Hauling 4 adults and/or their stuff + great fuel economy + fun-to-drive are all kind of mutually exclusive. Why not just keep the (presumably paid-for) Miata and Ranger, and just replace the Jetta with a Tesla or some other EV? Unless real estate/places to park the two little-used ones is truly an issue, having one or…

Emergency vehicles are also getting harder to hear as efforts are made to protect first-responders’ hearing.

ANY speed limit is an arbitrary trade-off between “safety” and “productivity”. Speed limits tend to be “too high” where people (complaining) live and “too low” when we’re trying to get from Point A to Point B, especially outside of our own neighborhoods. You can never be “too safe” nor “too productive”.

A lot of the last mile delivery people are switching to things like the Prius or Bolt (way lower fuel cost) or tiny cars like the Aveo or Spark. The small van’s major issue is that they’re pretty expensive (more than a mid-size pickup + cap) and you can get a “small” full-size van for not much more. Really, it all…

I wonder if “none of the above” was one of the available survey responses?!  All I want/need to have connected is a radio and my phone.  (Yes, I’m old.)

Given how our criminals love to steal both catalytic converters and whole cars (especially Kias & Hyundais), what would/does keep someone with a pair of bolt cutters from going after all of these owner-supplied power cords?

Here’s an idea - just raise the fares to cover the costs!  Let the actual users pay for the service!

Around St Louis, they don’t even worry about fake temporary tags, they just either drive around on expired ones or with no plates, at all. Enforcement seems to be non-existent, especially in the city, proper, so temp tags that expired more than a year ago aren’t that unusual . . . Here’s one from last December:

Blast away. Anyone can make allegations in a lawsuit, that’s why we have courts (to sort out the facts). Given that the article states that the “lawsuit also claims that the flight attendants were untrained in resuscitation”, (which I find to be a highly suspect assertion), I’m taking the allegation about a “dead…

We traded in my wife’s ‘15 Mustang GT for a ‘15 BMW i3 and were very surprised to see our insurance not go down . . .

We live in an imperfect world. Only a minority of places have well-trained staff (on CPR), much less defibrulators, so this just looks like another ambulance-chasing attorney going after some deep pockets.

The minivan. Dodge Grand Caravan and Plymouth Voyager. The rise of Honda Odyssey and Toyota Previa & Sienna. The fading GM options.

“The answer is always Miata”©

Everything has some level of federal protection. The railroads are not trying to intentionally destroy the environment. They’re in the business of moving stuff, including some nasty stuff, and, sometimes, infrequently, crashes will happen. Incendiary headlines, like this one, aren’t going to do squat about the fact…

The only things simpler on an EV are the motor and the transmission. They still have tires, brakes, suspension pieces, window regulators, entertainment systems, filters, HVAC systems, etc., etc. What is more complex is having two battery systems, one low-voltage one that controls the computers that make everything…

Because idiot drivers (inattentive/relying on unproven/dangerous technology) apparently are incapable of sharing roads with other vehicles, of any size.

I like it, but at maybe half the asking price.

Diverging diamonds are far less intimidating than roundabouts, especially the ones on multi-lane roads.  With a DD, just follow the lane markings.

Those side window deflectors are always a red flag, for me, since they usually come with that impossible-to-remove smoked-in smell.

One, if you can’t charge at home, EVs are a PITA. Two, until EV purchase prices drop to the same as comparable ICE vehicles, money/budgets will continue to have a huge impact on many buyers’ decisions. Three, the historic rapid depreciation of EVs (to date) is a good argument against buying a new one. Four, if the…