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Busted. Straight six. I had to look up Stove Bolt and just learned something new. Original design dating back to 1929. Geez.

Though now iconic, the 1953 C1 Corvette was an absolute disaster at launch. Rushed into production, it had issues with water intrusion, poor handling, terrible fit and finish, leaking fluids, and doors that had a tendency to fly open unexpectedly. The oft-maligned Blue Flame V6 was the least of its problems. A survey

I’ve always thought the GM Kappa twins (Solstice and Sky) deserved a second chance. With the Camaro being sunsetted, GM doesn’t have an excuse for “unnecessary overlap” in their affordable performance division. Heck, the Bolt is rumored to be making a comeback in 2025. Build a roadster on the Bolt platform, give it

C’mon. Just the tip?

Our neighbors have two Q5s of the same model year (his and hers) and I can’t help but fixate on the fake exhaust tips every time I see them. It really shouldn’t bother me, but they’re so obvious it just makes me question the reason for even trying. But they’re nice neighbors and I have nothing else to grump about.

Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion. I was lucky enough to see one of the few remaining prototypes at a Concours d’Elegance once, and it is every bit as bizarre as you’d imagine. Believe it or not, Fuller’s original intent was for this thing to have VTOL capabilities. He pitched it as “A ‘zoomobile’ that could hop off the

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David Leisure as Joe Isuzu. While not a big name “celebrity”, he would be recognizable to anyone who grew up on a steady diet of television in the 80s and 90s.

In turn, can we file a class action suit against Musk for being a mollycoddled little twat?

A friend of mine bought a new Versa sedan when she needed an affordable car for getting her PhD. It wasn’t the best at anything, but four of us took it from Chicago to New Orleans once and I was surprised at how spacious the backseat was for such a small car, even for me at 6'2". Our current S60 doesn’t even feel like

Tactical decision making - kill the Altima before it kills you. STRIKE FIRST!

Welp, now I won’t be able to help myself from proclaiming “Yaaaay! I’ve been promoted!” every time I parallel park. But that would be amazing if you could get RuPaul for an interview. Please promise you’ll try, Logan!

Forgotten memory unlocked. I wanted one of those Trek Jettas so bad. I now remember VW also had a K2 edition that came with a pair of skis and roof rack that I was equally enamored by.

Well, for the low low price of $25,000, Lamborghini will sell you this bluetooth speaker made by some company called iXoost.

She’s lovely!

This is just a third row for Yeti coolers, long rifle cases, and all the other “precious” cargo that people want to haul around and show off but don’t want to get dirty.

Yeah, The Terror really is a great book and I wouldn’t hesitate recommending it to anyone with an interest in horror or historical fiction. That said, I 100% agree that Dan Simmons can go screw, and from what I’ve read of his other works, they aren’t worth analyzing or attempting to decouple from their author’s shitty

Northern Indiana is among the worst places to drive through. It’s some real “The day after the bombs fell” type shit. Don’t stop for anything other than an emergency. There’s nothing worth seeing unless you have a hard-on for superfund sites. And fuck everything about I-65. It’s as straight, flat and boring as

Mazda’s really had the whole styling game nailed from day one. Has it ever made a bad-looking car?

I’ll admit that Volvo’s reputation for reliability got taken down a few pegs in the early 2000s under new ownership and FoMoCo parts-binning, but if we’re being honest the Germans weren’t winning any reliability contests around that time either. These 850s and their stablemates were pretty rock solid since there

That sucks and all, but Toxic Rocket Drop sounds like a really sick skate trick.