Yesterday, I managed to find a charcoal briquette nestled under the engine cover (between the right bank and the intake manifold) of my new-to-me 2008 Toyota Highlander. I know you get what you pay for - I paid $800 for a 216k mile car in need of a few repairs - but I wasn’t expecting a redneck engine block heater,…

I got on the configurator the first day it came online... I was saddened to not be able to have the sport wheel package with Nappa leather. I chose the leather...

Not as universal as you might think! Down around these parts, it tends to be massive “I’d rather be (performing one sexual act related to Cummins) than (performing another sexual act related to PowerStroke)” or other massive decals that make the truck look trashier than all get-out.

I know the feeling... I got a brand-old, bone-stock 2WD Tahoe as my first car (which I still have). Yes, I lamented the lack of 4WD for Corpus Christi’s beaches - and no friends period, much less ones who would let me tag along in their 4WD compensation-mobiles - but I think I owe my lack of crashes and burns to the…

I’m originally from Corpus... would you be surprised that this isn’t the first inflatable theft from a dealership there? I believe it was a Ford dealer that had theirs stolen no more than a year ago.

I don’t blame you! Here in Aggieland, it’s the brodozers who drive like they own the road, so that was my general assumption.

Hmm... 3rd gen Dodge Cummins crew cab with tires stretched to fit 24s, massive exhaust tip flowing from the stock 2.5" system, and the tow mirrors in the ‘out’ position?

Holy depreciation!! What drivetrain and colors, and how many miles?

I like the butterscotch as well, but it looked too rich to me (at least on a computer screen). Especially with the color of the walnut, I think the blonde interior matches better - again, this is on a computer screen, but I’d imagine you have more real-life experience with the material colors than I do.

Because black interior sucks. :(

I prefer the Inscription solely because I hate black interiors. Here in Texas, you’re begging to be burned if you have black leather in your car.

I hate jeans to begin with, so no worries here!

I’m gonna be contrarian to all the “poverty-spec” posters here... V90 Inscription T6, Mussel Blue Metallic/Blonde Perforated/Linear Walnut, 19-inch 10-spoke wheels (‘cause directional), and every option save HUD (in favor of heated windshield). That $69,390 MSRP oughta whittle down with a few years of depreciation!

Down here in the Lone Star State, I see all generations of Expedition as often as any TahoYukaBurbaLade. But then again, last time Ford released specifics, Texas accounts for about 20% of all Expedition sales.

For part of a high school project several years ago, I had to create a fictional commercial - so I repurposed Al Willeford Chevrolet in Portland, Texas as “Al Yankovic Chevrolet”. Does that count?

All irrelevant, since at 6'4" and 270 lb., my head hits the ceiling in such a way as to make me permanently stare down at my lap in all generations. :(
Now with a proper racing seat bolted to the floor? That’s a possibility... so in that case, I’d have to say I personally prefer the looks of the NB. NA is lighter,…

I’m glad Jaguar is returning to the straight-6. From what I understand, their current V6 engines are derivative of a 90° V8 design, like GM has done with the 4.3L V6 for ages. But instead of actually chopping two cylinders off (and using a separate casting) like every other automaker in the land, Jaguar instead uses…

Ugh... here we go. For all the decent rental cars my family has gotten in the past (Chevy Silverado Z71, Ford Expedition Limited EL, Pentastar Dodge Challenger), we got a Jeep Patriot that decided to pay us back for all the good and somewhat-okay experiences. And since my dad had imbibed a bit too much on the day we…

Aaaargh... I’m 6'4" and I have trouble seeing out of most new cars these days. Tall torso means I’m way too high up, even with the driver’s seat completely lowered, to effectively see out of anything (excluding pimp-leaning the bloody thing, but then I can’t reach the steering wheel). I may be stuck in my late ‘90s…

Hmm... maybe one of those massive Detroit Series 50 inline-4 diesels. Those suckers displace 8.5 liters and they’re clattery as all get-out at idle.