IMO you shouldn’t disconnect the battery ever, even when changing the battery. I hate having to reprogram my stations, never mind having to look up the lockout code for my radio.

Uhm, you do not need to disconnect the battery to change spark plugs...unless, maybe, you leave toddlers in the car with the keys in the ignition? 

The reason cars get a lot of attention is because the average person can do their part by choosing more efficient vehicle without having a drastic impact on their lifestyle. They have very little to no control over what the shipping industry does unless they want to seriously upend their current lifestyle and even…

They did leave out an extremely important detail: The impact of mining the elements needed for EV battery production. This is all done with extremely inefficient equipment running mainly on diesel, so building the batteries for EVs is at least as bad as refining and shipping gasoline, if not worse.

3rd Gear: Used cars are only a value when there’s more of them then there is demand for them. This is quickly shifting the other way, and used car prices are already starting to reflect this.

Second, pathogenic influenza strains, the really dangerous ones, kill young, healthy people. They do so because a healthy immune system responds so vigorously that you get what is called a cytokine storm. It’s an inflammatory positive-feedback loop. You get so much inflammation and fluid in your lungs that you drown.…

They have, that’s why the price of lightly used cars is currently on the rise.

Those are both false equivalents. The major differences are that Influenza mainly kills the old, infirm, and already compromised. An otherwise fit and healthy person has damn near a 100% chance of recovering from the flu even without any medical intervention. And the danger of malaria is inversely proportional to ones…

Nice job on the unsubstantiated fear-mongering attempt. 

Not as bad as Toyota insisting all of their “sporty” cars and trucks carry the label “TRD” which once you’ve read it phonetically in your head, you can never not read it as TuRD.

Not really, the upsetting part is that people do want them.

Just make sure to get a pre-2016 model since that’s when the front grille turned into a monstrosity. Their unparalleled reliability makes buying older models, even with higher miles, mush less of a gamble than it is with other luxury brands.

Mazda is sort fo doing this with their sedans, they’re actual model names are the Mazda Mazda6 and the Mazda Mazda3 etc..

A quick Wikipedia search netter what I was looking for regarding the Lincoln version.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who caught that Granada/Monarch! My first car was a 1979 Granada (that body style ran from 1975-1980, btw)). There was a Lincoln version that had quad headlights up front and a “spare tire” bump in the truck lid, too. Can’t remember the name of it, though.

I honestly wouldn’t jump one of these on purpose. I’ve seen enough of the mistakes made by Raptor owners to know that not only does ‘rally inspired’ not mean ‘factory prepared to be rally ready’, but also that your average ham-fisted driver doesn’t equal a highly trained and experienced race car driver. Plus it’s…

Considering the Mustang GT starts at ~$35k, it’s absolutely a “Nice Mustang that is a V8" at that price.

In that price range there’s just too much competition to make this a compelling choice. The Yaris’s deal is that it’s economical and punches above it’s weight class, at $36k it isn’t punching above anything.

$36K for this? You’re joking, right? I love it, don’t get me wrong, but just because I love it doesn’t mean I’ve lost all my fucking senses. No amount of excitement changes the fact that it comes from an $18k base car. If Toyota is stupid enough to price it at $36k in the US (assuming they bother bringing it here in…

To a Jalop, all of this is stuff we can do ourselves. Parts: ~$1000 or so. Total cost: $7900. NP!