I typically see only two stalks so I generalized.

I actually like floor shift automatics because that facilitates having the wiper controls on the right stalk and headlights on the left stalk. I’ve driven automatic and manual cars like that for decades. I’ve also had column shift cars with wiper controls on the left so I can adapt. I see no logic in knobs or buttons…

I am now very thankful to work in small business IT and to be on vacation.  None of our clients run CrowdStrike, and any hosted service they rely on is somebody else's problem. 

No crossover is cool, and I own one.  

Isn't bait and switch and usurious loans SOP for car dealers? I  guess these guys were extra bad

I mentioned Atkinson and Sayle because had columns in Car magazine so they had some auto journalism backgrounds.  A truly interesting show would star the late LJK Setright. 

I find it annoying,  I don't drive much at night but I discovered a hidden in between position in my car that left the light on when I thought it was in the usual door switch mode

Why is anyone surprised Tesla screwed up yet another simple thing everyone else does well. Of course the Cybertruck tailgate pad looks goofy, works worse than a $100 Dakine pad and costs three times as much.

My truck has an 8' box and I still use a tailgate pad because it’s quicker and easier. A bonus is it's good for casual kayak hauling 

In some parts of the US it is very difficult to find house not under an HOA. They are endemic in Florida, less common in Oregon unless you have a shared amenity like a community pool. I had a pickup on jacks in my driveway for a month, and nobody cared. 

I hear you, I went almost 15 years without car payments, and 25 years between new cars. I understand sometimes you have to get wheels and finance or lease because you need something right away, that’s why I drive what I have now. I  still don't  get the people who have to keep up appearances by buying more car than…

For that price I expect either very good original, or a well done Rover V8 swap replicating a factory V8 car. 

That's why I'm not looking  my budget can handle $300, until payoff, at which point I  save up for tires

This is ludicrous, a cruise ship desperately trying to differentiate itself from other ships by adding an imitation train. What next, a simulated sailboat so you can sail while you sail?

I can relate to that, most of our vacations involve areas with more cows than people and a town with a population of 3,000 is a teeming metropolis. An empty ski chalet is getting rarer, lots of places have mountain bike parks now. I live in a mountain town and we actually have more tourists in the summer. 

This is basic economics, inflation has made everything more expensive which reduces the individual’s abilty to pay for anything since purchasing power is down and interest rates are up. Even buying a modest car easily costs $5‐600 a month which is less bad than the $1000 and up payments we are seeing but also worse…

It actually reflects well on the team that they are formally ending it rather than continue their slow decline.

I'll take your word for it, I know bicycles but not guitars 

For a time capsule this is probably NP , for a driver ND

3rd gear: good plug in hybrids are a viable and neglected middle path that gets people using less gas. A client was raving about her RAV4 hybrid because all her commuting and errands are done on battery and only long trips on gas. I would definitely buy hybrid before BEV as a primary vehicle