I wasn’t surprised when that ban came along.  I had a classmate killed on one back in 1987.  We were 13 at the time.  I attempted to ride a neighbor’s 3 wheeler and wasn’t strong enough to steer it.  Not sure if that was part of the nature of the thing or I was just really weak.

Usually the first thing they do is turn off comments.

In my experience, anything I owned that was painted red. I book ended a green Mazda B3000 with 2 red vehicles. I didn’t alter my driving habits in the red cars, but I would drive quite a bit faster in that truck as it was virtually invisible. When the lease ended, bought something else in red and was pulled over for 5…

Honestly, any of the ones from Ronin

Alanis King’s pizza take

Not that it matters, but the speed limit on University on that stretch of road is 45. This happened just down the street from where I live. The sound of loud V8s being pushed to the limit rings out often in Odessa, especially at night but it happens every day.

Even if it did, VW puts shitty Hankook Kinergy GT CUV tires on the GLI, so it won’t matter. I think because they cost VW 59 cents each.

I rented several Mazda CX-5s back about 6 or 7 years ago for work trips. It’s the current model, but early versions. I wasn’t impressed to say the least. The Skyactiv-G engine was noisy and unrefined and slow. The cold start on one of those large diplacement 4 cylinder engines was pretty bad. The Skyactiv cruise…

I was thinking of this car last week.  Someone at MotorWeek found it and bought it back and I want to say they were going to have Pat do some work on it to get it back on the road and they surprised him with it on air.  Then Pat passed and we hadn’t heard anything more on it.  This answers that question.  RIP Pat Goss

This was a great video. The shirt he was wearing in the last scene was hilarious. And, it’s nice to see the “pretty sure that’s a Lambo dude” Galveston Bay Veyron back on the road.

You’re right.  I forgot they updated the engine to a 2.0 with the facelift.

The Protege5 was a good car. If you look at any car from 20 years ago, they’re all lame and slow compared to today’s cars and that’s not really a fair assessment. The Protege5 also came with a 1.8L that provided adequate performance. I had a roommate that bought a 99 Protege ES sedan with the 1.8 and a 5 speed and it…

Everything else seems solid Toyota, right down to the AWD, four-speed automatic, and 4.0-liter 3F-E straight six with its 150 horsepower and 214 lb-ft of torque.

This being a 1988, the 3VZ-E produced 145 horsepower.  It was increased in 1989 to 150.  That’s my pedant moment of the day.  Okay, probably not....

It’s an election year.  It’s time for another border crisis.  Nothing stirs up xenophobia like a coming election.

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Well, this ensures the 2023 40th Anniversary GTI manual I bought in June will be kept for the rest of my days.  I had a feeling after VW announced no more manuals for Europe that the days of the manual in the US were numbered.  Despite the infotainment issues, the car is probably the best GTI I’ve driven and will keep…

There’s a 99% chance the tires on that Pathfinder were past the wear bars.

This sounds like a nightmare.  Why the hell would I ever want to be forced to meet my neighbors?  The only thing we have in common is a similar address.  I don’t want or need them to see, acknowledge or comment on the things I buy and/or schlep into my apartment.

Yeah, I’m wondering what’s the actual difference between the 2024 2.0 and the 2023 2.0?  I know they say it has more power, but I’m wondering if it’s actually the same 2.0 the whole time, because the 2023 with “235" is actually plenty spry compared to the VR6 models.