Watch what he does with the FAA. “Those inspectors just get in the way of Boeing MAKING PLANES GREAT AGAIN. And who needs air traffic controllers? They just slow down everyone who wants to take-off and land.”

Hmm. Interesting rant. As for me, I live in the California desert and regardless of whether it’s hot or cold (or both) I warm up the car just to get the tach settled down to a regular idle - about fifteen seconds - then drive off. Seems like a small thing, but it gets the engine lubricated and makes me feel like I’m…

Whether it is due to buggy electronics or underlying mechanicals, Audi is scoring low to very-low on reliability scales from J.D.Power and Consumer Reports. Enthusiasts will scoff at those, but if Audi wants to increase sales, it has to go beyond the enthusiast market. Getting the average wealthy Joe or Jane to look…

I spent ten years on a Bergman 650 scooter and loved it around town and on the highway. If I were younger today (at 71 years) this would be my next bike. But age, especially balance, are not what they used to be, so I’ll only hope that I see a lot of these on the road.

This.  And I hope the tagger is made liable for the additional security now required at the airport.

No, the grifter above ultimately proved to have a heart, a brain and some courage. In contrast to...

Nope. GM just folded its BriteDrop EV’s into Chevrolet because it wasn’t making it as a stand-alone brand. Creating another stand-alone brand for EV’s under Saturn, with all its checkered history, would not be smart. GM doesn’t have the interest in or money to spend on supporting another brand.

“This Twin-Engine Mini Pickup Makes Me Feel Things I Haven’t Felt In A Long Time”  - like when you were 12?

Best price on this is its weight as scrap metal.

Is, was, and will always be the Mazda.

Google phones will be manufactured in India starting this year.  They’re excellent phones with outstanding cameras.

It is indeed difficult to avoid Chinese-sourced products - even food. Check canned and frozen foods at your local super-cheap stores and you’ll find many from China. As for phones, I just learned that Google will transfer its phone production from China to India this year. I have a Google 7Pro and it’s a stellar…

The wagon isn’t dead.  It’s just masquerading as a 2024 Chevy Trax. 

Chevy Trax RS - $30,000 out the door (incl. tax, title, license). Easy to drive, smooth on the road, good tech and 30 mpg. Not the LS or LT (decontented infotainment), not the Activ (taller wheels and thinner tire sidewalls make for a flinty ride). The RS, only.

Instead of the Envista Avenir, I came home with a Trax Activ.  I would have liked some of the added features of the Buick, but much prefer the station-wagon profile of the Chevy.  It has proven to be a solid car. 

The wagon isn’t at all dead. I just bought a ‘24 Chevy Trax Activ. It’s too low to be an SUV / CUV and within an inch and a half of the height of a Passat wagon (61-62 inches versus 60). Looks like a wagon to me and they’re selling a ton of them. The wagon isn’t dead, just the name is passe (sorry).

Worst 7 minutes of my day.  What a waste of time listening to this ignorant, hateful, low-life. 

The Malibu Maxx was a significant design improvement over the dowdy standard Malibu of the same era.  That sedan was far worse. 

It seems that the current list of top 15 flavors include several that mask as chocolate chip: Chocolate chip cookie dough, mint chocolate chip, Moose Tracks, vanilla and chocolate, and Rocky Road.  Plus good ol’ chocolate chip.  It’s what happens when the market gets fragmented by a bunch of specialty flavors. …

A minor fender-bender on Skyline - nothing really new. A slightly damaged Tesla requiring many thousands to fix - nothing new here, either.