Living in DC as we do, infrastructure, quality of schools and safety are three factors, but the biggest is housing costs. If we had kids, the faster we move out to the cheaper burbs, the sooner we can start saving for an outrageously expensive but increasingly less valuable college education for said kids. Granted…

They did, and I updated it.

You’ll notice this is one of the first videos on Foxtrot Alpha’s new video channel. We’re trying to figure out exactly what we want to do with it. Feel free to share your ideas in the comments.

The trucks were able to pass the emissions tests because they were set to retard the timing during a city cycle like the one that the EPA ran when they tested them which produced lower combustion temperatures and resulted in lower NOx levels. Once the trucks started moving down the highway, the ECMs recognized that…

Going the racetrack in two weeks novice class. Last time no passing allowed on the turns. If your BRZ was on the ass of a ZO6 Shelby whatever, they were flagged on the straights and had to let you pass. I passed at least 5000hp that day. Engine is terrific at 5000 and above all day. This year coil overs, wheels and…

First and foremost, I watched the movie and I enjoyed the movie. But I never came at it with any expectations. I walked away hearing people talk about PTSD and frankly that irked me.

Earlier this week I drove some new Chargers, including the bonkers 707 HP Hellcat one. I'm not yet allowed to talk about what the drive was like, but Dodge didn't mention anything about not talking about the cooking. So here's the world's first review of cooking a frozen burrito on the engine of a Hellcat.

This is a trick question. No car can be fun driving it 100 miles a day in traffic. If you commute 100 miles a day you need to stop, find a new job or move closer to work. Your quality of life and love of cars will cease to exists after years of a soul sucking commute.

Picking both wasn't a surprise because picking two was always part of the plan. Picking SpaceX was a no-brainer, but the only disappointment for me was that the SNC Dream Chaser got passed over for what is essentially a paper airplane. SNC has actually been test flying atmospheric prototypes on their own dime while…

I just think it would be cool to really open this competition up, and take suggestions from carmakers other than GM. from anyone, really, with the capability. can you imagine how cool that would be, to have a level playing field and let every business compete, only awarding the contract to the best idea and…

shouldn't you be working? ;)

IIHS is a safety institute. Their focus is safety. They work for insurance companies. Personal injury is the highest cost to insurance companies. IIHS will give the best info to reduce the chance of human injury. Hence their limited scope and seemingly singular focus on safety in this list. They got it 100% as their…

Why wasn't this posted back in May before most of us registered for LeMons the following weekend?

I wasn't clear, this is my point: as soon as the profits are higher (not just profit per unit but overall profit) AND they know they can sell it. I had forgotten about the standard rear camera, that just seals the deal, with that they will probably start in the base models. I think this is going to happen rather…

I have a side spilt and when you come up the stairs into the living room it is right in front of you. That evil HAL 9000 looking blank eye (Red in the winter for added creepy).

Here are the 10 questions I would most like to ask Barra and Valukas if I were on the committee at today's hearing: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-…

Michigan's Rep. Fred Upton has words for NHTSA too, and says the committee will address them in the future. "The system failed and people died, and it could have been prevented."

Important to note: the Valukas Report only looked into the specific Cobalt/Ion/HHR ignition switch issue, but none of the other recent recalls.