Needs more Roadkill.

For a stock CJ-2, that would be throwing good money after bad. Stroking out those old engines just isn’t worth it. The heads are such a restriction, you probably wouldn’t gain any power anyway. Plus, then you’d need new rods (more money), probably new pistons (more money), and if you’re getting new pistons and…

I’d be hesitant to drive that POS across my yard, much less clear to Moab...where it will be beat on relentlessly, then have to make it back home.

I was thinking that same thing. The driving in these videos is super impressive, but I couldn’t keep my eyes off the pussy magnet Celica.

I had a ‘99 VFR for several years, and I still think it was the best bike I’ve ever owned. It wasn’t a powerhouse, but was still powerful enough. It didn’t have the torque of a liter twin, but it had more than the inline competition. It didn’t handle as well as a 600cc supersport, but it out-handled most everything…

The Pacer really is shit. It’s ugly, underpowered, and just plain weird. But the Gremlin is awesome. It’s a lightweight wagon(ish) available with a V8 and a stick shift. Get one in brown and you’ve basically got every Jalop’s dream car. Not to mention that they were significantly cheaper than the competition when they…

Given the choice, I’d take a dash cam over a radar detector any day of the week, and twice on Sunday.

Given the choice, I’d take a dash cam over a radar detector any day of the week, and twice on Sunday.

Yup. Deadlines are made to be missed. I’m just about done with the total restoration of my 1970 Camaro, and should have it complete and ready to go for Power Tour this June. Which isn’t too bad, considering my original deadline was Power Tour 2010.

The Bolt isn’t much different from everything else on the market right now (Leaf, Focus, Soul), other than the fact that it has more range. Design-wise, they’re all pretty much the same and use similar cooling systems, a separate 12V system, etc.

Uhhhh, what about the power being out? Without power, you don’t get any gas. And, I hate to break it to you, but internal combustion cars break down too. Having a gas powered car is no guarantee of getting where you want to go.

Factoring extraordinary circumstances that you will rarely, if ever, encounter into your purchase decisions for everyday items is maybe not the best idea.

This is a first generation GM product.

It’s interesting that he’s just cruising along at over 200mph with no fire suit, no gloves, wearing his Casio wristwatch.

> “The open hood pic had a disturbing number of fluid containers.”

Other than Tesla’s proprietary connection (which they developed so that they could charge twice as fast as the competition), the others are standardized. But because they have different capabilities, they have different connectors. It’s akin to USB/Firewire or VGA/DVI/HDMI. Most electric cars come with an adapter to…

I actually think that the EPA standards suck, for several reasons. Firstly, it works the wrong way ‘round. It forces companies to produce a good, and then hopes they can convince the public to buy that good. It would be better to affect demand and then allow the suppliers to cater to the demand. You can do the latter…

More or less, but people the hardware and software are usually referred to separately, since the hardware was built into the cars long before the software was available. For instance, someone who bought a car in November of last year would have had Traffic Aware Cruise Control this entire time, but wouldn’t have had…

The data says otherwise.

It can be confusing. Not only does Tesla have two different hardware revisions, but they also have two different versions of Autopilot (1 and 2), as well as early cars with none of the above.

It’s not as complex as the graphic makes it seem. Most places that have reversible lanes it’s all or nothing. All of the lanes to East, or all of them go West, but not half and half (the I-90 HOV lanes in Seattle are a good example). There are others that have a movable divider. An example of this is the Golden Gate…