It has come to my attention that my shareholders are displeased that I haven’t also made an announcement about electric pickups to inflate our stock price since they’re the hot topic right now, so I just wanted to make it known that I am indeed working on an electric pickup. I don’t have any specifics to share at this…

Congrats on the RF, they’re gorgeous. I had no idea there were issues with water accumulating in the foot wells, so I did some digging. It appears the drain filters are serviceable to prevent future water ingress, but it’s not as easy as checking the oil or topping off the washer fluid. You may already be aware of the…

2nd Gear:

I have, and I happen to really like it. The Mazda 3 hatchback also happens to land about midpack for trunk volume at 20 cubic feet. It’s competitors offer: Golf (16), Corolla hatch (18), Cooper Clubman (18), Cruze hatch(19), Veloster (20), Impreza hatch (21), Forte5 (23), Focus hatch (23), Elantra GT (25) and Civic…

I’d say CUVs are just lifted hatchbacks, they don’t have the capacity a real wagon or van offers. But why do you feel Mazda sacrifices practicality for the sake of style?

I have a 2014 Mazda 3 hatch, and due to a collision and it being in the body shop, I was given a brand new 2017 Corolla as a rental car, and that rental car actually caused me to feel depressed for the two weeks I had it. I could not believe that not only did the Corolla cost as much as my Mazda 3 when it was new, but…

I’d say the minority of automakers are pursuing hydrogen as the fuel of the future. Toyota even admitted it spent too much time and money on hydrogen and is now lagging behind in BEVs.

While there may not be cars in driveways yet, Mazda has had working prototypes for a couple years now and should be selling cars equipped with Skyactiv-X by the end of the year, at least in some parts of the world.

I’ve drank Mazda’s Kool-aid, but once you read into the brand and their ethos and discover the dedication they put into the smallest details, you realize they really are doing something special. The fact that they can also do that while only selling 2% of the global automobile fleet each year and without any major…

From what I’ve read, the Mazda was always the most enjoyable to drive (new generation even more so), the Golf was a class-less vehicle with the broadest engine portfolio and the nicest interior (though the new Mazda 3 has the interior beat), and the Civic was the best all-around package with the most room and the most…

And with that, Mitsubishi has finally cleansed their showrooms of anything remotely cool or interesting. The purge is complete.

I agree about the weaves not lining up being irritating, butthe the wood splitter is likely Jabroc, which is a special type of plywood used on F1 cars, so it gets a pass “because race car.”

The Mazdaspeed 6, first generation Mazdaspeed 3 and CX-7 all had a similar arrangement. While a hood scoop looks cool, the hidden scoop is more stealthy and likely means Subaru can use the same hood for the NA and Turbo cars.

Did Toyota steal the design team from Subaru? The new Highlander looks largely identical to the old version, just like the Impreza/Crosstrek/Forester/Legacy.

It’s interesting that the press photos show the bed loaded up with Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, KTM and Harley motorcycles...but not Hondas. Are they really worried that showing Honda bikes would cause people to cross shop the Ridgeline?

My wife’s develops a terrible vibration around 3000-3300 RPM and it just seems to make more noise than actual power. Her harmonic balancer might be due for replacement, but the Jeep is 15 years old and only has 40,000 km on it, so it doesn’t get driven enough to make it too big of a nuisance.

I don’t think 4.0L I6 Jeeps are capable of tailgating. My wife has a stock 2004 TJ with the 5 speed stick and it’s terribly slow and won’t rev past ~3000 RPM.

I’ve heard quite a few stories of keys working in other cars back in the day. I guess maybe manufacturers didn’t use many tumbler combinations or they just got worn out.

Thanks for the link, I look forward to watching that.

Where’s the extended, even geekier version? I’d really like to learn more about your trip to Munro to see these three cars.