Yea, if I was going to ascribe a stereotype to Miatas it would unquestionably be “people who autocross”.

I do not own white New Balance shoes or jean shorts. Nor do I tuck my t-shirts in. I do own a Corvette, though.

Given that this is Detroit I was more or less positive for the first half of the article that someone spotted this in an abandoned building and grabbed it.  Exceedingly unlikely that anyone would ever come looking for it, but not legal either.  It sounds like you found the actual previous owner, though!  Seems like it…

Very cool but the potential for catastrophic damage with that car is just too high.

I’m glad more companies are entering the electric car market. I know it’s inevitable (and important) even if I don’t love it. Then again, I’m probably better with electricity than I am with the innards of an ICE so there is potential for fun here.

Huh, I’ve never actually noticed “pass through ratchets”, i.e. one tool takes multiple pass through sockets. I have ratcheting box wrenches where obviously you need one of each size.

I posted another comment but as I was looking at the site again, I noticed that the featured image for the story is pretty much exactly why AWD/4WD is good.  They’re pushing the cab because, obviously, it doesn’t have enough traction to move.  Sure, it shouldn’t then accelerate up to 80mph but getting a car moving…

I’m not getting the impression from the story (and maybe I’m wrong) that she was doing this because there was pressure from the company to do so. The company should still be responsible for allowing such an obvious lapse and inadequate QA procedures, but prison seems a bit harsh if there was no intent.

Left lane being the “fast lane” has to be the biggest one in terms of overall believers. Things are completely out of control with this in the US. A left lane full of cars, a middle lane with fewer, and a right lane with none happens all the time now. Not only that, but people will argue with you viciously that keep…

Wow. As much as I would never want an F150 Raptor, and as much as I think the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is one of the dumbest vehicles ever built, I have to confess that this sounds kind of sick.

All of this is good stuff, but I reply just to highlight the issue with snow tires in places with wild temperature swings since I had never thought of that before. I know from experience how horrible the tread wear is for snows in warmer weather, and I know from a friend who lives in Denver how insane the temperature…

That you start out your post saying you’re cheap and then proceed to tell us that you own a Land Rover and a BMW significantly undermines your credibility, just FYI.  :D

I don’t completely disagree, but there’s also a phenomenon known as “hills” which change the calculations here significantly. AWD/4WD can easily mean the difference between being able to get up a hill or into your driveway and not being able to. I grew up on a huge hill with a steep but short driveway and it can be…

My favorite service nightmare - my 03 Grand Cherokee.

Starred for USENET reference.

McLaren F1, preferably LM.

Happens all the time. If their management has to be insane, then lots of management is insane (which...is probably true). Depends on the specific job they’re filling, how they got to their position in the company, etc. how insane it is or isn’t.

You wind up making payments on cars whether they’re new or old, cheap or expensive.

The fact that you think the democrats are invested in “meaningful progress” instead of serving the exact same corporate masters as the republicans actually demonstrates the point quite well.

People keep harping on crypto as “libertarian”. Imaginary fiat currency with nothing to back it is not libertarian. Maybe one of the gold backed cryptocurrencies that are starting to pop up, but not worthless numbers on a computer.