“lifetime” fluids. No, your transmission is not service free...it just means they don’t want you checking the levels yourself and making sure its serviced at the dealer. Every single dealer will recommend a replacement interval for that fluid.

3rd Gear: “Decision” to not unionize my ass. Toyota, Tesla, and every other non-union manufacturer have spent massive amounts of money fighting against unionization efforts while lying to their employees about the union boogeyman.

it amazes me that people can’t seem to figure it out.

I work in the auto industry, race cars on the weekends, and have been about this “lifestyle” for 30 years....and it still blows my mind how some people’s identities are inextricably linked to the concept of a car (or a brand) over all else. Like, they are at their most basic just a tool and at best an expensive hobby…

I’m up for the ID Buzz.  You know, the electric VW bus.  But I’ll take mine painted like the Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo.

I love cars. I love all cars. I love my gas cars. I’m all for this ban and look forward to other states following this pattern because I love my kids more than I love my cars. Seeing the affects of climate change over nearly 50 years of life makes we worry about the world that my kids will live in when they have been…

Dad the old Retired Machinist built this from a single casting and a set of plans. Plus $300 for gears. Took him 18 months. Mom was pissed that I bought him the plans. He never did start the Offenshauser 4 Cyl Indycar motor. 

The GM J-body. 1st Gen, 2nd Gen, 3rd Gen. Don’t care. Love them all for the little tin cans they are. Mine has been oddly lovingly cared for in its 31 years of life and I’ve continued that. It’s slow, old, shoddily built and somehow still…fun.

Honda Pilot: in many ways it is Beige personified. but at the same time it is incredibly reliable, comfortable, roomy, safe, has good visibility, carries a shit ton of stuff and people, can tow a reasonable load, and actually does remarkably well off road.

I’ve owned a 2007 since new and 220,000 miles + later I just…

I was going to say Super Duty trucks, because they are boringly competent at everything they do, but hold a sweet spot in my heart for being so good at just about any automotive task imaginable. But then you said:

“Tribute”

As an Air Force meteorologist, with a BS in meteorology from Texas A&M and an MS from NPS, the amount of facepalming dumbassitude I encounter from hillbilly morons regarding weather is sobering.

As a weather enthusiast (and NWS-trained tornado spotter), this makes me lol.

Hillbillies are just so damn afraid of anything that’s different, including things like science, art, technology, foreigners - and apparently traffic circles.

Any GMT-800 series truck. They look great (except for the cat-eye Silverados IMO, but some people love those too). They are the perfect combination of modern power and capability, without being way too big and stupidly tall like they all are now. They are very simple to work on, tremendously durable and incredibly…

I still don’t know how this isn’t universally interpreted as an infringement on the 4th amendment. It’s exactly what it was written for, to protect against this kind of thing.

that was pretty common here in the states until around the 2010s when people finally started to get the mem0. 

We’ve got ‘em on the street where my most recent workplace was. It just appeared one morning and everyone was delighted!

I’ve got a Scottish friend that makes sure he always wears a kilt in the traditional fashion whenever he flies over here in the states. He always opts for the patdown, more than once he’s just been waived through without being patted down. The TSA are just cowards who like to pick on weak targets.

An underpowered, awd EV makes what? 300hp? 400hp?

New cars are just too good.