At the moment, noisy diesel trucks used as personal transport. The kid across the street just fired up his old Dodge Ram with the lift kit, noisy exhaust and low profile tires. I’ve never seen this haul or tow so he could drive a Honda Fit and spare me the theatrics. I fondly recall the day it broke and got me three…

It may depend on the area.  I see plenty of Subarus at trailheads and at the ski slope. I also see "overlander" Subarus with roof tents and traction boards and I laugh at them. 

My understanding is that Opticom requires a special light on the vehicle, at least on the vehicles I’ve seen.

Isn't 10 seconds the NHRA threshold for having a roll cage and full harness? I'm not surprised about smoking the S-10, cubic money beats mods. 

For you special

WTF, on my car the "sport" mode is a little toggle the size of an old GM power window switch.  

I am busting a gut laughing ylthat Tesla Partial Self Driving can't navigate the Tesla Hype Loop. 

That was an Adam Something video. 

I think around $1500 for something with a reputation for being unkillable. The family beater is a 2003 Buick LeSabre my son bought for $1700 in 2017. It literally outlived the first two owners,  survived college and his sister learning to drive and the only major repair was replacing the front cylinder head with a…

I agree with most of these but make an exception for adding Venti Ports to Buicks, as long as it's the correct number and an appropriate style. I want to add the slim early 70s style with 3 ports to our 2003 LeSabre with the 3800 V6

I guess this validates my plan to get a Mazda or Honda to replace our CX-5.

Were these Firestone 500s? Dad was involved with truck wheels, and IIRC had little to do with tires, and was done by 1974

I've heard of airplane tires exploding on landing but this is the first one I've heard of in a shop. Then again I shouldn't be surprised my father was involved in Firestone truck wheel litigation when I was in Kindergarten so I've know about exploding wheels forever.  

Yet another reason to vote ND

Leasing EVs makes a lot of sense since it provides a guaranteed exit strategy. Battery packs are perishable and tech keeps advancing so otherwise you could be left holding the bag on a BMW i3 with black death or David Tracy’s 20 mile range Nissan Leaf.

Of course it was an Altima driver, and of course the Cybertruck failed to meet a claim. I'm more surprised when a Cybertruck performs as advertised than when one fails. 

What was he high on? Nobody acts like this so without  chemical assistance.

“ketchup is a vegetable”

A replacement frame is common on Elans, because the original rusts like crazy and official replacement frames are galvanized and actually increase the value.  This is still ND because the price seems high and the seller seems hinky

“Burble tunes” are the modern whistle tip. You want your car to crackle on overrun, buy a classic, deal with its foibles and drive at a civilized hour. I feel the same about the brodozer across the street regaling us with barely muffled Cummins at odd hours.