I read mostly terrible things about the 9-speed used in the Traverse & Renegade. I’m sure they could have improved them, but those were the big negatives when I was researching both of those cars. They’re the only 2 I know off hand that use a 9 speed though. 

Is there a reason why even numbers are so common on modern transmissions? I know GM has a 9 speed for their big CUVs, but 6-8-10 seems to the norm. 

Want a used Tacoma at a good price? Fuck you, too bad.

My primary Uber use has just been to/from a hotel or airport, so that tends to be pretty simple. For a few events I’ve gotten a ride to, I’ve run into the problem where I accidently set my “drop off” location somewhere that cars aren’t allowed. I always tell them to just pull over where we are and I’ll walk the rest…

Based on no evidence, I would assume the Venn Diagram of people who use TikTok and people with paper maps are 2 completely separate circles.

The best hotels are the ones that I can just cast my phone to so I don’t have to deal with logging into anything. That’s been pretty rare though. That hotels with streaming always seem to have a previous login still active, so that at least saves time. 

I love those classic paint schemes on these trucks. 

Without doing anything to confirm it, my assumption is that for Europeans who called China the East, the Persian nations are roughly half-way east. Making it the Middle East. 

Seeing what cars we could pick up was always a fun game after football practice in high school. Pretty shocking what 4 fit and determined teens with nothing better to do can move.

Thanks to the Bush wars and any media channel I’ve ever heard talk about the region, I think it will remain in the vernacular and be more common to say Middle East instead of Southwest Asia. However, I had a geography professor rant about it a long time ago and decided that I want to die on that hill with him. 

The original Yule logs of the Norse or Saturnalia by the Romans was way more fun than the watered-down Christmas we get. I guess that’s just what happens when Christians take over something fun.

I had a coworker who daily drove a Smart car and they were at least 300+. They are pretty short, so I don’t think 400. Regardless, the interior space of a Smart is pretty impressive. Although, the crash test rating is another story...

May have also changed the Christian holiday schedule so they didn’t just cherry pick the celebrations of Romans & Germanic countries with a biblical twist. I’m not sure if those African and Southwest Asian countries celebrated the winter solstice and springtime the same way, as the seasonal changes there are very…

Where the hell did this come from? I never said anything about including speed limiters. I have another comment in this same article that says I’d rather see EU level consequences than messing with cars.

Cyberquad Model 915 now supersedes Model 914

The Buffalo Wild Wings I worked at had a few parolees working there and they were great employees, in large part because they recognized having a basic, fulltime job put them miles ahead of other ex-cons. Crazy to think that being allowed to work at a chain kitchen is considered an advantage to your peers.

The repeat offender issue becomes a much broader social discussion. Our society has numerous roadblocks for anyone after they’ve committed a crime. When nearly everyone who goes to jail ends up back in jail, it’s very clear the current system is complete garbage. It’s stupid to expect someone to suddenly become an…

Having lived in both of those areas, I recommend the writer rent a sporty car and see how they deal with Midwestern potholes before committing to a sporty car. As much as I enjoyed my Veloster while living in Chicago, I had to be ready to replace some tires. A Crosstrek is probably the real best answer, but the roads…

That’s always been terrible logic in a lot of American legal arguments. It’s hardly different than saying criminals will commit crimes anyways, so why bother having any laws at all? Some people who lose their license will certainly keep driving, but if a large percentage of repeat offenders do stop driving, it is…

I wonder if that is something unique to the American legal system, or if other equally wealthy nations have such horrible logic. So many drivers who are able to ruin the lives of multiple people (or come very close to it via DUI/road rage/etc), but we can’t take away their license because it would hurt their life too…