The indestructible Toyota Hilux Top Gear videos really sent the value of 1980s Toyota Trucks skyrocketing. If I bought one, it would have to be a 4x4 more like Marty McFly's BTTF truck. Or one of the early models from about 79-84. I'm not a big fan of the early 1990s body style.

I’ve noticed a pattern at Toyota (and by extension Lexus) over the last couple of years re-using old power trains for far too long, making cosmetic changes to interiors and exteriors of a car, and selling them as redesigned. The LFA was cool, but it was far too expensive and was still sold at a loss. The fact that the…

How come things like tires and brakes didn’t make the list? The introduction of radial tires to replace old bias ply tires was a fairly significant advancement. Are brakes just lumped in with safety features?

it was funny when they asked him to be a lifeguard and he just flat out told them “no, I’ll be busy by then”

I recall about 10 years ago, the Volkswagen Golf R32 had just been released in the U.S. (which could be seen as a predecessor to the Golf R) and my mother and I took her Jetta TDI for service at the dealership. They actually offered us to test drive the R32 even though my mom wasn’t seriously looking to buy, and it…

Jay Leno once wrote about how American Top Gear would never work because cable TV is dependent on advertiser sponsorship to make money, and the hosts therefore can never talk badly about a sponsor’s (which would likely be a particular auto manufacturer’s) products. One of the things that made British Top Gear great…

The way that CAFE average for each manufacturer mpg is calculated, taking into account sales volume and vehicle footprint, is far to confusing for anyone who doesn’t have knowledge of statistics to understand. I’d much rather see the mathematical process of how they come up with the average, rather than just the…

Somebody who’s paying $50-60 for a luxury SUV and needs a third row probably doesn’t care that much about gas mileage. And people who buy the GX460 for the body-on-frame build and V8 torque probably have a largish boat, and a large family, that they need to tow around and they are not concerned whatsoever about gas…

O’Hare really isn’t that bad, sure parts of it are a little outdated, but it still functions as one of the busiest airports in the world. Although I will say of the two Chicago airports I prefer Midway.

The wheels are mismatched and one is obviously bent. If one of the wheels is bent, then there is probably suspension damage, if only on that one corner.

You could do this with an embedded microcontroller, like an Arduino, plus an RF transmitter, and software that just brute force sends out codes in ascending order until eventually the right one unlocks the car. Total cost $60-$75. Any Computer Engineer (or hobbyist or hacker for that matter) should be able to figure…

Or just move to a state which doesn't require vehicle safety inspections, or property tax stickers whatever those are. Then save money by never repairing or maintaining any damage or safety issues whatsoever to your beater car. I've seen cars driving around with stoved in doors, missing bumpers, coat hangers holding…

Scenes involving nitrous oxide bottles and a horrendous fiery explosion. Nitrous by itself is non flammable.

Several years ago I took my 4Runner to have the timing belt service done at the dealership. Then in the meantime I really got into DIY maintenance and haven't been back to the dealer in years. About 3 weeks ago, completely out of the blue I get a Toyota points Visa card which I did not apply for. Turns out my father…

I know this isn't serious enough to count as fraud, but I once found a great price on a used Lexus at a dealership on an eBay classified, and went in to look at it and go for a test drive. The salesman told us someone else had called from out of state and was interested in the same car and if we wanted it then we…

I wouldn’t spend $1.7 million of fake dream money on the LaFerrari either. I think I’d have the Porsche.

Well if it is then they're a long way from Sunnyvale Trailer Park.

I thought that the reason for the DTV transition several years ago was to enable wider reaching wireless networks to use old analog OTA TV spectrums. So far nothing has been done with them. Why don’t they use that instead? To be honest, I don’t expect elected officials to understand technological issues.

Why is this such a close poll? I always thought the Brat was a bit of a punchline around these parts. The hastily installed seats in the bed, the is it a car or is it a truck rhetoric, the lack of power, the broken back window. CP, all day long.

Somebody was obviously trying to re-enact something they did in the game Watch_Dogs.