Wait, you actually got an angry phone call from the guy who designed the “styling” of that Daimler-Chrysler lump?!

OMG, this. I know one (1) person who has an F-350 and actually uses it for truckly, construction-related things. And—gasp—he doesn’t have a King Ranch Platinum Laredo package with leather interior and heated sunvisors.

You get a star for use of the term “dickwaffles” to refer to Bimmer drivers. Bravo; I have a new word to add to my lexicon, alongside “fuckwit” and “twatstain”.

I believe I’ve found the solution. If your SUV is not a body-on-frame truck (a “real” SUV like an Expedition or Suburban), I call it a minivan. To the owner’s face, even.

I felt this way for a while about the Avalanche. But two people I autocross with have these, and they use them to their full potential with events. You can tow with them, the bed holds just enough and is weather tight, the interior is roomy, and there’s a ton of storage. I’m an irrational GM hater, and I have to admit…

Yep. The Journey is a lifted Lancer wagon.

The ‘94-95 still had the 5.0. It wasn’t until ‘96 that Ford switched to the 2-valve 4.6L “Modular” V8.

Honda and Toyota SUVs. They seem to invariably be purchased by frumpy, unintelligent people who care nothing about driving or maintaining their car and simply want a box to isolate them as they move from Point A to Point B. Anecdotally, I have also found them to be the worst drivers and most likely to be on a cell…

Lada: equipped with the same brakes as a Cozy Coupe.

I read this article title as “Stop trying to build your own pokéball.”

You literally just described a 4-cylinder engine with a positive-displacement supercharger.

So basically, it’s a supercharged (instead of turbocharged) diesel. (The first stage is bascially just using a rotary “engine” as a positive displacement supercharger.)

I like it. I’m going to start telling them I’m training to be a cage fighter.

Gosh, business trips with coworkers can be the WORST. You can’t just go back to your room and chill with email and a book. Noooooo, you have to go out to dinner. And then have a couple rounds. And then sit in the hotel lobby and talk.

GIFs from both Arrested Development and The Office?! Winning.

Take your star, dang it.

Wow, I knew that integrated roll cage or whatever they call it was strong as heck, but THAT is impressive.

Yes, and if he would have made the U-turn correctly, the cop would have known what lane he was going to be in. Instead, the jackwagon turned across three lanes, then drifted back to the left without using a turn signal.

I remember when Tesla’s only vehicle was the electric-ized Lotus Elise they called the Tesla Roadster, and this very website made fun of Tesla mercilessly about how the Model S was going to be “vaporware” and how Tesla’s only method of making money was selling energy credits to other automakers.

Maybe a little more creature comforts in the interior and fewer steering modifications?