Bought a new car at a dealership once. I knew exactly what I wanted, I knew all the games they would play and watched them try them all. It took eight visits over three months and the car was totally worth it and exactly what I wanted. I had to persevere to get a good price and monthly payment.

Dollar-based life has gotten ridiculous and cars even more so. We think cars are a necessity, until there comes a point where you just can’t afford it. You then realize there are changes you can make to your life that make a car an unnecessary luxury.

(This is by no means a recommendation of actions) These corrupt race-profiling bastard cops from my neck of the woods will look the other way when shown the dollar bills. Same with prosecutors and judges. When I’m broke I just run. Wether I’m on foot, riding my bike, or driving a car. Even being innocent and right,…

I bet Elon was feeling pretty optimistic during the first few meters of initial tunneling happening in the dry desert underground. One also wonders why we don’t have vaccum tubes within our homes or neighborhoods, before investigating further and realizing maintaining vacuum conditions over long distances is hard and…

One shouldn’t need a car within a dense city. If you do, you probably live in a toxic city and need to get out. If your city is dense, and you still need a car and choose this one, I wonder how much sunlight will actually reach those panels (with all the shadows from buildings, even low rise buildings). Apartment…

There was a time I could not imagine driving anything smaller than our (1998) Chevy Blazer. Downsized into Nissan Sentras and a Mitsubishi Lancer and all was good. Now I ride a bicycle, so do my children, and those bikes are all we need. Circumstances have changed a lot in the ensuing 20 years, but if I still had to…

Neutral: If painkillers won’t help with symptom relief, a muscle relaxant will do the trick.

A new Ford Mustang was always exciting news for me before. New cars always were. Now this latest-greatest car porn just doesn’t do it for me. It’s not this Mustang, there is some pretty to it...

Does anybody ever switch between driving a sedan and an SUV on the same day? When you do, you know the higher you sit in a car, the less aware you are of your actual speed. You are more likely to, and usually do, drive the SUV faster than you drive the sedan. Greater likelihood of higher speeds in all situations…

Neutral: Bikes are great. Bikelopnik should soon become a (bigger) thing. They run on the food you already ate. And with zero bike infrastructure where I live, it’s easy to get my adrenaline fix.

This with the 5-speed manual is peak Maxima.

NFS Hot Pursuit somewhat damaged my real world driving, but NFS Most Wanted ruined me completely. With the exception of Mario Kart, I’ve lost all interest in racing games without police chases.

GTFO

Proper roadway design simply would not allow drivers to reach unsafe speeds. Even under distractions or driver error, forgiving road design keeps speeds under control to minimize potential for injury or damage. No posted maximum speed signage can physically affect vehicle speed. On the other hand, narrower lanes,…

“Anti-speeding campaign”. Absolutely useless and a waste of money unless it involves physically altering road and street infrastructure to discourage speeding. Road design, devices and structures do exist that restrict vehicle speed or make speeding uncomfortable, psychologically unbearable or impossible. These…

First world problems all the way. Objectively, these are the unnecessary distractions that put us all in mortal danger on the road. I appreciate the simplicity of my old Sony head unit, does what I need it to do: play music from the radio, phone through and AUX cable, or a USB drive. Set everything up before putting…

Just remembered I need to balance the ol’ Mongoose’s rear wheel. I just tried to hit 90 km/h and the bike felt close to coming apart at 63 km/h.

“Everything is cheaper in Mexico” is the lame old lie that allows GM execs to sleep at night.  

Oh man...

YES. Tactile controls please. Eyes should be on the road, not on any screen while in a car. Watch movies on your damn phone when riding in a car if the road and the world and the open outdoors are too boring for you. (Good luck on not becoming carsick while glued to a screen while in motion)