Having owned a EV for over 5 years, I realized savings gobeyond fuel. I no longer need to go in for oil changes. Regenerative braking means the current set of brake pads and discs will last decades. The less complex powertrain has had no mechanical issues. Heck, the only maintenance items are rotate the tires (no cost…

Out of all the cars I’ve owned, I came to love Alcantara. All the pluses of leather and cloth rolled into one magic material.

And located in the most ergonomically vicious place possible. Shorter folks I know driving the Classic had to contort their right arms into unnatural positions to lower/raise the windows.

The Range Rover Classic was lots of fun on road trips. You could have hours long discussions on why buttons, switches, and dial were seemingly placed at random around the vehicle. Exploring the inside turned up a veritable treasure trove of hieroglyphs and other cryptic symbols. Digging through the Rosetta Stone (aka…

Get something with sliding doors. Trust me.

My three year old toddler just asked, “Is that Mia or Tia?”

I think the cars at the first dealership were window dressing and never meant to be sold.

“We finance everyone!”

There is nothing wrong with responsibly using credit. When my now wife realized she needed a car, she knew zero about the purchase/lease process. Rather than blindly rushing in, she spent a few weeks asking folks familiar with buying cars questions, doing research online, distilling the answers, and shopping around. …

Nothing wrong with responsible borrowing that makes financial sense. My wife and I did something similar when we got a minivan several years back (Hey Jalopnik peanut gallery, I can hear the laughing so cut it out). We realized sliding doors and a low rear tailgate made handling two active toddlers much easier.. …

Because people are dumb. In a previous article, I commented how my sister in law hangs out with the crowd that are in a perpetual cycle of financial disaster due to their own poor decisions. No one thinks fore than 30 seconds into the future and make stupid inclusive decisions with long term consequences. Gotta…

Bedoe’s story reminds me of a stupid. self inflicted GPS fuck up. I was sent to the UAE for a business project. As with all projects planned thousands of miles away, things went off track is short order. Over the course of the next week, it was a constant shuffle between Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Al Ain. The driving…

Most trailers have sliding tandems that can redistribute the weight. Have a sliding battery pack to keep the axles weights legal.

Quiet!

Nope,

“Every rental car is a SUV.”

When consulting in the automotive industry, I was shocked at how the techs got screwed over by the dealerships.

Exactly.

Agree,
One of the C-level execs at work drives one. As far as he is concerned, it’s a car that gets him from point A to point B reliably and cheaply. He could afford much more but what is the point? Showing off to random strangers when sitting in standstill traffic?

Nah, he needs a $21,000 truck financed at 25% ARP. Don’t worry, it will be society’s fault if he cannot afford the loan.