1st Gear: I can’t decide if this is supposed to be a bad thing? I mean, we all like to shit on the “stealerships”, but when you realize that most of them have very few employees, many working on comission, sitting on millions in inventory they can’t sell and razor-thin margins - I feel like that’s exactly what these…

Don’t ever work/deal with federal IT. They literally have to test EVERY damn software to make sure there is no compatibility or security issues (heaven forbid you end up in a ‘secure’ environment, because that stuff is WAY worse). A year is about normal for doing all that testing. I’ve worked with a couple of agencies…

So how long before we start to see rear sliding doors on SUVs, or traditional rear doors on a minivan?

if i see so much as a paralegal; hell, even a goddamn intern, i am turning this car around!

Easy: the Chrysler Slant-6:

AMC inline 6. Been around in one form or another for like 50 years and is known for being slow and torquey but basically unkillable.

The requirements for Low Speed Vehicles in NC are:

Saturn. I have always thought killing Saturn was extremely short-sighted, but that’s GM for you. Although the products were lackluster at the end, Saturn had some brand equity among the *general public* (i.e. not “car guys” and fanbois). The customer service approach was good, and most people (again, not car “enthusias…

Oh, it’s a mixed bag. They were doing a long-distance, freeway-only livery service LA/OC/SD out to Palm Springs and up to Vegas. So in terms of the highway usage? All freeway, constant speed, those are the easiest miles ever put on a car. OTOH, opinions vary on how abusive the SuperCharger use was... I don’t think…

I was born in Altoona, have a lot of family still there, and spent a lot of time in the area up until I moved to the left coast.

You’ll never be able to convince me that this wasn’t perpetrated by a secret consortium of St. Louisians desperate to shed the title of “home to the worst ‘pizza’ ever”

David working on his Jeeps:

LX is a Chrysler 300, LD is the Charger, LA is the Challenger. The Chrysler 200 wasn’t even made in 2019, so that date code would make no sense with that guess.

if you are going to whip out a big graphic, here is one in response. it’s not that they have not kept up with inflation, wages just have not grown in general. for the average person, they are not making more than their parents did. the average person is just not getting any greater share of the wealth created. so with…

Usually I would agree with your view but in this extreme case, don’t we have more important things to worry about? I think people can understand why the RV’s in the front and should look the other way.

1st Gear: You get a bailout! You get a bailout! Everybody gets a bailout!!

They’ll look for the DNS records since those most likely aren’t encrypted.

The forced articulation of a solid axle is a huge advantage in off camber situations... forces the opposite tire down and gains traction opposite of the wheel being forced up... and with decent suspension set ups it helps the cab remain level... if you’ve ever offroaded with a hummer h1 or a Pinzgauer in your caravan…

In terms out outright off-road capability (i.e. the ability to traverse treacherous obstacles), I’m not so sure EVs will offer a huge advantage. ICE off-roaders have tremendous crawl ratios that yield loads of wheel torque even at low RPM, and they’ve got fully locked differentials ensuring that all wheels spin at the…

Apart from the fact is not now, nor has he ever been, a billionaire and that far from being an “uber-successful businessman”, he was a second-tier developer and multiple times bankrupt failson.