The EPA letter states that without A/C on they expect 14.7, which compares to 8.2 without A/C currently.

Because you added air conditioning in a vehicle that has a window constantly open.

This. If anything I would have expected the Plains to be most patient. Highest proportion of farmers. 

5th gear: “Smart hasn’t been culturally relevant in what feels like 20 years"

Any of the “Outlaw/Street Drag Racing” shows. Stop glorifying stupid and illegal acts while injecting soap opera drama.

Yep, they were slow out of the box, but really were clicking by cancelation. Subsequent reboots have never gotten close to their second season.

Seems like the writers would want that to be accessible knowledge. At least it would hurt my pride if a bunch of people that encountered this scenario took me as a lazy plagiarizer, but their mileage may vary.

Do you also write under the name James Gilboy? If not you should credit him for lifting his The Drive article including most of the commentary, although you did add extra letters to "longboi".

I also did a double take on that.

Part of the union contract includes bonuses for clicks. Hot takes get clicks and are easy for people without the ability to be insightful.

You mean 40 years ago. 20 years ago 5-10 year old Camrys, Accords and such were in plentiful supply with 250K trouble free miles of expected life.

That is disappointing. Seems like a very low cap when larger cordless tools are moving to 80v or more.

I’ll take “’upgrades’ that are noticeably uglier than the original” for $200, Alex.

Sadly, the current televised iteration requires offensive weaponry, so classic wedges are out.

Wait, do truck beds not have board slots any more, or was that just mentioned to get up to some "useful bed tooling" list quota?

Who do I contact to see if Koenigsegg would like to be the primary sponsor of my battlebots team?

Haters may hate, but that does not absolve us of our responsibility to act in a manner that doesn’t attract that ire.

Hyundai having zero fleet sales seems more noteworthy than most of the other stats. I would not have expected them to defer those, if only to keep such large regular purchasers happy.

A quick perusal of the linked story indicates that the fire numbers were not adjusted for vehicle age.

Unless you’re a woman named Liz, I can assure you I’m not your big brother.