You missed the Zimmer Golden Spirit, a rolling baroque mashup of total over-the-top tastelessness!

One of the unintended consequences of rating airlines based on their “on time” performance.

Because it’s a one-trick pony?  Living life a quarter mile at a time?

I was around when these were new and I do NOT remember them being offered, probably because they’re so ugly. That being said, while the specs and price are good, I just can’t get past the looks. ND, all day!

Actuaries figure out the odds and insurance companies need to price their products accordingly, in order to stay in business. Consumers don’t want to/”can’t” pay the high (and increasing) premiums, so they implore their politicians to “do something”. Unless the repair and replacement side of the equation is regulated,…

“Luxury” half-ton, full-size, crew-cab, short-bed pickup trucks. They’re just large, upscale cars with impractical “trunks” and way-too-high step-in heights. Plus, their MPGs are the same as sedans that they’re allegedly replacing.

A new resident is supposed to get a new license when they move into the state (any state): “The officer was presumably referring to Alvelo’s place of residence, which is Dallas, Texas.”  What we don’t know is how long Alvelo had been living in Dallas.

The car’s display/dashboard”Guessometer” already shows SOC and miles left available. You don’t need anything integrated with anything else. And while tying charging stations to onboard navigation may be seen as a feature, there also (likely better) apps for that, as well.

In the USA, the freight railroads are very reluctant to share their tracks with scheduled Amtrak service. Adding buses to the mix is probably not even in the realm of possibility, especially given the stringent FRA crash requirements for structural integrity (which essentially prohibits light rail vehicles from…

$20K for a trailer queen that only gets out two or three days a year simply does not appeal to me . . . ND

That’s why engineers build redundancy into their designs. Here, one failure did NOT result in a catatastrophe, much like the crack in the Memphis bridge over the Mississippi River.

This would only be worth the asking price if the drivetrain had been switched out for one from a Mustang GT.  As it stands, now, someone paid a premium, when they bought it, and expects to get a premium just for storing it.

So, no Gladiators? Will they do a Rubicon 392 in one of those?

Three out of the five are being (or have recently been) replaced by new models (Colorado, Range, Tacoma), so a) it’ll be interesting to see how the newer models do in the next round of tests, and b) it should be no surprise that the Frontier did the best since it is, by far, the newest model that they tested.

FWD, as well?!  ND

It appears to be FWD, as well?!

If you/they don’t want to wait for “the dumb 2.4 gallon gas tank rule to change” all Mazda needs to do is to market it as a plug-in hybrid and not as an EV with a range extender. If 85% of your range is coming from an internal combustion engine, you’re not driving an EV!

Owning an older BMW i3 with a range extender (the REX rarely gets used since we don’t do road trips in it), I think that Mazda is “barking up the wrong tree”. A REX adds complexity and made/makes far more sense when the main batteries were less efficient/came with less capacity. If people are going electric, they want…

The V-8 is labelled “Displacement on Demand” so it’s probably one of GM’s ill-fated V-4-6-8 AFM versions that have been subject to lawsuits. Combine that with the near inability (space) to service the engine and the low miles I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a ticking time bomb.

Around St Louis, the two preferred options seem to be either expired temp tags (many times, by years, if not months) or no plates, at all.  Since Ferguson happened, traffic enforcement has been severely curtailed.