i wish i knew what happened to the gold one that was forever sitting, unloved, in a back bay of Eurosport in Virginia Beach, VA back in the early 2000's.

you mean a convertible with a stick?

apparently there were just 100 of these toyota classics built?! they cost $75K brand new (about $150K in today’s dollars!), and were even available with a column mounted manual transmission (sadly this is automatic).

worst air travel experience I had happened on the ground. Flying back to Atlanta from Delhi, India in January 2005 on Lufthansa. Had a layover in Frankfurt. For those who have never made such a flight, it’s about 9 hours for the first leg and 10 hours for the next, with what I recall to be a 6 hour layover. So over a…

it took some committing to it to become comfortable with it.  I usually keep the adjustable gap distance at the minimum setting when we get in more traffic, and frequently will override with my own foot to ensure the gap doesn’t accordion too much.  but nowadays I even throw it on for a mile stretch in the morning on…

adaptive cruise control - life changing.  for the better part of 20 years I never used cruise control on highways because it was always an on-off thing.  now I set it where I want to be, let the car handle when traffic builds, and then jet back on my way when it clears up.

love it - Tom helped us source a build for a 2022 diesel unlimited rubicon in tuscadero.  the color looks fantastic, turns heads, my girls love it, and I enjoy getting double takes at stoplights from bros who think they’re rolling up on a woman.  i was so disappointed that the wagoneer didn’t come in more fun colors…

wild seeing a tuberculosis association logo again. the good news is that with RFK Jr peddling his nonsense, they can come back en vogue!

serious question - if you’re using a VR headset, why the fuck do you need anything but a chair that moves?

50,000 miles at 80 miles an hour works out 13 hours a week (assuming you take 3 weeks vacay a year).  if your company isn’t providing you with a car, they’re laughing at you. pick whichever one of these you want, walk in, put a picture of it on the desk of your boss, and tell him to get to hoppin’

lmao tesla does suck.  but maybe if you keep lying to yourself elmo will just give you money

I have a $1400 a month loan on my large SUV (interest rates were a kick in the teeth when my Honda Odyssey got the Eco Mode rebuild misfire warning). I was looking to spend less, but realized that at this point in my life, with the combined money my wife and I pull down, it was basically the same exact share of income…

this guy went on national TV and bemoaned that no republican billionaires were giving donald trump the $454M he needs to appeal his fraud conviction and then completely changed the subject when the interviewer asked him why he doesn’t do it

who do you think a sales tax-only system hurts more? the poor person barely scraping by who suddenly has to pay 20% more for their food and other living essentials? or the guy with $207 billion in net worth.

lmao he turned off comments on his insta.  lost out to a dock worker and turned into a complete snowflake

as a seasoned offshore sailer, the fact that this boat’s engines are two outboards mounted through-hull terrifies me. I set foot on some questionable rigs in my time as a coach and a sailmaker, but this thing is crack pipe at $2.

not the first car on everyone’s mind, but the first gen mazda protégé was an amazing car. it’s little 4-banger could rev all day, was faster than all the V6 F-bodies of the time (much to the chagrin of my camaro driving buddy), and it carved country and mountain roads quite nicely with its passive rear wheel steering.…

BaT: “that money isn’t going to launder itself”

I had an e46 SMG and loved the thing. you had to drive it like a stick, just didn’t have to work the clutch. saved my life, well at least my left leg, in atlanta rush hour