My 11 year old X5 diesel with 150K miles still gets 32-35 mpg on the highway, mid-to-high 20's in mixed driving, and has plenty of power and torque for safe passing and maneuvering. It costs me less than a grand per year to keep on the road and is only worth around $12K so I have every intention to keep it as my…

You can’t just strap the lumber down without saying “that’s not going anywhere”.

I’ll go on record and say this is the first and likely only time I’ll agree with Elon on something. DST is outdated and could easily be dropped. 

David Emmett at motomatters.com has a great write up on it here:

I have Toyo OC AT3s and they are a great tire. They balance true and handle water and snow great.

the pure starts at 70k now  still more expensive than the base price chevy tahoe but it’s in the ballpark. 

Or pop the plastic cover off of the rear emergency door release, reach down awkwardly and grip it for dear life.

“...EMERGENCY RELEASE LATCHES FOR THE MODEL Y’s REAR DOORS ARE HIDDEN BENEATH A MAT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR POCKET. ONCE THAT’S REMOVED, A RED TAB OPENS AN ACCESS HATCH THAT REVEALS AN EMERGENCY RELEASE CABLE...!”

The last words your fast-googling friend will scream in the seconds between the crash and you all burning…

Why are you pretending this article is outside of the system and not part of the problem?

I agree, and this should be mandatory: 

My kid is in school in Queens; this is absolutely 100% the parents’ fault. There is rarely any need to drive your kids in the first place: https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/research-alliance/research/spotlight-nyc-schools/how-far-do-nyc-students-travel-get-school

The Aztek is dead. Long live the Aztek.

They got 12 clean, 8 towing flat.  I can believe 4 towing uphill.

I have an aunt and uncle who have a unique solution to all the baggage fee stuff- they ship their bags ahead of them via fedex/ups. Costs about the same as fees for checked bags and carryons AND there’s no hassle with luggage getting lost, just exit the plane and go straight to the hotel.

My girlfriend tried this for…

Oh boy do I have a video for you.

Southwest is sadly bringing picked seats to their airline. Not a change I am excited about as I always just paid the extra $15 or whatever dollars to board in an early group to get my pick of seats and know I had space for my carry on. 

Man, I remember the days before paying to check a bag when overhead bin space wasn’t a hot commodity. No one was in a rush to board, there wasn’t any chaos, and I did my best to be one of the last people on the plane. Now I get to be one of the first on most flights, and have the joy of sitting on a hot plane for 25…

What is the electrical contractor going to charge you to put in a new panel?  I had one put in last year and it was only around $1800 total.

I had a $5.75K utility company subsidy on my $12K bill to upgrade my service, get a new panel, install my charger, and add the lights and electrical outlets that never were put in 50s garages. After that, I pay $.09/kW (using my before/after bills) so 500 miles of range costs $14 and no maintenance costs. More than…

Typically if you’re paying for electricity at a place like this you will be paying somewhere in the neighborhood of the same amount you would for gas per mile. But if you’re charging at home you’re probably paying 1/5 the amount per mile compared to gas.