Bet it’s the cutoff for the A/C compressor. Common fix on a lot of Japanese cars where the coolant temp overheat sensor has failed and can’t be safely removed from the engine without cracking something else.

When Sergio said he could outsell Tesla anytime he wanted to simply by building an electric car and “add(ing) Italian flair” I knew the rollout of the Giulia would be a shitshow.

Came here to throw my two cents in, saw that there’s probably already a Brinks truck full of pennies saying the same thing.

I guess where I get off this train is whether I have to be concerned about the U.S. role in nuclear proliferation. Because I don’t think what the U.S. does or doesn’t do matters one bit; its enemies are going to proliferate like the metaphorical humping bunnies until they run out of nuclear-baby-making juice.

Came here for the Kia Amanti mention. Although I always thought it was built to knockoff the Jag S-Type more than a Mercedes.

Like most, I’m CPing this. But some advice while I do: Just quit featuring anything $30k or up (or for $3k and down). It’s so hard to find value at that level and most people see five figures with a “3" in front and unless it’s a Countach that was only driven to church on Sundays by an Italian grandmother, they’re not…

You would be shocked at the number of college-educated (mostly Millennial-aged) people who don’t know there’s an environmental cost to EVs. And many if not most of the ones that do know there’s a cost think it’s contained to the issue of how plug-ins affect the electrical grid and power needs from coal-fired or…

This is quickly becoming my favorite feature on the site. Always interested to see how the cars of my childhood (80s) stack up to today. For every good one (Conquest/Starion twins) there’s a bad one (most everything with a GM stamp on it).

“We don’t catch the smart ones.” — Sean Larkin, Tulsa PD, on A&E’s “Live PD”.

I don’t know how old you are, but I’m in my 40s and if I live a regular lifespan, we’ll still be pumping gas when I drive off into the great hereafter. Because range, because performance, because infrastructure, because inertia.

I’ve told this story here before, in slightly different form: I’ve owned 10 Jaguars over the last 30 years. Over about a 15-year stretch in the middle of all that, I also owned three Mitsubishi Starion/Chrysler Conquest twins. Along with, yes, a Bricklin. All of those cars turned heads, several were great on the back…

I’m going to try to answer differently than some others have, as there will be too much me-too-ism by saying “it makes me feel good,” etc.: It needs to perform one of two duties exceptionally well — either performance, or luxury. Preferably both. But luxury is not a necessity for a sports car.

Nice thought but it’s not compatible with how economics works. The reason you can “just get the Miata” is Mazda builds enough other cars to keep their factories running so they can produce the Miata. If you start to severely cut the number of cars sold worldwide via a move to mass transit, car companies are going to…

I’ve seen this story several places and what fumes me is the couple keep talking about how they were “misled” by Magnolia Homes in regards to the quality of the neighborhood.

What I want to know is how that woman avoided getting jail time for that haircut.

Yes, but that’s really not relevant. What’s relevant is they can (or more accurately, have to be able to) marshal a fleet of trucks out of their affiliated carriers and still be able to get freight from points A to Z via B, C, D, etc. If they’re going to sign on for something like this, they would have to be able to…

If NK touches any part of the U.S. with an ICBM, whether the thing detonates or not, whether it kills millions of people or just a few squirrels ... we’re going to war. That’s all. I don’t want it, you don’t want it, but it’s going to happen. Let’s stop pretending like not going to war in the event of a missile strike…

Oh, I’m glad they did it. I much prefer hydrogen fuel cell technology to straight-up electric tech (and especially if we could get some kind of hydrogen hybrid tech that would allow for transmission options and unlimited range, meaning similar driving mechanics to current-day gas-powered vehicles). On the other hand,…

I just finished driving about 30 hours as part of a “driving vacation” with my wife. We took a 2010 Jaguar XF Portfolio (5.0L V8, but no supercharger). On every semi-sporty road we took, I put the car in “S” and turned on Dynamic mode and shifted the car with the paddles.

Loud Jake brakes don’t happen by accident. You’re talking about UNMUFFLED Jake brakes. A properly set-up Jacobs makes almost no noise at all. Those you can hear for five blocks have noise-reduction systems that are either unmaintained, or purposely cut up to make everything louder. Think of it as a fart can for a…