The Giulia - it’s beautiful but for a car that came out in 2017 I always thought it looked like something from the previous decade.

Remote start, or remote temperature control for EVs. It’s been an abnormally hot summer in the west (or the new normally-hot?) and I’ve found a new appreciation for the remote start feature on my car. Life is much more manageable when you’re loading two kids into a car on a hot summer day and the AC is running before…

Not everything needs to be an homage to the past. Brands can make new cars without stirring up nostalgia for the classics. We can, in fact, move on from the eighties and nineties.

Let’s just say I put a K&N filter into a car that ended up fouling up the MAF sensor and causing $6,000 in damage to the exhaust system. Not my proudest moment.

The older Subarus do great in the snow, but I’ve lived my whole life in a snowy mountain town and if I only had a few grand for a winter beater I would get an early 2000's Volvo XC70 and a set of used snow tires. When you go through as many long winters as I have, you realize reliable transportation is only part of…

Honestly, after owning an Outback 3.6R with EyeSight, the pre-collision warnings/braking and lane assist features are more of an annoyance than helpful. Driving just becomes an exercise in avoiding the myriad of beeps and steering wheel jerks.

I just saw a Tesla Model X last week with the a vanity plate: “SANSGAS” - on first glance I thought it said “SANGRIA”

Right after Model S was announced, I was trying to talk my parents into the idea of buying one. After discussing the mileage etc... they said “What’s the name?”
“Tesla.”
“Oh, we don’t want to buy a foreign car.”

That same thought was going through my head watching these videos. There should be some kind of  “high powered vehicle” license to drive any car over 400 or 500hp.

I was 18 years old, driving from Casper, Wyoming to Salt Lake City, Utah in a 1999 Civic Si with all-season tires, in the middle of the night, in a full blizzard, with a buddy of mine who was not the easiest person to spend 8 hours alone with. Probably about the dumbest thing I’ve ever done in a car. Sometime after…

Ford has a notoriously bad history with AWD systems and Power Transfer Units. Look up Ford Edge PTU issues and you’ll find endless accounts about how the PTU needs to be replaced at about 70,000 miles because they simply didn’t include a drain to change the fluid and it begins to overheat as the mileage racks up. A…

The only reliable car that I’ve purchased in the last 6 years was a 2016 Subaru Outback with a salvage title due to flood damage. The dealer showed me the damage report as well as their list of repaired and replaced items prior to purchase, and outside of regular maintenance it hasn’t been in the shop once. Can’t say…

I had a coworker with nearly the same experience a few years back. She went into a dealer to look at a Ford Fusion that she had found online, throughout the entire process the salesman asked her “are you sure your husband is okay with this?” “have you discussed this with your husband?” “maybe we should call your…

In high school a friend of mine bought the cheapest car he could find online for $50, an early 90's econo-hatch like a Metro or Justy or something like that. He drove it to a local 4x4 track and beat the hell out of it, then pushed it off a cliff in a nearby canyon. After a concerned citizen reported the accident…

“It’s just a car” - My dad, about every car I’ve ever been excited over.

I think this dude just wanted a Model X but he’s reaching for an excuse because he didn’t want to just come out and say “I’m making stupid amounts of money with my dumb YouTube videos, so I’m wasting some of it on a marginal car upgrade.”

Do I feel bad for people who overextend themselves on a depreciating asset? Not really. If you’re buying a car you can’t afford you’re only doing it for appearances, period. The richest guy I know drives a 2003 911. The second richest guy I know drives a 2014 Subaru Legacy sedan. My coworker who rents a crappy 1…

Just experienced this one today: habitual tailgaters. Not the people who tailgate because they’re assholes and want to pass you, I’m talking about the people who change lanes to get behind you and then proceed to ride 3 feet from your bumper no matter what the situation is. You speed up to get them off your ass, and…

1. Maroon - 91 Chevy Cavalier handed down from my sister.

Despite its “VTEC Yo!” reputation, the EG Civic has to be about the pluckiest little race car you can build. In the right hands it can be a 10 second dragster or it can destroy BMWs and Skylines on a track. Either way, you’ll probably spend less than $20k on the entire build. Love these things!