Every time I drive to my parent’s house (184 miles) I try to set a person best record for the shortest drive time. I always try to beat the Waze/Google maps ETA.

That’s why I use Canola oil and change it every 50 miles!

Oddly, the 700ish in my Ram 2500 feels a bit light but I think the computer is reluctant to put the power to the road with the manual transmission.  I know the merc transmission is tried and true but it is a pretty heavy down tuning from the normal slushbox setup.  Zero to any speed takes planning and patience and…

Agree. That means I don’t need a Semi anymore to pull my trailer.

Just speaking for myself, the maximum rating only matters in that I know the truck will feel more confident towing 50-75% of it than a smaller or older truck would be towing near it’s capacity. I’ll never need to tow 20,000 lb, but a truck that’s capable of that will be a better rig to tow 10,000 than an F150 that…

Jeebus, I can’t believe we’re talking about 1,000 torks in trucks you can just buy off the lot. What a time to be alive. 

David, how can you warm your cars up if they won’t start ?

thank whatever god you pray to that we are past the days of IDI diesels

I told the CEO of Mazda North America the most requested thing about the Mazda 3 from our readers was a turbo AWD manual hatchback to his face, and he smiled and said, “oh really?”

I would.  I’ve been bitching about too-big small trucks for years.

^  That Guy

Just being a little pedantic ;) but what you’re referring to as the second generation Prius(XW10/NHW11) was actually just the mid cycle updated first generation (XW10/NHW10) the second generation Prius (XW20) was the UFO looking one that came out in 2003. The major difference between NHW10 and the NHW11 was that the…

That would be amazing.  We need a ~$30k mid-engine GM sports car.

I found a crack pipe under the shift boot of my jetta. Completely explained the state of the rest of the car...

I’m pretty sure most of us, given the choice, would want a lovely, precise gated shifter for our manual cars.

If I’m remembering correctly, blinding oncoming cars takes points off the headlight score, which is why a lot of cars several years ago with great projecting headlights still got bad headlight scores.

I do not. I buy cars based on my wife’s approval of the safety rating.

This is my finest ever contribution to Jalopnik.