Holy shit the Outback. Oh man.

Guess I’m somewhat of an anomaly. I find, the older I get, the less critical I am of old people. Well ... I’m there. Next week I’ll be 81. Yikes! My daily go-to is a ‘22 Ford Escape Hybrid. Actually my it’s my wife’s daily...but my daily is a ‘19 Ranger pickup and my mental adjustment and fun car is an ‘18 Ford Focus…

I despise these delivery apps, but I still use them infrequently. I mostly only use them when I get gift cards so I can essentially get a free or really cheap meal for the family. Otherwise, I just call and pickup. I have used it when I was out of town and had food delivered to the fam to help out my wife, that part…

In an urban environment like where I am, it has the added negative of essentially monetizing the sidewalks. Most delivery people get around by bike/scooter to avoid traffic congestion but they can cut their delivery time down even more if they ride on sidewalks (not legal). So now we get not just regular bikes but…

We can take this back to Michael Keaton playing Batman

You’re never going to get an objective answer for a sum total of “how bad” something is. Its not a quantifiable figure. You can quantify how much of many particular many “evils” something is, but you can’t mix and match “evils” and sum them together to get an objective figure. Especially since a lot of what you said…

I’ve never owned a Nissan and don’t even consider myself partial to the brand, but I was genuinely disappointed when they killed any plans for the IDX going into production.

I got to go with the Nissan IDx

E38 7 Series

And people complain there isn’t any affordable EVs.

That GV60 is giving me modern 08-14 STI hatch vibes. It has a nice profile with lots of body and those wheels are a combo of OZ Rallys married to STI five-double spokes. All it’s really missing is a big spoiler.

It’s amazing how it threaded the needle perfectly between two gas pumps. This could have been waaaaaaaay worse.

Car insurance is, or should be, a big part of this consideration. Teenagers, especially teen boys, are much more expensive to insure. If you want to get them any kind of sports car, enjoy your insurance rates going up faster than the speedometer in the car.

Woah check out those rear brakes.

I’m a bit puzzled by the state of this car. Given how wrecked the passenger sills are, and the obvious exposure to water inside, I was expecting the underside to be an absolute horror show. It may just be that a very thick layer of underseal is disguising the state of the floorpan, but there’s only one area of…

I was thinking this, “I bought the cheapest Aston Lagonda’ later we find the Car Wizard has died from intentionally inhaling brake clean

Those of us that keep our cars forever will understand this the most: pick the color you really want, even if it costs extra. Sure, it sucks that most automakers now charge extra for the “good colors”, but are you really going to miss that measly $495 upcharge every time you stare at your car for the next 15-20 years…

Nearly every disposable appliance cookie cutter commuter cars have what I consider ‘must-haves’ as minimum standard already. Specifically, CarPlay.

It is gotta suck being a Tesla engineer. You pour your heart and soul into designing a project, and you have Elon’s deranged voice in your ear 24/7 constantly changing it, and you finally manage to get something onto the production line, your baby that you worked so damn hard on, and, in some ways, achieved the…

I was actually eye-balling the Lincoln Continental. They are getting into the low-mid 20s and that seems like a hell of a deal for a flagship luxury sedan. Plus those door handles...yum