I drove a Lamborghini Gallardo around an autocross course and on that day I learned just how good of an idea it is to put the engine behind the driver. The turn in was insane. Since at least the C5 the Vette has always been the car you can scrape up against supercar performance with at a fraction of the cost. The fact…

Because the correct letter, “R” or “D” appears next to their name on the ballot and because the wrong letter appears next to the other candidates’ names.

So, despite the NUMEROUS times banks have been caught engaging in blatantly criminal activity in recent years, you’re still prepared to be suspicious of someone because they choose to conduct financial transactions using a 100% legal means of transferring wealth which has only very recently become less popular because…

Let’s not go around repeating this contention by the republicans that they have anything to do with libertarian values. They are antilibertarian in every single thing they do and every single value they hold.

The fourth isn’t a very popular amendment with either of our beloved political parties right now. More surveillance, more police power, more searches, are bipartisan values.

The responses to your comment illustrate your point perfectly.

As many of the responses demonstrate, it has become impossible to even have a conversation about some of these things. It’s dogma. It’s written on a stone tablet and no further discussion is possible for any reason, even when that reason might be looking at other factors which make the roads less safe.

While I might not say that this attitude is the main thing holding us back on electric vehicles, specifically, I definitely agree that this attitude is one of the most significant things holding us back as a country.

It’s going to take another generation, or two, of battery technology to get widespread adoption of electric vehicles. I think they’re inevitable and I think they will likely be significantly better than ICE vehicles in many practical and fun ways, but they just aren’t “there” yet. There is so much work going in to…

The G8 was a great idea whose time came far too soon.  I looked at listings and it seems like even the lower trim cars have a LOT of mileage on them for the price, though.

These are surprisingly reasonable suggestions considering the title picture. Do not buy an Infiniti because Nissan makes absolute garbage now. My first car was a 98 maxima so it’s a painful admission, but even then QC was starting to go downhill.  I don’t think I ever turned a wrench on that car without breaking a…

My biggest problem with it is companies like Tesla saying, “oh it’s basically fully autonomous but also you need to keep your hands on the wheel and stay fully focused on the road”.  It’s disingenuous and also completely and utterly unrealistic.  People can barely stay engaged when they are fully responsible for…

I think so much of the “OMG SELF DRIVING CAR” stuff is completely stupid and pointless. What you suggest here, though, is exactly the small part of it I do think makes sense. Especially along heavy commuter routes, set the road up, set the systems up, etc. etc. to be able to safely cope with stop and go traffic. The…

This was well done. It’s a fair look at some of the failings of American style crony capitalism that doesn’t devolve into the pathetically myopic pro-socialism hot takes that are so popular now. It’s well researched, detailed, and specific.  It references several problems which are still very prevalent today.

I really like and appreciate this take. People are desperate to push us to electric vehicles, but a lot of times it is a very short sighted argument that ignores the environmental cost of producing batteries and electricity.  Mines suck. Pollution from mines sucks. But we need Lithium and if we have to mine it…

Will premature frame rust be coming back too?

Honestly, of all the horrible vehicles you are obsessed with, the manual Grand Cherokee stands out as one that makes perfect sense. Grand Cherokees are great (I refer to my former 03 WJ as “the shittiest vehicle I will ever love), and you want it in a manual. That’s completely logical.

I don’t know that it was a “turn off” but I did drive a friend’s father’s C5 Z06 and my main thought was that it was too fast to be enjoyed on public roads. Many years later I own a C6 Grand Sport and I can’t say that my assessment has changed. I love it, but I do miss driving the everloving shit out of my Miata…

This is obviously the right answer here. Very obviously. But it’s not a sleeper.

The design is actually kind of horrifying, but only horrifying in that way where you go, “the compromises they’re going to have to make to actually produce this thing will actually make it look a lot better”.