Dispense ice. Cubed or crushed.

No particular reason. I’m not against private sale, going through a dealer is simply how my last few purchases have turned out for a variety of reasons. Either 1) Purchasing new. 2) Having to replace a vehicle quickly and not having time to peruse the private market, especially if travel/distance is a factor. 3) Not …

I find a lot of Gen Z are interested in cars, but mostly as a collection of trivia and ephemera, or something aspirational. My work employs a few graduate assistants each year and very few drive or own a car. However, when I had my onsite office before transitioning to fully remote work, I always had some scale models…

I haven’t purchased a car from a private seller in over 20 years but I tend to browse a lot. Wealth signaling vanity shots where someone carefully arranges every “nice” thing they have into frame always gets under my skin and gives me the ick. Like, no way do I want to deal with that person and their ego. 

Our neighbor had a Derby party once and one of his buddies rolled up in one of these. By that evening it had puked almost all of its oil into his driveway. Based on that singular experience, I’m going to say no.

I’ve never paid money to see one, but I know I’ve caught portions on TV and I couldn’t even tell you which specific numbers in the series. My takeaway is:

Are those even about cars? I thought they were about...

I think more people than we realize only use them as personal reassurance that the whole side of their car has not somehow, mysteriously, fallen off.

While undoubtedly true, I’d also add that people should adjust their mirrors correctly to mitigate blind spots and learn how to use them. When properly adjusted, you should have a relatively unobstructed view without blind spots. Having your side view filled by 80% of your own vehicle means you’re doing it wrong.

Same, but mine was a 3.2 GLX 4-Motion. That rubbery, textured, soft touch finish applied to interior surfaces would just peel off in chunks. Mine started doing it at about the five year mark. Hard to care about it when it was the only problem that wasn’t causing a check engine light or other drivability issues.

Nah, if you have a “hurt me more” fetish for Volkswagens, just go all out and get a Phaeton. The W8 doesn’t put enough benefits on the table to elevate the Passat above its humble origins as a relatively bland sedan.

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…

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…