days a week at my client and live in Chicago. Consulting in general is doing well and most firms are hiring :)

In Montenegro, I rented a brand new Renault Twingo 5 speed. It was such a fun, tossable little car to hoon on the winding mountain roads, because it’s rear engined and rear wheel drive. It also had some clever features and was rather stylish and comfortable. But then the new car (with only 2000 km on it) broke,…

You mean a year before. The SRX hit production in ‘03. And the concept was in ‘02