As a biased WRX driver of the same vintage back then, I always kind of thought the SRT-4 was a hunk of junk. But I don’t think you can really deny they were pretty damn fast for that era.  I think they absolutely lived up to the hype at the time, they all just got ragged out or wrecked within 5 years. 

Not a boomer nor a purist. I recognize the C8 is objectively a great sports car. I still don’t like them. Is it irrational? Yes, but that’s the point. I think they look like a GTA knock-off super car. Edgy Ferrari from the front and just box-ass ugly from the rear. Also, even though I enjoy a very occasional round of…

Doubling down on the used car thing? That advice is not “a simple fact” with today’s used car prices. With many popular, reliable cars today you’ll only be saving $2-3k to give up a couple years of warranty and 20-30k miles. Used car prices are nuts right now. This was ok advice 5+ years ago, but times change.

And an ass end only a mother could love. 

I was a little late to this post, so I’m just going to piggyback onto what you said, because C8 was my first thought as well. They are undoubtedly good cars and probably one of the best high-end performance values out there. But I just don’t like them.  I’m not even a purist, but the supercar caricature comment is…

Is this post completely broken (no links, incomplete text), or is it just something on my end?

But a sticker on the gas pump said it was high and it was all Biden’s fault.

Much more enjoying the vibe around Lifehacker lately.

Fixing my window tint.

Touché and shame on me for not reading the grassroots article more closely.

That’s a great guide for competition tires, but most of those are going to have some pretty serious trade-offs if you’re primarily driving them on the street. The tires being compared here aren’t going to beat, say, the Potenza RE-71RS around a track, but they’re still up to an occasional track/autocross and more than…

+1 on the WRX. Had a 2003 for well over a decade and it was such a fun car. I lived in the heart of a major city for a good portion of that time, and it was just so delightfully zippy to navigate all the traffic in.

Don’t know the whole story (maybe supply constrained?), but I’m thrilled to see the hummer on this list.  I was concerned the affluent suburbs in my area would be awash in 9000lb missile bricks, but I’ve yet to see one on the road. 

It’s all such a mess. In Tennessee weed is illegal. But I can drive five minutes down the street and go to a head shop that sells hemp derived delta-9 that has roughly the same effect. Still, pretty sure if a cop had a reason to search me and found that delta-9 on my person, I’d be in trouble.

I would have rather gone the Bluesky route, but I feel like Meta dropping Threads when they did was pretty savvy. I think it could potentially derail Bluesky by allowing everyone who is still waiting on an invite (which seems like a lot of people) to get settled in over at Threads. I don’t love it, but after deleting…

Getting so blitzed before a flight for a work trip that you aren’t allowed to board is rough. You’re a good person for staying with her, but I hope she considered getting some help after that.

I honestly didn’t realize they were.  I mean, at least not without a Waymo employee sitting in the driver seat.  Yikes.

Calories don’t count at the airport.

I doubt this is where the author’s head was at, but in my ownership, I’ve encountered some Buick diehards that think the TourX isn’t big enough since it can’t carry a 4x8' sheet of plywood (which apparently the old Buick Roadmaster could do).  The hatch seems pretty cavernous to me though!

This my thought, it’s all essentially already baked into their budget.