This is great, the Woke Olympics. It’s a virtual guarantee that they will have a much harder time tacking back towards the middle in the general. Looking forward to each of them falling over eachother upping the amount they intend to spend on reparations that they’ll then have to walk back when they realize how…

Grandpa, I just want you to know how proud I am of how you figured out technology. It seems like just yesterday you were claiming that Facebook had banned the Marine Corps logo, and now you’ve successfully created not one, but multiple dummy accounts to post goofy conservative trolling on this page. You’ve come a long…

It’s always amazed me how people will defend and justify their automotive allegiances. The Chevy person will say how much Fords suck. The Ford person will say that Chevys suck. The Dodge person will say they both suck. The Honda person will say all other brands suck except Hondas. The Subaru person will say that their…

Might be cliche, but if you’re not a go-zillionaire and you’re buying anything but Toyota or Honda, you’re not only NOT a go-zillionaire, but you’re also a schmuck. I have owned new Nissans, Volvos and Fords over the last decade and each was ‘pretty’ and ‘fancy’ and each one was also garbage. There’s just no…

It’s a typical cycle. Car manufacturer makes cars customers like, and make money. Eventually they decide they aren’t making enough money, and start squeezing suppliers. Suppliers make cheaper parts and cut corners, reliability drops off a cliff, and customers no longer like the cars. Sales fall, and eventually company…

Your comment was that some of the comps were of cars with poor reliability records, compared to your 4Runner’s 140k trouble free miles. I affirmed your 4Runner is one of the most reliable vehicles, even among Toyotas, and you respond with a “what’s your point”

All that razzle dazzle is just more stuff that can fail.

I find J.D. Power’s rankings to be garbage. I couldn’t give two shits about initial quality when I’ve got a bumper-to-bumper warranty (other than the pain in the ass of going to the shop). I want the ranking at 100,001, 50,001 miles or 36,001 miles when it’s on my dime. For instance, Hyundai, Chevrolet, and Dodge…

This post will eventually fade away, but I’ll always have mammaries of it.

Makes sense. Fiats (other than the re-badged Miata) are total POS that no one wants.

Oooh, Kia Cadenza is one that slipped by me. I may have to add those to my shopping list. Them’s pretty fancy for a dirtbag like me. 

I let the bacon grease congeal in a baking pan lined with heavey duty aluminum foil. WHen the grease congeals I just crumble up the tinfoil and throw it in the trash. Easy.

Seriously, at a Volvo dealer $1000 will get you an oil change and a 12-point safety inspection. 

Also: “Let’s see, new muffler bearings and blinker fluid - that’s going to be $2,500. You know...you could trade in the car and put that money towards this brand new model over here...”

I was hoping Nissan could escape the alliance and go back to their pre-alliance form.

doesnt say how long you kept them or how old they were and it’s still a small sample size - basically a meaningless measure of anything.

But its wrong wheel bias. The Stinger is RWD or AWD with the GTS being a RWD AWD bias with the 3.3l.

Resale value for manuals is very low but in 20 years that thing will be a collector item because of the manual. Another plus is the reliability of a manual transmission. Some of us really do like to drive their cars into the ground instead of the ‘great leasing options financing trade in drive away low payments ‘ BS.

And that’s it. As long as people’s normal lives aren’t disrupted - they don’t care.

This was a really good column this week. I gotta see The Guest.