No one is shocked by this, right? We all knew that when cars started having 2 way data modems and sophisticated data collection that this data would be used for profit at our expense. In the event that I get a modern car, one of the first thing I will do will be to install a dummy load where the cell antenna goes. Car…

Well, this one’s been modified but it’s a good picture and I like those colors the best.

Back in college, I lived off campus and they had a janky old bus that took us to campus and back.

Any of the Dodge Vipers, especially any ACRs.

I’m an insurance agent and this is the first time I’ve heard of automatic sharing, if it’s actually the case.

Lincoln Blackwood. The luxury truck that preempted the luxury truck trend.

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

I never hear much about these, but having driven one, they are such a delightful little machine.

I know there’s an avid community surrounding the roughly 50,000 remaining Gen 1 Priuses still in the US. Posting about rebuilding the battery packs and doing other common repairs (transmissions are another big one). Do you know if there’s similar for the Insight?

this will cost you. Back in 2015 parts were near impossible to find for this. 

Thoughts and prayers.

Philanthrophy in America largely serves the philanthropist, rather than the 99%. It’s how they can give away large amounts of money to orgs they also happen to own AND get the tax benefits for doing so. The rich obtain the appearance of generosity but also the back-end reward of not actually having to give anything…

I like weird, quirky cars, and none fits the bill more than the first-gen Honda Insight. It looks like a car you would see in a movie that takes place “in the future”, all while returning an EPA-estimated 60+ MPG. Plus, it’s one of the few hybrids that could be had in a manual (the only other I can think of is the…

The Plymouth (and Chrysler) Prowler:

Meanwhile MacKenzie Scott has given 2x the totality of Musk’s Foundation in the last 4 years. Her approach has been “I trust you do to the right thing with the money” and pushes it out the door.

Honda S2000.

I know it’s only been a few days since my last QOTD post like this, but again I have answer “mine”: a 2004 Dodge Neon SRT-4 I bought new and am still daily driving at 246K+ miles. I try to take care of it. I was a quite bit older than the average SRT-4 driver when I got it, and I’m getting close to 60 now.

FJ Cruiser. Of the 40+ cars I’ve owned, it was one of the very most fun, trouble free vehicles. Not everyone’s cup of tea but I miss mine, having moved on to a Silverado 2500 because I needed a working truck. I wish I could have afforded to keep it squirreled away in my shop.