100% chance this is the conversation at my family’s Thanksgiving...

I respect the RATM lyric reference in the sub-headline.

Turd of an engine? As you said it was robust. And 190Hp and 250ft*lb was pretty good for the time (we are talking truck engines here). Not as good as some earlier iterations of the 90deg 262 V6 (up to 200hp and 260 lb*ft) but still stout. And what was the weight? Probably a pretty good power-to-weight ratio.

There is a super-sketchy bridge over I-93 north of Boston (actually there are many). The other day they had closed off a lane leading up to it, and despite it slowing me down, I said to myself ‘Oh good, they are finally going to fix this bridge’ even though it will probably take multiple years and many days of slow…

This was what I wanted when got my driver’s license (1998). Correct me if I am wrong, but I think you could get it with a manual transmission all, if not most, of those years.

Doof wagon

Which group ‘doesn’t secure the border’ and which group does? I think you might be confusing erecting a nearly useless fence/wall with ‘securing the border’. Both Republicans and Democrats have increased funding for border security over the years. Democrats have largely backed electronic surveillance, drones, sensors…

Echoing what others are saying here...do not try to argue with these idiots. Not worth it. You want to do something about this...get normal, sane people who don’t vote to get off their asses and vote (assuming you have gotten off your ass to vote yourself). Much easier. Or to donate money to non-morons and get others…

Yup. You nailed my list, except for 2. I don’t mind the Maria Menounos videos.

Anyone who says ‘You can peel my unregulated car out of my cold, dead hands’ or similar (decrying the ‘nanny state’) is not a serious person. This issue is very complex and to simply issue a blanket statement about how regulation like this is evil shows, at best, a lack off critical thinking and, at worst, gross…

The Prius example should not be here. Why do you disrespect someone in a Prius doing 80 and not just ‘everyone doing 80'. Unless there is some magic where a Prius suddenly becomes less efficient than other cars at high speeds, this makes no sense. If anything, the Prius is the car to buy if you want to travel at high…

I feel like sedans get especially hit hard since they really are becoming less popular. When I bought my 2021 (lightly used) Mazda6, I knew full well that it was going to depreciate more than say a CX-5 over 5 years.

People need to lay off the looks of the aero-shield. This was added to an already existing design that was never meant for one. When the next car comes out and they can design it in from the beginning it will surely look better. Plus, it’s not like the halo is going into any museums either.

You are clearly anti -pedestrian. This article is 1) citing data from the IIHS and not from Jalopnik and 2) even that data makes no claim about whether there are more or less ‘pedestrian’ deaths now then previously. It also doesn’t make any claims about cross-walks or sidewalks, or people (drivers or pedestrians)…

I love the Olympics. Track and field especially, but also other random sports that I only watch every four years. Regular gymnastics, swimming, skiing in the winter games. Love it. Of course there are still sports I don’t care about at all, that while I don’t watch, I have no problem being Olympic sports (looking at…

“The thing I don’t understand about (insert unhinged, crazy, divorced from reality person/activity)“...

I think it’s hilarious when you see the crew cab, short bed versions at home improvement stores with like two 8 ft 2X4s hanging precariously out the back. One, that would fit in any reasonably sized sedan or SUV with the seats down. Two, it’s probably only time the bed will be used that month. Until next month when…

Besides the obvious inconsistency of saying that IndyCar shouldn’t try to compete with F1 and then later listing ways it can try to compete with F1, I agree with a lot of what Pato said. He is probably right that a lot of the fans, especially newcomers, really don’t know a whole lot about racing beyond F1. I know a…

When I bought my 2014 Mustang GT (new) in the winter of 2014 I kept my old car around until the spring since I wanted to get a hang of the Mustang before driving it in (the next) winter and to have it go through just one less winter (also to defer buying snow tires by 8 months). So drove the Mustang when it was nice,…

But if you want to be the most financially prudent about buying/leasing a new car every few years, you are still better off buying. First, you don’t have to worry about being off mileage-wise...and that is in both directions. If you go over you hurt yourself by paying a penalty, everyone knows that. But if you are…