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.

Let’s assume that the franchisees are right in reducing their delivery service because of the higher costs due to California’s new law. It would suggest that such labor is a significant cost of making and delivering a pizza. Further, we can assume that automating the actual making of a pizza will soon displace those…

Too funny.  Thanks for the laugh. 

In the words of Peter Delorenzo, “Boo freaking hoo!”

Just a quick note that the Reatta wasn’t the only Buick with concealed headlights. Beginning in 1987 through 1989, the J-car Buick Skyhawk was given concealed headlights in the T-Type and Limited models.

Buick Encore. For people who might understand that no one respects their choice, but really don’t care.

With all the bad news at the local, state, national and international levels, it’s nice to see some good news for a change:  Self-righteous stupid people finding karma. 

What’s so interesting about this list - and probably another 10 or 20 cars that might qualify - is that they’re all exotic and basically European vehicles. Further, each one of them - except perhaps the FF - had fan magazines drooling over them when they first came out. Proof that a test drive with only 100 miles on…

The fine is never going to be so high that it would actually hurt the airline.  Instead, it’s a headline for the Dept of Transportation and a rounding error for American Airlines.  Make it $41 million and see how often such behavior happens again.

It might be helpful to note that after a day or so of rain, the gunk is washed off. The roads may then be wet, but not nearly as slippery. I’m a native Californian and former motorbike rider who knows to avoid the road in the first two days of rain - not only because of the slick pavement, but also due to the…

Generally agree with this list based on my experience.  Delta is definitely first.  I thought Alaska would outrank United, but it’s close.  Not too surprised about Southwest since their cancellation debacle; three years ago they would likely have been much higher.

Pontiac Fiero.  Poster child for style over substance.

Perfect!