I’m not mad about what they did to a Miata. It’s unique, though the hood vents go a long way towards ruining it. $14k is laughable though. Sometimes, you just have to live with the monster you create.

It’s not about the fruit, it’s about having the money to throw away on disgusting displays of excess and frivolity. If those plates were only $20, they would rot before many well-heeled rich persons would even touch them. Also, so they don’t have to rub elbows with the poors.

I think time has been kinder to them compared to how poorly they were initially received. I recall most outlets at the time giving them poor marks across the board, then soon earning a black eye as the “official” car of Red Bull giveaway girls.

We all know how badly he wants to. But hey, at least the gene pool might get a little cleaner.

I know that one of the things its programmed to look for are head & tail lights, so there is apparently some kind of specular flare happening under very specific conditions which fools the system into thinking another vehicle is within collision distance. The problem resolves itself after the sun cycle at that one inte…

The City Safe feature in my wife’s Volvo s60, which will trigger a false positive for what it thinks is a pending collision, but only at a very specific intersection and during a very specific time of day. My wife will get up early some mornings to head out for an early workout before starting her workday. At one…

In high school, I had a friend whose mom drove a bright yellow GT with a stick and his dad had a DeLorean, though it never left the garage. I don’t even know if it ran. At the time, I just viewed them as two turds of failed sports cars. There are so many things I hate about my younger self. Hold your head high. The GT…

Like a lot of 90s things, the X-90 was cool for a minute, then soon embarrassingly lame. Also like a lot of 90s things, it has started climbing the other side of the mountain as a semi-cool curiosity.

The MX-3 has always been cool. As a 90's teen, these and the MX-6 always caught my eye.

Suzuki X-90. These came out right around the time I was getting my driver’s license and I wanted one so badly. I grew up skiing and fantasized about strapping skis to the top and heading out for the trails. I even had a brochure and cut out pictures to hang on my wall. I got a ‘93 Del Sol Si instead, which was the far…

Why does it look like that? I hate it. I know taste is subjective and all, but damn.

Hereditary is the better film by a mile. Just a fun, family romp. Make a stay-at-home date night of it.

I’ve always found driving in OR frustrating, only because everyone wants to drive either way above or far below the speed limit. It creates a rubber band effect and makes it difficult to find a steady flow or utilize cruise control without constantly futzing with it. I think this has more to do with…

Limited exposure and luck, I guess. We usually do a short getaway out there every couple of years but usually stick to ABQ, then on to Santa Fe, then either Taos or the spas at Ojo Caliente, and back to ABQ to fly home. Problems aside, I will give Albuquerque drivers credit for (seemingly) being far more courteous to…

I thought for sure I’d see my home state of KY on this list. Having just returned from New Mexico late last week, I found drivers out there to be surprisingly chill. Both my wife and I commented on how much better everyone seemed to follow the rules of the road compared to back home. State patrol did have a noticeably…

Well-optioned late model P3 or early model SPA Volvo S60s with low miles can be easily found at prices in the mid-high teens/low twenties. For a comfy road car with a dash of “sport”, there’s a lot of value there. If the s60 is a little too sedate, maybe a deeply depreciated Giulia?

I watched a documentary about that once, but I don’t recall them getting that deep into the maypole thing. Looked super fun though!

Dancing around the maypole when summer tires go on.

Anniversary models are seldom worth more than their ordinary siblings. At least with this one, you can celebrate multiple anniversaries and have a toast to commemorate each time something goes horribly wrong. Every day will be a party.

I think I’ve seen that movie only once in my life and might need to revisit, so thanks for the reminder! For me, it’s the yellow Volvo (a 245, I think) in Beetlejuice that Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin died in after falling from a not-very high bridge. Probably not a great testament to the safety of the brand, since I…