Disagree. I like having power-only ports in rental cars in case I don’t always want the phone to connect to the infotainment. I prefer *not* having my phone connected to a rental car, and instead just use earbuds all the time.

The chassis on these buses are ROBUST.  They have extremely beefy drivelines, and although they seem simple, they are almost all “custom” because of the needs of the various districts/routes.  And there is no real “economy of scale” because it’s not like they are building 50,000 of these per year, so it’s a lot of…

In 2021 or 2022, maybe this was worth trying on for a bit...but no, not for me.  This is an interesting car, and maybe the Petersen Museum wants it, but $17,500 buys a lot of other things...

This is SO TRUE and I have no idea why manufacturers aren’t realizing this and providing hybrids for their full-size SUVs.  Let the small commuter cars go full EV, as those are much less likely to be used on road trips and make more sense with smaller battery packs/range.  Let the 3-row SUVs go hybrid for at least…

This reminds me of the Chicago NASCAR race this year. I’m not even a NASCAR fan, but my wife suggested getting tickets for the family since we’re local to the event. It was going to be over $2k for the four of us to have the most basic grandstand seats for the 2-day event. I said NOPE...not that interesting. I turned…

I saw someone at Target the other day in a Model X with these stupid doors way up in the sky and all I could think to myself was how this driver feels about the conspicuous nature of simply opening/closing these doors. I guess it’s my own insecurity showing, but I would be so self-conscious with a car like that,…

I have no dog in this hunt, but I’m very curious what the automakers in the South have to say about all this. BMW’s plant in Greenville, SC is a non-union shop, and I imagine most others are as well. Hyundai is building a massive plant outside Savannah, GA, which I’m sure will be non-union. In fact, they’ll probably…

Dude really needs to get a vanity plate that just says “GAMUT”

Company seems to be “Lyten,” not Lytten.   www.lyten.com

The Cybertruck is such an ugly, late-to-the-party piece of garbage...I can’t wait for it to be a huge flop when it finally does show up.

I think when something this dumb is caused by driver inability/inattention, the insurance company shouldn’t have to pay out.  The driver SHOULD be fucked.

Exactly.  Guarantee these will all be online soon.  Which I guess is somewhat funny, but the part that grosses me out is knowing that someone definitely was driven around in that car right afterward.  Nope.

I like your sense of humor and would enjoy grabbing a drink.

I agree with you and am wondering why there isn’t a push for EVs with smaller packs that can charge at the high rates.  For instance, 150 mile range, but charge from 20-80% in like 5 minutes.  That’s the recipe we need.  No need to tote around a 400 mile pack when most days only need 40-60 miles between full charge…

Swap those nasty Walmart hubcaps for some recent Honda alloys with better offset and it’s an instant upgrade for me.  I bet they’d get more than the price of the alloys if they just did the swap and took new photos.

If you can’t tell that a car is de-catted after taking one whiff from nearby, you need to take a COVID test.

Maybe Tesla could claw back some market share by redesigning the ancient Model S that is almost indistinguishably different from the one they introduced in 2011.  And also then redesigning everything else.  I literally can only think of one reason to buy a Tesla right now...the charging network...and if you can charge…

ALSO - this presumes that all cars need to be replaced with massive battery packs with 200-300 mile range.  I would argue that as EV adoption progresses, and charging infrastructure improves (shorter charge times), many families will end up with “short range cars” and “long range cars”, which will further help…

My first manual transmission car was a 1990 Integra LS (hatch), which was totaled far too early in a snowstorm in 1998.  This has me thinking all sorts of things...

Why they didn’t lead with this car, I’ll never know (and don’t give me reasons because it doesn’t matter...they should’ve released this first and avoided all the bad press)