Interesting. It takes guts to publicly admit you have no time for competing logic and/or the capacity to understand it even if you saw it. That’s a brave step to take, albeit a rather piteous one.

1. Sorry you can’t understand long-form discussion material. Your loss.

I’m going to assume you’re joking or trolling. Driving safely and driving the speed limit don’t always touch in a Venn diagram. Case in point, rural interstates in dry daylight hours with no one around you? In a modern vehicle, 90 is as safe as 55. And 100 or 110 probably as safe as 70. In a 1975 Vega, when that speed…

The real reason the speed limit is so low through there is so state troopers can use it as a revenue generator, let’s be honest about that for a second. Roads like the Dragon are self-legislating when it comes to speed limits: No one is going to take a camper through there at 55 just because the sign says so, and you…

Deal’s Gap Motorcycle Resort at the far end of it, which is a glorified gas station but it’s a good place for bikers who get off on trying to intimidate car owners/drivers to congregate. Works great until they start picking on a car club that has 2x the members they have, then you find out you’re dealing with an…

Wondering if Uber/Lyft just tells Seattle to stuff it. One city of that size is not going to make either service sink or swim. And it seems more and more states are adopting right-to-work laws every year, so Washington is the outlier.

I’m sorry, I don’t want you judging for me which of my activities you feel are unsafe-yet-legal. Not to mention that not all rock climbers (or even motorcyclists) wear helmets, not all overeaters die in old age (plenty die in their 20s/30s from heart attacks brought about by sleep apnea due to weight), and when it…

What I never see in regards to “range” is how is it calculated? Driving 45 mph with no A/C? Or driving 75 with the HVAC on full the whole time and banging out tunes on the radio? Because if you can’t do the latter and maintain 310 miles of range, you don’t really have 310 miles of range.

I’ve been in sales before. There’s a book called “The Millionaire Next Door” that should serve as warning to anyone who wants to dismiss out of hand a person who doesn’t look or act the part of a high roller.

I always liked the dash design in these cars, tilting everything toward the driver. Gave it a very airplane-cockpit-like environment. Unfortunately it’s made from that same ovoid plastic crapshow that all Tauruses (and unfortunately, Jaguars) of the time were saddled with. For that matter, the exterior design isn’t…

My problem with this comment and all others related to it (i.e., my insurance goes up so I have a say in what you do with your own life) is that a lot of the same people who complain about beltless/helmetless drivers and use insurance as the point of conflict, are themselves often one of the following: overeaters,…

Lincoln’s MK scheme means “Mark”. The “T” is for “Touring.” So the MKT is “Mark Touring,” which sounds like a Seinfeld character who travels for work (but always has to fly in cattle class) who insists he’s really a jet-setting travelphile with regular places to stay in all the best places around the world — including…

If it handles well, it’s not a muscle car.

Heh. I’m reminded of Kenny Marks’ song “Chomp, Chow Down and Chew,” a song about what alternatives to drugs/cheating/etc. he goes through when he’s tempted to do something stupid:

I will say I never had a problem with this on a sedan until this year when I got a 2010 Jag XF. If you sit in traffic in the rain long enough, the rear window will get covered in drops — drops that don’t slide off once you’re back under power. The car needs a rear wiper in the worst way.

I bought a 2010 XF Portfolio this year and could not be happier with it. Incredibly comfortable, great performance (even though I skipped the supercharged model), classy looks, good utility (large trunk, lots of legroom, etc.). This is Jag #10 for our family and we’ll keep it a long time. I’ve had seven good ones,…

The original “Cars” is my favorite Pixar movie, if not my favorite Disney-connected movie of all-time. Look how many genres (animated or not) that Disney has its hooks in right now and I hope that statement is taken as the praise it was meant to be. My praise isn’t given just because I like cars, it’s because I grew…

Bash him all you want for what you consider an outdated opinion, but he’s right about increased safety’s effect on fan interest. No better example in this country than NASCAR. Two things caused NASCAR’s drop in popularity, ironically enough one from each side of the safety argument. One is the death of Dale Earnhardt…

It’s amazing on a site where so many commenters like to think of themselves as the intellectual 1% that so few of the comments understand the interplay between vehicles and the infrastructure that makes them work.

I get the sentiment but I don’t understand the logic. And I say this as a guy that has three Jaguars in the garage currently.