Not sure what’s so hard about these features with a manual. My 2018 Mazda 3 Grand Touring hatch has a 6spd and pretty much all of this options and for the most part they work great.

I honestly felt a little unsure about my purpose in life when I got your email. On the one hand I know all about your addiction and could have refused to help and possibly helped you get on the right path. On the other hand, now I get to read about another crazy adventure.

He flat ran out of talent. He made the decision to put his bike in a bad situation. He was crashing, sandbag or no sandbag. Every time you lay a bike down you risk serious injury. There’s a ditch in the sand ~10ft past the bag, is he going to sue if he flips the bike after hitting that ditch? This isn’t on the…

Come on Erik, these guys are absolutely not “enthusiasts”. These people are reckless idiots who happen to have motorcycles. Please don’t lump those of us who ride bikes responsibly into the same group as these loons. I hope the judge throws the book at them.

I agree, my first thought was that the whining noise before it engages reverse is the driver forcing through the reverse lock-out, followed by him revving and dumping the clutch.

Freshman year of college I got a call from my high school ex. She’d won concert tickets to see the Goo Goo Dolls and Counting Crows and wanted to know if I’d go with her. Her mom dropped her off before the show and we drove there together in my horrible-y awesome late 90's Ford Ranger. We got bored halfway through…