Also it’s the biggest city for a long way in any direction, so it’s probably something of a regional shopping center.

These types of speed humps are fun on a motorbike. Just lift off the saddle a little and you’ll cruise right over them, especially if it’s a dual-sport bike.

Hands up: Who has driven through a drive-thru in reverse so the person in the passenger seat could make a transaction?

I feel like the best of bad options here is to open a cowl gap of an inch or two between the windshield and frunk lid, use one or two gigantic wipers, and park them underneath it so you don’t see them most of the time. This was a common trick on luxury cars in the 80s, to avoid having “ugly” wipers visible all the…

That wiper isn’t parked, it’s abandoned.

Anyone else thinking of the Mercedes SL monowiper?

If Tesla were the only company making EVs I might agree with you, but they aren’t, and it’s possible to encourage EV adoption without embracing Elon Musk’s bad behavior.

I used to know someone who worked at GameStop. He was incredibly good at it — he was one of those people who was just born to work sales. He was knowledgeable and helpful and gave customers good recommendations. Naturally, GameStop treated him like shit until he quit.

I just replaced a set of tires on my van that had good tread because they were 10 years old. The idea that anyone is still driving around on 20 year old tires of *any* manufacture is pretty scary.

I mean, it’s Ken Paxton. We already know he’s corrupt. This would be pretty routine for him.

One day Elon Musk is going to wake up and realize that Greg Abbott isn’t trapped there with him, he’s trapped there with Greg Abbott. Texas is a state that depends heavily on oil and gas, to the point where they passed a law punishing banks that divest from oil and gas stocks; it’s going to start putting the squeeze…

I admit I’ve never quite understood Maseratis; if you’re going to spend supercar money, wouldn’t you want to spend it on something that advertises you have supercar money? Why spend that kind of cash on something that looks like a Volvo?

I have a hard time believing that every car company would be able to standardize on one battery that will fit every car, from subcompacts up to pickup trucks. It’s just such a vital part of the packaging of the vehicle.

For commuting it’s really not necessary, though, because you can charge overnight at home or during the work day at the office.

This isn’t a huge surprise — anyone who’s owned diesels for a while will tell you there’s both a bacteria and a fungus (both often erroneously called “algea”) that can “infect” your fuel tank and clog your filters. They require a small amount of water in the bottom of the tank and live at the interface between the…

Emissions from the tire in the photo are especially high, because it will eventually blow out and cause the Explorer it’s on to roll, releasing quantities of gasoline and oil into the environment. ;)

Part of what’s going on here is Lexus has 2% of the US market share. A number that small actually argues for pursuing polarizing styling, because if they do something that 96% of people hate, but 4% of people really love, they can potentially double their market.

I know I’m in the minority here, but I just can’t see paying $28K for what’s basically a VW Beetle in disguise.

I don’t mind the stops, it’s the risk of getting stranded and need to meticulously pre-plan that’s a barrier for me.

But with COVID surge after COVID surge happening, often the only practical one.