I’m the owner of a Polestar 2 dual motor who happens to live in a cold and snowy climate. The traction control is phenomenal, and the AWD plows through any condition without issue. That said, the standard issue rubber are summer sport tires, which are awful in wintery conditions. In regards to real world driving…

They ruined a perfectly stupid car.

I say just get the best Prius you can for $8,500. Your wallet will thank you.

All good points, and in some ways I’m still a product of my upbringing.

I don’t put that on the writers so much as on management cutting expenses while also demanding the kind of content that exists exclusively for revenue generation (so many slide shows).

Free at last!

You lost them at editing.  If spell cheque kant find it, it's knot getting corrected.

My dude... you are not in the greys. 

“A Supra parked in front of a Dragonball-themed ramen place” is the exact vibe I try to bring to Jalopnik every day

i’m here to bring the weird

This feels like old Jalopnik and I am here for it...

Met those guys the day after that while they were ice fishing at Officer’s Gulch close to Copper Mountain. They showed my buddy’s 7 year-old all about how they used their equipment to find where to drill... shared some beer with us (not the kiddo, obvs.) Still had that brown trout on ice they caught in the article.…

I guess this ties into your “most friction-free route” point, but if traffic’s awful, I’ll take detours just to try and keep moving. Might save absolutely no time, but I find it comforting just to stay in motion and out of excess traffic, even if it sort of goes counter to picking a routine and staying with it.

Too late, you already recommended a broken Volkswagen to someone who thinks they need a car to commute a whole mile.

about a mile each way

The Hummer H2. I can’t think of a bigger improvement than going from a bloated and tacky symbol of excess consumption to no longer having it around. 

Get an Avalon hybrid and get your plywood delivered. Everything else should fit.

Done!

Now you’re just trolling Dave Tracey, man.

A week in Dave Tracy’s garage. I’m sure he can put some kind of deal together.