Torch, David- you both will be missed. Onward and upward!

100% with you on that. This thing is massive. Anything outside of 40's would look small.

I can’t speak for NC ones, but VA’s are a LITTLE strict in my opinion. Not insanely so, but they could ease up on some things (ex- aftermarket LED bulbs. Maybe not for headlights, as they sell INSANELY bright ones that can practically blind oncoming traffic, but for stuff like a turn signal license plate bulb, you…

Maryland only requires inspections when a car is bought/sold. I work in an auto shop in northern Virginia and holy shit, there are some DEATH TRAPS that people bring to us saying they just moved to VA from MD or bought already live in VA but just bought a car in MD. I would lump MD in with the states that don’t…

That’s how I read it as well

“extra toasted”

Only downside (which is shared by the wagons suggested as well) would be having to street park it all the time if the person is in the city itself. The smaller/cheaper the better then. But if they are just outside the city and have a garage or at least a designated parking space wherever they live, Stinger all the…

David “If the vehicle is less than 50% rust I don’t want it” Tracy and resident taillight scholar Jason Torchinsky are what keep me coming back to Jalopnik. 

Subaru seems to have the right idea on this front. I don’t know if it’s on all of them, but every Subaru I’ve owned (1 2003 outback, 2 2010 imprezas) has had the running lights on whenever the car was on, unless the e-brake was engaged. It would make sense for other manufacturers to run the same set up or similar…

If fleet sales count and it’s not just sales figures to individuals, that’s how. GM is the king of fleet sales. 

take your damn star

I don’t know where the person that said you should run them at max PSI lives, but running tires at max PSI in anywhere that consistently gets more than a dusting of snow in the winter IS risking a blowout because potholes are all over the place. Plus, any more urban area or anywhere that is under a lot of new growth…

Partially it’s the American “bigger is better” idea, partially it’s what parents carry around with them all the time when they have small children or more than one child. My sister and brother in law had their first kid about 1 1/2 years ago, and have another one on the way. Between the one kid’s carseat, diaper bag,…

Wants a great family vehicle with a manual? Say no more!

100% this. Those Frontiers are tough, super practical, and you’ll never have to worry about parts availability since they were made for so long without much change.

Huh- I’m going to have to get one of these. I have a couple flex head ratchets, but I haven’t seen one with an offset handle like that. Seems like it would be only useful (compared to one of the ratchets I already have), but when it’s useful, it would be VERY useful. Like changing the spark plugs on a subaru- you…

The Nissan Xterra. I was 8 when then came out, and I fell in love with them. There were a couple around where I grew up, and they were all bright yellow- they looked like successor to the Camel Trophy Land Rovers I always saw pictures of at my uncle’s house (before I ever saw an old Disco or Defender in person- I…

THANK YOU. I can’t tell you how many times I had customers at the shop I used to work at complain that the tires that came on their new car didn’t last long. OEM tires (for the most part) are made to meet the base specs of the vehicle (size, speed rating, load rating) for as cheaply as possible for the vehicle…

I’ve got to know- has it been repainted? If not, HOLY SHIT that is a clean Suburban (at least from the limited pictures), in a color I can genuinely say I have never seen that generation of Chevy painted in. I’m used to seeing that era Chevy truck in the standard tan/black/gray/navy blue/white, with some red ones and…

Nice Price, 100%. These things are comfy as hell but can also RIP, especially with a couple bolt-ons. As Mr. Regular once said in a review about a different Buick, “Slam that shifter into ‘D’ for ‘Don’t worry about it!’ and make a line!”