I have a friend that is notorious for running his vehicles to E before finally filling up. His current ride, a new Focus RS, shows the gas light at a quarter tank.. that’s what happens when you combine abysmal MPGs with a 14 gallon tank. Ouch.

I have a friend that downloaded backgrounds to his Escape’s Sync2 system to replace the lame black background on the quadrant home screen. Not sure if it was an OEM feature or a vulnerability, just thought it was cool!

Rugby, of course!

This reminds me of my mom’s old Saturn Outlook because it had two wiper functions: One with the flap you twisted to spray normally, and another that was a button you pushed that resulted in the vehicle heating the fluid and then blasting it on the windshield to remove bugs and ice. I affectionately referred to this…

Less of a quirk, more of a defect..

I studied 3 months in Germany last year and flew to Reykjavik for 4 days during Pentecost break. I absolutely agree with the car culture there. Seeing typical American vehicles was soothing after seeing a grand total of one Cruze and one Camaro in Germany over those 3 months... Did you try the traditional sheep’s…

He started writing for Autotrader at Autotrader.com/Oversteer. I agree on the #DougCar!