Current art often appears to be money laundering because more effort goes into the three paragraph “artist’s statement” then the actual art piece. Great art shouldn’t need an essay explaining it, art should be immediately comprehensible. I grok color field painting, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Dada and any…

My semi-obscure object of desire is a Peugeot 106 Rallye, the poor man’s homologation special. The early cars were almost turn key Group N racers and the later ones were almost as serious.

I’ll support that, my Mom’s 91 Protégé LX with the 16V was a blast the times I borrowed it. It was nicer than my 84 Jetta and quicker

Saturns lasted well until the differential grenaded. We had a 97 SL2 for 15 years and then the differential pin walked which fractured the transaxle case which was not cheap DIY and insane at shop. It's a well known issue now with some fixes https://www.saturnfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=212202

If a company uses an AI bot, they are responsible for its actions. Air Canada may regret this since this establishes the precedent and the next bot screwup may cost more Loonies.

They are still stuck in the woods waiting for the spring thaw and will look like a Lancia Beta after 10 Michigan winters from the corrosive effect of pine sap :-D

All those cameras do add costs, both at build time and in increased insurance and repair costs because it doesn’t matter how many cameras are installed, people still have to use those cameras. Raising the standard of driver training and testing from perfunctory to diligent would solve a lot of problems. I suppose…

Automatic bicycle shifting is an answer in search of a question. The only shift automation I've seen that made sense was the recent Shimano Di2 sequential shifting that automatically shifted the front derailleur to give evenly spaced ratios as you hit the up or down button.  

This is cringe but there are some genuine and legitimate civil liberties issues around DUI checkpoints "field sobriety tests" and a bunch of 4th Amendment violations around forced blood testing. Techdirt.com has plenty of stories about bad DUI arrests including felony assault by butt hurt cops.  

The manager of Mercedes Benz Classic Center has a sad as does British Motor Heritage Ltd. although they get an asterisk as the successor to a bunch of defunct manufacturers although fixing your rotted out MGB by ordering a new body is the easy setting. 

The problem is real, a Toyota Tundra has a curb weight of 5500-6000 lbs a Rivian R1T has a curb weight of 7148 lbs. The Rivian is on the porky side an F150 Lightning extended range base trim is 6361 lbs, versus 4700 lbs for an F150 XLT with a 3.3 V6 which still makes the EV over 1500 lbs heavier than a gas version.

Even before the Internet we had mail and telex. I'm surprised someone as prominent as LBJ couldn't have simply written to Fiat's US distributor for help since Fiat was still very active in the US in the 70s 

Part of smart development is knowing when to pull the plug, which in this case should have been 1967. Sonic booms severely limit where and when an SST can operate and make the business case nonviable without government subsidies like Concorde.  On the bright side, since the the 2707 never flew, it also never crashed,…

The problem is that the current regulations preclude building something small light and simple. The BMW 1 series is 1000 lbs heavier than an E30 3 series  and most other cars are bigger and heavier.  Trucks are worse, the EPA "footprint rule" makes a genuinely small truck impossible because something the size of a…

yes, that's seriously crazy

So did Lamborghini, Laverda, and Standard-Triumph. Tractors and cars often intersect. The DB in Aston Martin came from David Brown, whose tractor company acquired a bankrupt A-M.

Think about the poor train operator who has to deal with trauma of running over another idiot. 

The worst “convertible" top is a Series III  Land Rover.  The base vehicle is OK and fun when open but installing and removing the canvas is like flat pack furniture.  

My first reaction too. It may not be as horrible to drive as some other but it's horrible to look at plus in my mind it is the official car of LDS Polygamy.  

It looks distinctive.  If it makes,to the US without being screwed up I'd go for it