Probably about as much as he knows about political asylum, which in his deranged and withered mind gets twisted into “insane asylum” and leads to him making WTF references to Hannibal Lecter that nobody understands when he goes on a tear about immigration. Also kind of like how saw part of a slide deck about ways to…

The Toyota Echo. Exciting as off-brand Tupperware, and also one of the most bizarre video game promotional tie-ins. There were so many cool cars in 1999, yet this somehow got hitched to a hotly anticipated game about space witches and angsty teens with gunblades.

The Honda Del Sol VTEC. To preface, I have a soft spot for the Del Sol by virtue of having previously owned one in Si trim, but the VTEC is much closer to what the Del Sol should have been from the get-go, provided you’re willing to overlook the FWD drivetrain. The entry-level S trim with its pokey 105 HP just…

One of our neighbors in the very middle-working class subdivision we lived in during the 80's had a Ferrari 308 that he’d take me for rides in when I was about 8 years old. My older sister and his daughter were best friends so we knew them pretty well but could never figure out how he could afford such a nice car by…

Thanks for sharing - wishing you and your family the best. I know it’s tough.

I was sitting here trying to be an altruist and thinking “none - there should be a vehicle for everyone and choice is good” but you talked me out of it. Fuck these things indeed.

By stating that we aren’t bound to honor harmful ideologies or embrace hateful symbols as “heritage” just because we have ties to a certain place or maybe have some rotten branches on the family tree? You can either walk me through this or we can agree we feel the same way about it.

Genuinely curious how you arrived at that conclusion. I'll use fewer words. Confederate flag bad. People who fly it also bad. Heritage not an excuse.

You are delivering gospel - I’d rather have fake wood trim over piano black or faux carbon fiber. Any damn day of the week.

Not really a story as much as an exercise in audience engagement, but Torch’s Elon Musk Smoking Weed Caption Contest was a good time. Any time hundreds of people pile on to take the piss out of Elon, I’m there for it.

The neat thing about heritage is that we can choose to divorce ourselves from it. Or at the very least, the parts of it we don’t agree with. Every human being on the planet has some awful fuckwit ancestors - people don’t choose to carry those legacies unless they are similarly disposed to being awful fuckwits.

I try to avoid painting with a broad brush, especially when some people just have to make do with what they already have or can afford. I’m also usually okay with people liking what they like. For me, it’s less about the vehicle and more about how the owner uses that vehicle to express themselves. That being said…

Right there with you. I always loved the Xterra and wanted one badly when they came out - especially in yellow. This one is probably too high up there in years and miles to be reliable transport, and maybe priced a little too high for someone interested in building an off-roading toy. Not familiar with the current…

I currently own 2 Volvos, a 2011 C30 and a 2014 S60 T5 R. Both have been rock-solid, requiring little but regular maintenance. While I am still very much Team Volvo, I just don’t have that same kind of faith in the SPA platform. Although the latest B-series motors are an improvement over the twin-charged 4-cylinder,…

Older Volvos had their quirks but were often reliable, save for a few edge cases of certain models. The newer ones have some incredibly questionable engineering though. Even discounting the “new tech” teething pains all automakers are going through now, the new 4-cylinder corporate motor is needlessly complex for the…

Being from Kentucky, I gotta say “Special Edition” Corvettes that are basically just a sticker and decal package. Rows upon rows of Anniversary, Indy Pace Car editions and on and on and on. Yawn.

He just needs to improve his sleep, drink more water, and start using moisturizer. And maybe replace the biker meth with a daily multivitamin/collagen booster.

My guess - a little of this and a little of that.

We...touched...those interiors. With our hands. And then used those same hands to hug our families.

The only plastic I’d be whipping out would be a biohazard suit to keep this thing from giving me Hantavirus.