If you’ve ever driven on “slickrock” you’d realise this is not impressive at all. He essentially climbed a steep and slightly bumpy driveway with a surface that has way more traction than asphalt.

old joke is old.  

The science isn’t with you there. Airplane cabins are probably one of the safest (public) places to be at the moment. Cabin air is entirely replaced every few minutes, and it’s filtered through the heavy-duty stuff.

Yep, that’s reality saying ‘allow me to introduce myself’ to the psyche of the conscientious observer.

That's a fantastic headline.

being a competent driver

You think it’ll take Spanfeller that long?  I admire your optimism!

which means that your trim options have now been whittled down to the Latitude, Latitude Plus, Upland, Altitude, Latitude Lux, Limited, North Edition, Trailhawk, High Altitude, and Trailhawk Elite editions of the Jeep Cherokee, all of which you can get 4x4 but for six you can also get front-wheel drive.

I think it helps that FCA’s products are well styled. Everything I can think of off the top of my head is handsome and clean, without relying on flavor of the week gimmicks, fake vents, floating roofs, weird C pillars, running lights that zig zag up to the A pillar, etc.

You would think making the same car for so long would let you work out the kinks and eventually increase the quality of the finished product.

It’s much worse if your skin is not full of tiny holes....

Different licensing requirements in most jurisdictions too.

This blurring of lines between mopeds and scooters annoys me.

The world will end before we see the final Rebuild. Not even a bet, it’s just certain.

I used to go to this place in Atlanta, and if you know it, you know it. It’s called Jack’s Pizza and Wings, right there off Highland. It’s a dive bar that serves pizza and wings, and also super cheap beer. Back in 2009, they were still serving $1 pints of “Old 4th Ward” which I’m pretty sure was just Miller.

For me, BMW’s won the “Best to worst” company award this century. Started off with the brilliant E46 M3s and manic V10 M5s to end with fwd econocrap and exhaust fakery that would disgrace the KIA name and no technology development in a critical time. Even the M4 doesn't drive as well these days. Add to that their…

They run a lot better than diesel engines do on gasoline. My 1990 350SDL got a new engine at 177,000 miles courtesy of a convenience store’s liability insurance because the fuel tanker driver filled the underground diesel tank with gasoline. It was a full engine including a new injector pump, drop shipped from…

You make them sound like horrible cars. They still beat the 1.5 turbos in practical fuel economy, and that super low rev gobs of torque is wonderful. No need to baby the throttle. The case for them is harder these days but it is by no means gone. No one is cross shopping a VW diesel with a Tesla.

yeah, a cab forward design to replace the 90's express/astrovan, with some subtle retro styling, and a floorpan set up for either a conventional ICE, or maybe even a battery tray.

Toyota has already started this revival but got the naming all wrong. I just had to photoshop the Tercel 4wd details on its TJ Cruiser of last year.