1st Gear: Relying on Engineers... GM tried that at least once before. We got this...

Sounds like someone in a Mobile Home Park is getting themselves some new patio furniture.

I remember when Ram came out with the SRT10. Everyone went apeshit for it. Then they didn’t buy it, because for the price you paid for it, you could have bought a Supercar, as opposed to a Ram/Dodge/Chrysler/FCA/Daimler-Chrysler with zero resale.

I’m all “buy American”, until you realize that most “American” cars are built in Mexico or Canada while most “Japanese” cars have a higher US-content number than the “Big 3". Hell, one of the “Big 3" isn’t even American owned anymore, because Fiat bought them out, after the Germans got through buying them out. It’s…

So a police department can pull off an all-electric vehicle for a police vehicle, just not one that’s not built to be a capable police car. I get the idea of a “non-patrol/non-chase” option, but lets be realistic...most of the time, the cops are going to take a hard pass out of that. Let’s look at why. We’ll take your…

When the list was compiled, did they mean “South” as in “South of Canada”? Baltimore is what I’d consider to be a definite Northern City. Even Washington DC I would consider conceptually a “Northern” city since it’s the Nation’s Capital and was the seat of Government during the Civil War.

Stef’s data on the 1st Gear blurb really doesn’t mean squat for us, I bet. It was based on the results of 60 auctions, which means it’s probably mainly dealer auctions. And when you’re looking at percentages, you have a variance of about 1 percent between the highest and the lowest numbers. For most data…

So I get that, apparently, they’re intending this car to be a bit a more prolific than previous ultra-high HP Shelbys. But, this isn’t the first time they’ve done a street legal Shelby that had more than 700 HP. It’s not the highest street legal Shelby at all, unless it cracks 950 HP. They’ve had a GT500 Super Snake…

Suggested Criteria for a “hand me down vehicle”...

Considering I have an intense dislike of bicycles on the road in general, and an intense loathing of bicycling races on roads in particular, this actually makes me happy. Here in Texas, bicycles are treated as a vehicle for road use. They don’t want you riding the bike on the sidewalk. So that means you have some…

So first, there’s plenty of guys who’s only sex they had before they managed to find that one woman, who was desperate enough to have sex with them, was a magazine in one hand and well...you get the idea. So for a bunch of guys, I have a feeling the A.L.F. cardboard thing wouldn’t be that big a divergence from their…

With the redesign, I wonder what FCA is planning on offering in the way of recalls and cheating charges. Are they going to bundle the Recalls with the Cheating Charges, or are they going to allow you to order each separately, where you can pick and choose, such as “Okay, I think I’ll take ‘Left Assembly Line without…

You could just change it all to binary. The series of ones and zeros would fry your computer. For instance, here’s my initial 8 word sentence in binary.

First, most people rarely, if ever, come close to hitting the limits of their vehicles in terms of handling or speed. The only limits people will typically hit is either braking, acceleration, or towing/hauling. Having said that, it doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t love to have a Mustang GT, Shelby, Dodge Challenger SRT,…

They absolutely don’t cheat on the diesel emissions...unless you take the truck up over 65 mph, because they weren’t meant to go faster than that. I know, because a dealership on the internet told me so. If it’s on the internet, it must be true.

He looks like a hipster douche, so I automatically question his version of events.

I can see this. Plus, you don’t have the normal drawback with a used Viper that you would with any other car brand. When Dodge (or one of their other badge-engineered companies) sells a vehicle brand new off the lot with issues, both cosmetic and functional, the issue with buying a used version that has cosmetic and…

According to lore, when the Camaro was first released, a journalist asked what was a Camaro. A production manager told him it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangs. Based on humor alone, and as a Mustang fan, I still feel Camaro deserves to have its name added to the list. Please see the link below for…

Disregard the military aspect. The truth is that most people aren’t as vehemently opposed to things as the media and politicians like to portray it. Yes, there are issues out there that people absolutely don’t support. But most people can be “okay” with an issue, so long as they don’t feel it compromises their own…

I love this article. And you’re absolutely right on pretty much every point you made. But I don’t think we’ll see a plateau the way we normally would. IF (and believe me, I’m dreading it) EVs really pick up mainstream acceptance, we’ll see the 1/4 mile time chase slide over to EVs. Even if we don’t like EVs, we all…