Well VW owns MAN and Scania and has a significant investment in Navistar here in the US. Toyota has a big investment in Hino and is also building fuel cell-powered Kenworths. I agree Toyota could choose a partner with better “optics”, but VW is huge in the trucking industry and can help Toyota get their autonomous…

This is still a boring car, but at least it’s better than my 2010 Jetta. That thing is slow, cramped inside, and still manages to only get 22/30 mpg city/highway fuel economy because it weighs about 1000 pounds too much. This one at least seems more functional and gets MPGs closer to what I would expect out of a car…

The guy that lives across the street from me has this issue. He currently has a lifted Cherokee (with two transmissions sitting behind it) that hasn’t moved since he bought it, a beater Corolla and Civic that somehow still work, an S10 that doesn’t run, a worn out RV that he only bought because his girlfriend kicked…

I was driving a loaded semi on the interstate a couple weeks ago and had a guy in front/to the left of me decide he needed the exit I was about 100 feet from passing. He cut me off and slammed on his brakes when he realized the off ramp was full of cars and he had no way to merge. Luckily someone let him over because…

I see a lot of people saying they save money by eating beans, rice, and ramen. That’s a cheap way to eat, but also a good way to die early and not enjoy that retirement you are working hard for.

I think you mean there is no logic in voting. People are dumb and will continue to be that way.

Agreed. I took a bus from Istanbul to Athens and it was great. The train from Sofia to Istanbul wasn’t the best, but it was cheap and had beds. Hard to complain about that.

Their headquarters is in my hometown, Corydon. People around there seem to be pretty pro-Lucas Oil. I didn’t know he supports puppy mills, but then again I moved away from Indiana 10 years ago. I’m sure more people would dislike him if they knew that. I know his son went to my high school for a little while and he…

3rd Gear: Faurecia’s Gladstone and Columbus South plants are both in Columbus, IN. I interviewed for an engineering position at the Gladstone facility in 2013 and lived in a Columbus, IN for a couple years while working for Cummins.