Tom, how do you feel about national used car chains like Carmax and Auto Nation? I ask because that is where the wife and I buy our used cars from now after being hosed by dealers in SC taking the “As Is” statement too literally and selling blatantly unsafe cars. I’ve found that at least a Carmax car will have…

Definitely agree. Buying a used car is no harder than buying new. With certain caveats. For instance, here in SC used cars are all sold “As Is”. Dealers are not required to fix anything and they can, and do, sell vehicles that are blatantly unsafe. I’ve seen used cars roll of dealer lots with brake lights not…

Finance guys love/hate me. I come with my own financing, so that pisses them off. But, since we only buy used we pretty much always buy an extended warranty, especially if it is provided by the manufacturer. The warranty on my wife’s Explorer has paid for itself twice now. Replaced the rear view camera, and the entire…

Way to be an authoritarian. How about the rule of do no harm? If someone wants to collect cars on THEIR property what harm is befalling YOU? Here’s a hint: exactly none. But when the government jackboots decide to tell him he can’t do it, they are now harming him and his lifestyle.

Keep electing authoritarian assholes from the two major parties and this is what you wind up with. This man is hurting no one, he lives out in the boonies. If he was in the middle of a subdivision with cars stacked 3 high on a quarter acre lot I could maybe see an issue. Then again, it is his property, even though the…

But it still looks like a stretched out Geo Storm. At least the Firebird looked good.

I’ve got the Joe Rocket mesh jacket and it seems to hold up ok. My issue is virtually no one makes riding gear in tall sizes, which is why I got the Joe Rocket jacket. It was the only one I could find in a tall. Still need to get the pants. Right now I just wear stiff as fuck 501 shrink to fits. Been looking at the…

Where are his gloves?

I rode without a helmet once, for about 200 yards. Just got finished cleaning and resetting the carbs on my 86 Nighthawk 700SC and went to test ride. Decided the helmet wasn’t needed because I was just in the neighborhood. Yeah, got about 100 yards away and turned around. Sorry but helmetless riding is just plain…

Sorry but a battery EV solution just isn’t going to work. That goes for passenger cars as well. Even though the Tesla can supercharge in 30 minutes, it is still shit compared to filling a tank of gas in terms of efficiency of time. I think it is past time to settle on either range extended EV technology like the Volt,…

One more reason why I don’t fly. And I’m a retired aircraft mechanic for fucks sake. I’d rather drive 18 hours than deal with airport bullshit.

So what is the “For worse” part? A bunch of people using their personal boats, and donating their personal time and services to assist in rescue operations. As far as they go, I’m not seeing a downside. One team reported they were shot at. Not shot, shot at. Is that unbelievable nowadays? Nope. There’s looters, and…

They need to have the cars made unsalvageable once they are totaled. Whatever wrecking yard takes the vehicle should be given 24 hours to strip any useable parts such as body panels and shred everything else. The drivetrains on these cars will be junk, the interiors and electrical will be junk. You might be able to…

Joel Osteen: the poster child for why we need to remove tax exempt status from churches.

Just have to get rid of those hideous wheels and respray the trunk lid. Give it a good detailing and make sure the brakes are in order, change the oil, and flip that sucker. Nice price.

Never mind the safety issue from the airbag. Keep your nasty ass feet off my dashboard or I’m gonna pop you upside your head.

I hate the fact that when buying a new car you have to get leather to get most options. Total bullshit. Wouldn’t be as big a deal if you were able to rip the factory radio out of the dash and replace it with whatever you wanted, but noooo....everything has to be a damn touchscreen that is integrated into every aspect…

Wool is what was used in the antique chauffeured cars. The driver, being a scummy poor, sat in an open area on a leather clad bench while the actual car owners sat in an enclosed cabin on wool upholstery in supreme comfort.

But they’re ugly. The Bentley is HIDEOUS and the Rolls, from what I can see, is going to be just as fugly. Seriously, people are paying six figures for these things. Couldn’t they at least make them not butt ugly?

So they’re building a glorified city car. That’s gonna hurt sales.