My big takeaway from the small truck contenders on their way to the US, is that Subaru gave up too quickly on the Baja. The “lifestyle” crowd that has wet gear, and thousands in REI dividends who have been buying Subarus in their family since the Reagan administration is probably going to be cross shopping the…

At this point, I think you are the pretty typical truck bro. Turbo’d and NA 4 and 6 cylinders have become the volume seller on everything short of heavy duty trucks. When you offer consumers an option where they get the same or better capability, with better gas mileage most of the “no replacement for displacement”…

I still have memories of this truck in this trim. In 1994, it was just about the coolest thing I had ever seen. Given that my partners “vintage shop” stays afloat selling 90s clothes to 25 year olds, I genuinely believe that the time is right for Ford to bring back Eddie Bauer edition livery.

It was an insert in the JC Penny catalog this year. Your son probably probably absconded with it so he could look at the ladies in the “intimates” section.

It’s extra funny this morning, because every time I go to check an alert this morning, I have to scroll by your post to find the reply.

It would be a hell of a thing if GM of all companies is the first to come out of the gate with true level 4+ autonomy. I used to think of AVs as only being useful if they could handle every use case, but if I could legally commute with eyes off the road and legally come home from the bar sauced, and legally nap on…

There is a portion of truck owners for whom EVs will not make sense until range isn’t cut in half by towing, and there is a portion of truck owners who live in places where chargers haven’t penetrated. It may be awhile before pickups make sense for their uses cases.

100% this. The pickup market is arguably one of the first places to adopt fuel saving innovations. If you read the comments on Tacoma’s, the biggest complaint is fuel economy. The hybrid trucks and SUVs of yesteryear failed because they were expensive with effectively no fuel savings, not because of some specific bias…

That’s an excellent point. I suppose a working man could have a pretty interesting fleet of Japanese cars without much drama, while a fleet of 2000s Maseratis might full like a millstone around your neck.

How many cars do you need to have a nightmarish Xanadu that takes all joy from your life?

Existential question: Assuming you live in a two driver household not affluent enough for a personal mechanic, how many cars crosses over from, “I love having all of these wonderful cars to enjoy”, to “These cars are a burden, and I haven’t driven some in years.”

My partner has a Fiat 500 Pop 5MT that she came into the relationship with. When we started dating it had every single warning light on. When we moved in, I couldn’t take it anymore. $2200 later, it had new plugs, new suspension, new tires, new brakes and an oil change that it desperately needed. It runs like an…

Get your well reasoned, fact based insights out of my dick joke blog.

World of Warcraft really has something insidious about it that creates an addiction loop as powerful as cocaine. I watched two kids in my freshman class go from honor students to dropouts playing WoW with the total self-destructive focus as the kids that got really into cocaine. 

I’m 100% on board. My pick would be a hard R “Ursula”.

QT is arguably known first and foremost for his dialog. He could set a 90 minute play in a diner (or even a single booth) and probably deliver something great. Hell - I would be surprised if someone hasn’t already done Reservoir Dogs as a community theater play.

He definitely has an enthusiastic fan base. Whether you like his work or not probably comes down to the movies you loved as a child and teenager.

It looks like a BMW at risk for type 2 diabetes.

Seems like sound science.

I have no idea why dogs love licking couches, but it seems to be an innate instinct.