Having seatbelts available, requiring kids to buckle up, and seeing every kid stay buckled up for the duration of their trip are three very different things.  

Visually, it makes a statement (and would be conversation piece for C&C), but it seems like it can only be a trailer queen, given both is provenance and chasing parts.  ND

So, “another one bites the dust”?!  When did The Takeout disappear?

Fourth gear - the best schedule that I ever had was four tens with alternating start days.  The first week, we worked Monday-Thursday, the next we worked Tuesday-Friday, then the following week we went back to Monday-Thursday, again.  The combination of alternating two-day and four-day weekends rocked, especially when…

Unfortunately, $4500 is the new $1500 . . .

Either something old-school and non-computerized (‘70-’71 VW van) or a new PHEV (Prius Prime or some other Prime Toyota) that can “roll with the punches” when it comes to fuel sources.

The driving part is no different from driving at night. It’ll be dark, turn on your headlights. That part ain’t rocket science. As for the actual eclipse, if you want to look at it, just pick a place and plant yourself. It won’t be any different a mile away or 5 miles away. There’s absolutely no point in “chasing it”,…

56 miles under ideal conditions/when new. More like 35-40 miles, now, a dozen years later.

ND, for range (the lack thereof), alone. This makes a great argument for hybrid work vehicles, only it lacks the backup range extender part of the equation!

I’ll be an outlier, here - the VW Vanagon Synchro. It’s decades old, yet still looks great, today, and predicted much of the current overlanding craze, in a package that remains highly competitive, even today.

There are many parts to this equation. Popular, desirable areas are always going to be expensive. We continue to see an increasing disparity in wages (short term rentals only exist because some people can afford to rent them). The cost of labor and materials (to build anything) has skyrocketed. With the “crisis” on…

I have an irrational attraction to these things, but this one seems more like it’s just being flipped after a quick cosmetic refresh. For $2,000 less money and an earlier one, missing the 5 mph bumpers, I’d be more interested. ND

Ten-year-old Toyota, ideally a Tacoma or a Prius.  Both would be reliable, safe enough, and cheap enough.  It mostly depends on miles-driven part of the equation.  The Tacoma can double for household weekend chores while the Prius would be the better answer if the kid is racking up more than 20 miles a day.

The last time took an actual driving test (with an examiner in the car) was in 1969, when I turned 16, 55 years ago. The last time that I renewed my license (last year) they didn’t even require a vision test . . .

We need to start the over-under on how many concerts end up being canceled due to breakdowns with the transport vehicles . . .

Yes, the Chicken Tax should go away, but some of your arguments are off. One, GM’s light truck sales (Chevrolet + GMC) are comparable to Ford’s and have been for years. Two, the main beneficiary of eliminating the tax wouldn’t be the Big 3, but Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, and Mercedes. Three, the previous recent models…

If the government does not have the resources to deliver to everyone, they should not be picking “winners” and “losers”. Instead of promising $7,500 rebates, promise $5,000 rebates and let 50% more share in the government largesse. Reduce them to $3,750 and double the number of “winners”. Or, better yet, just quit…

What’s a sh*t knob?! ;-)

I tried one.  It reminded me of McDonald’s old Apple “Pie” - fried dough holding a molten filling that’s just to hot to eat without getting second-degree burns in one’s mouth.

It’s a fair price for a disposable, weekends-only tool, but I wouldn’t want to look like a douche on my Home Depot runs . . . ND!