I worked in a Lancia dealership in the mid-late 70s. These were THE most difficult cars to work on, body-wise. They had outer and inner frame rails??? They also rusted faster than the E-Type Jag (also a Jag dealership,) and that’s saying something. Nothing fails like a Fiat, though. (That’s “Fix It Again, Tony,” as we…

I’ve driven and serviced air cooled beetles (bad front axles, and the floors rot out, leaving your Pomeranian splattered under the car at highway speeds), serviced a 2CV, drove a Mk1 Golf a few years (bad electrics - the whole fuse box would get fried due to its placement under the drip rail), and sold 1G Fiestas, and…

I have been punched in the goolies very few times, and have weird stories to tell about it, but I’m not lining up to pay $10k for another punch. =)

I liked bell bottoms in the 70s, and big hair in the 80s. Not lusting after them still. Just my two cents. 

Take your star, and a Huzzah! into the bargain.

The T is not silent. We pronounced it Pig Out.

Haven’t you heard? The internet is the new opiate of the masses, in it’s most literal sense. Not defending religion, just pointing out the obvious. Anyone with their head buried in their phone may as well have it buried somewhere else. IMHO. 

Probably the reason Toyota has stayed with Ni-MH batteries in their hybrids. I have had 4 of them with no worries.

I’m an old timer, too, and I know better than to watch the video. I hope this youngster heals quickly, as they do. =D

Users really need to respect the performance envelope of the vehicle. That envelope deteriorates drastically with load, as well. Of course, many assume that the vehicle’s performance envelope matches their own. I know my performance envelope, and it is much smaller than this truck, so none for me, thanks. I’ll stick…

Well, it is rare. But it’s rare I get kicked in the goolies, and I’m not paying $49K for the privilege.

Geez, sorry to hear that. I am now thankful for my lifelong allergy to cats and dogs. I love the little guys, though. 

Take your star.

Not a commuter airplane, but a commuter helicopter with a jet engine at the end of each rotor blade. Put that in your burn barrel. Also, old enough to have had a burn barrel instead of trash collection...

I do not normally read any article that starts by impugning my character by asserting that I “crave” anything. Please take your low-budget advertising elsewhere so I don’t have to hide that opening paragraph every time I open the Morning Shift.

The basic principle as taught in Economics is that house and car prices are sticky in a downward direction. The worst incentive is where they tack on a rebate (aka personal loan, since you finance it) to keep the MSRP from falling in any year. Thus, “incentives.”

No one here seems to have copped to the much larger issue of vicarious liability that Uber will have to assume if driver’s are deemed employees. The pay and benefits will become a regular operating cost, but all bets are off if it is much easier to sue the parent company for torts committed by its drivers.