I live in Missouri and it is quite depressing how much more like Florida we are becoming...

Old Honda motorcycles had the same thing, a three position key: Off, Ignition and Park. The last one just illuminated the taillight and nothing else, designed to draw a bit more attention while parked than an un-illuminated bike.

I agree wholeheartedly. I love the long throw on a truck shift - I’ve owned several old fords and my favorite was the t18 with a granny gear. That thing was like a mile long from the dash back to the bench.

I’ve flown a lot for work in the last 2 years (Southwest and Delta) and no planes had these screens and I didn’t miss them between a book, headphones and a tablet.

I have two to buy this coming year.

Way to go on a great year! I look forward everyday to seeing what you’re up to around here. I love the adventures, frank opinions and moving stories that are regularly found here. I would like to see more motorcycle and military related stuff again, but I may just be being picky.

I used to have a preference for american brands but I am officially soured on american car brands. I’ve owned only domestic cars and trucks so far and the quality and longevity is worse than it used to be (and that’s saying something!). I have a Focus made in USA that is falling apart at 5 years old and a Flex made in…

Who loves a car ride?!

Jason, I love you - but you’ve had the voice in my head screaming “must be the season of the witch!” all day and I curse youre name for it!

Thank you for this article, it was a wonderful read. I have a brother who has a similar level of developmental disability and I teared up a time or two during this story. He’s a big guy (6' 4") who used to get into fights when people would pick on his friends.

I have a few mechanical close calls over the years, the vehicle that sticks with me the most is a certain 1987 F150. I did not buy this truck, my younger brother did. He found it on CL, showed it to me and I told him to stay away, he took our dad to look at it and bought it.

I worked for a company that operated a fleet of Isuzu cabover trucks that were all gasoline. We didn’t have any issues with employees, they would occasionally end up in NJ where full service pumps are law. We would send 6 or 8 trucks up there for a few weeks for a job and every time at least once an attendant would…

Awesome and detailed reply.

Are you trying to tell me that Boeing doesn’t benefit from both government support and subsidy?

I’m dissapointed this has so few stars!

My 2012 focus doesn’t have one, I see the same impact as my 01 Focus when coasting in gear vs out if it. A lit of cars do have stop/start technology but I don’t think manuals usually do.

I had an 84 for a short while. It was my wife’s great grandmothers, had something like 60k on it and was in excellent shape. It got about 20mpg highway, and floated around the road, actually quite comfortable and easy to drive. Took it on a couple road trips and it was rather pleasant. Another family member needed a…

As an avid hypermiler in the mid 00s when gas hit $4 a gallon and I drove 1000 miles a week I can tell you that without a doubt it uses less gas to coast in no gear vs coasting in gear down hill. That alone with no other changes gives me about a 10% boost in overall fuel economy.

You only give us 2 days notice? I have meetings all day Thursday and can’t ditch at this point. I live in St Louis and would have taken off the day off to come see you speak on this... Seems like it’ll be very interesting!

I have one of these in my knife drawer, works perfect for paring knives and other general use blades. I’ve used it on some knives for a decade without any damage and a usable sharp knife is only a few seconds away.