Can you expand on boomers making car ownership mandatory?

Actually I don’t expect that. CR has been critical of their stuff before. If they are already reporting a 1/3 good/bad-weird behavior before a complete review, I can’t imagine that turning around.

As a firefighter for 30 years and these days mostly chauffeur, I can speak with great authority in saying that you have no idea what you are talking about. You read a couple of articles about firefighting in Europe and I guess now you know are a subject matter expert?

I remember going to Yosemite in the winter. 4x4 and tie chains mandatory. Pulled up and he’s like where’s your chains? I’m in a 4x4 Tahoe, locked in 4 wheel low, and I’m from the NorthEast. This isn’t anything even remarkably worrisome. After we talked a bit and we exchanged duck hunting stories, mudding through bogs,…

If it’s Boeing, it ain't going!

Been a firefighter for 30 years. People will sue because you damaged their rose garden with a hose while we saved their house from burning down. Or have you destroy a door to get in. In this litigious society, nothing surprises me.

Isn’t the CT still waiting for a “software upgrade” in order allow it to have performance similar to a locking differential?

Thank God we have car dealers and salesmen looking out for our best interest. In this day and age with no ability to do our on research on any vehicle, I can understand why “direct to consumer” sales will never be practical and we will continue to be grateful for 57 dealerships in my area all owned by the same company…

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t it still waiting for the “software update” that actually allows it to operate as if it has locking differentials?  One would think that is important for things like going offroad or climbing a riverbank.

Confederacy. Based on preserving State’s rights and “our way of life”? Uh, let us not forget what exactly they were preserving and even willing to fight to the death to keep. Simply unbelievable how history and the truth has been twisted and eaten up by idiots today.

I work in the federal government.  It’s an endless cesspool of slum lord contractor companies that basically hog tie any useful employee into that slot due to non-compete.  There might be 20 different companies that supply talent to that division.  Most of them bid for the slot and then hire talent at X amount of…

Spending money you don’t have, on things you don’t need, to impress people you don’t like.

Whatever can go on the vehicle is literally going on the vehicle at the factory. Usually mediocre at best. But you do have that large segment of the market that will just ask for “whatever is on there now” as a replacement set. Similar to that, someone I know was wondering if it’s better for AWD or FWD for their new…

I feel like I read so many articles on Jalopnik now from folks who have no idea how the real world works.

You got that right. See, according to Cocteau’s plan, I’m the enemy. Cause I like to think, I like to read. I’m into freedom of speech and freedom of choice. I’m the kind if guy who wants to sit in a greasy spoon and think, “Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecued ribs with the side order of…

I have a 60 year old house with 100 amp service. The cost of upgrading that to 200 and then a 30-40 amp 220v line to my kitchen is a couple grand at least. This is a very large scale problem in the US that I don’t see being overcome without serious government subsidies. Same with getting an EV. Charging it is…

I had a Chevy dealer attempt to charge $1200 for dealer prep. After digging at them they revelaed this included a pin stripe down the side of the car and nitrogen in the tires.....that already came from the factory with nitrogen in them....which is a scam in itself. They literally tried to scam the scam and cover it…

While Beeper sounds cool and Im rooting for them just for sticking it to the man, I really have no desire to install it on my Pixel. My kid has an iphone simply because his friends did and didnt want to be the only one with a green bubble. Me personally? IDGAF. Any apple user that tries to send me videos or whatever,…

I’m in this part of the ATC business. Last year our budget was cut 15%. Year before that 18%. All the money is actually being pulled to higher more controllers. However even at this pace we'll be like +26 controllers in 5 years due to attrition. If Congress stopped fucking with our budgets just maybe we could improve…

I think what you mean is that this is a typical knee jerk reaction to a topic the author knows nothing about but somehow makes it into a politically driven cause/effect. Doesnt matter if you are a liberal or conservative with shit like this. Just have to a bit of a wordsmith and/or clueless just enough to wrote a…