I would argue hot hatches and similarly small sports cars/sedans are the perfect city car. Quick acceleration makes a world of difference in navigating busy surface streets. I lived in Atlanta for a stretch and the WRX I drove at the time was perfect. Small enough to manage tight parking spots and peppy enough to…

Ah darn. But yep, that scene exactly. Basically he just answers everything they ask with “I don’t answer questions” until they go away. 

Granted, not the US (and fictional), but I always appreciated this scene from Mr. Inbetween.

Minor nit: there is such a thing as an “assault rifle”. Neither of the above guns fit the description (i.e. neither have select fire modes, they’re both strictly semi-automatic). I think what you meant to say is “assault weapon”, which is the term that certain powers applied to the AR-15 and not the Mini 14 and is…

My old boss drove a Focus ST with Recaros for a couple years. I rode in the passenger seat once for, fortunately, a very short trip, and couldn’t believe how far I was away from fitting in those seats. This is almost certainly exaggerated by my memory, but I feel like the middle of my butt wasn’t even touching the…

Looks like the auction already started?

I feel like I’ve become overly sensitive to business jargon. Anytime someone slips into MBAese and starts talking about “being nimble” or “parallel paths” it totally breaks any focus I had on the subject at hand.

Maybe this is why David Fincher wanted to take a break from Mindhunter.

They still make ungodly amounts of money, so we know they’re still being watched. I think they’re planning 2 more movies (10 and 11), so I doubt a director dropping off is going to cause the studio to cancel them. After all, you don’t turn your back on FAMILY.

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Just one point, Carmax was also likely paying more the the cars on the front end (by evidence of the high trade-in values people were receiving over the last year or so). So while I have no doubt the average car sold for $8k more, their profit likely wasn’t $8k per car (although still likely up overall).

I’ve always been so tempted to do this, but have never taken the necessary steps. As someone with long legs, it takes effort (not much but it adds up on long flights) to keep my knees in the confines of my seat area.  I love the idea of being able to fully relax without worrying about invading my seat neighbor’s…

Same basic idea, but unless I’m flying overseas, I tend to just download movies/shows that I’m interested in watching to my phone before a flight. Generally more than I know I’ll have time for so I have options depending on my mood. I find I like the ease of just using my Bluetooth headphones that are already linked…

Actually now that you mention it, I’d be shocked if she isn’t seen driving the new Z car.

Pretty sure they knew what they were doing with saying “fasten your seatbelts” in the tweet.  That punny title had been making the rounds on the internet for awhile.  Seems like they were winking at that with the tweet.

Trying to listen to 100 gecs is definitely one of those “I’m getting old” reminders.

I don’t know man, have you driven a Caravan? My wife’s car is in the shop for awhile while they wait on a wiring harness that’s in supply chain hell, and the first rental they provided for us was a 2019 Dodge Caravan. There’s no doubt it was a base model, but it felt like a base model that was built 10 years ago.…

Has the Hans Zimmer/BMW electric car sound collaboration hit the market yet? That dude is an award winning machine.

I’m all about the “friction free route” idea. My office is in a downtown metro area, and there are a few ways to get to the interstate I need to be on. The fastest ways tend to involve tricky merges or awkward traffic patterns (the fastest way that Google Maps/Waze recommends involves a merge that street signage…

I don’t think they do. There’s certainly a subset that likes them, but if you spend any time in classic car circles or forums, for any 1 person who likes them, you’ll find 20 that loathe them.