I kind of think the two often go hand-in-hand due to the strain on an engine that has to move too much car, but a quick calculation says that’s about 14.8 lbs./hp at the highest listed weight with the 2.0T that has a strong low and midrange. It won’t win many drag races, but I couldn’t imagine it would actually feel…

I would have liked to have seen some more innovative substitutes for materials, like non-petroleum, compostable mycelium for plastics. Maybe they’re not quite at the level required for this application, I don’t know, but how durable would cork be in the real world, either, and would the supply be workable for a high…

With this as a one-off it is as there’s less equipment that needs to be manufactured as any part could be made with the same machine, there would be less energy required per part, and waste can be reused, but that doesn’t translate to production. For production, they’d do an injection mold, but they could reuse waste…

Yeah, it could be a little cleaner, but it looks very clear. I’d check operability, then neaten it up later . . . maybe (I get lazy once a project is >95% complete).

I get the complaint, but am I the only one who hates BT? On every device and almost every time I have tried to use it, I get frequent disconnects. Even an old radio cabinet I rebuilt with modern guts develops these skips in the music that sound like a scratched CD after about an hour of playing from a Macbook Pro via…

This! I’ve driven FWD cars down roads people think they need a Wrangler to navigate because they don’t know what all that off road gear is really for in the first place. It’s like driving a race car on the street where everything for normal use is compromised for a very specific purpose 99% of them wouldn’t have the…

My first thought, too. I’d be openly cursing whoever put that in every time I get in and just want to go. It’s a daily driver, not a weekend toy.

I wouldn’t want the 1.5, but the 2.0T is a great engine. It’s not great in terms of legendary, but I have it in my ST and it’s as reliable as the un-turboed one I had before it. It’s got over 175k miles and I’ve done nothing but change oil, spark plugs a couple times, and the recall for the purge valve (a $50 part…

I like Porsches, but they’re just not for me (that green, though! Mmmm), yet I would have this over a VW Bugatti without even a thought. To most people, it’s another 911, so you’re not paying for look-at-me-Debbie-who-wouldn’t-go-to-prom-with-me-what-do-you-think-of-me-now?, you’re paying for impeccable craftsmanship…

From an environmental standpoint, it makes more sense to subsidize large vehicles. Someone in a large vehicle is very unlikely to want/be able to downsize, never mind downsize to something that looks like it fits in a toy box (for the record, I think this thing is adorable) and taking a large hydrocarbon vehicle off…

Some advice for the mulch/dirt people from someone who’s used a lot of dirt: I can fit 2 yards of mulch/1 soil in a Ford Focus hatch with the seats down and have room to spare. A full size PU bed only fits about 2-3 loose yards. If you need a substantial amount of dirt or mulch, have it delivered—even with delivery…

Moving up slightly in the nostalgia age demographic, I see. I never liked muscle bikes (BMX/freestyle was my era, though I can’t see riding one as an adult), but this looks good and seems well thought out. They should really consider making these kinds of things for (small) series production.

I’d like to see how they…

Yeah, if I shift to reverse quickly after a stop, it usually won’t come on unless I shift back out and in slower. I don’t really need the thing, so it’s a very minor annoyance, but those times it doesn’t work are the times where it would be the most helpful, like trying to do a 3-point turn quickly in a narrow space.

They can be put to work fixing crumbling roads. I’d say they should be made to clean up crash scenes after an investigation is complete, but that assumes a conscience that would be affected and that’s a big assumption to make in these narcissistic times.

It’s always a damn CRV in the way.

I’m impressed by the firearm restraint the cops showed here.

Unless you’re feeling guilty about your overconsumption, why should these peoples’ opinions matter to you?

They need to look within these rotten lemons for the hidden business opportunity. It sounds like this kind of thing is almost getting common enough to become an in-flight entertainment feature, so why not make it one?

“For only an additional $39.95, you can enroll in our Fight-a-Douche program.”
“Come on, I’m already…

If I ever see anyone kill someone over something like that, I would never turn them in even with a massive reward for information. There’s even a small possibility that I’d help them move or stage the body.

Maybe you’re in a completely different market, but a Civic or Corolla for $3k right now in unrotted, drive-away condition? MAYBE a very used Corolla for $4k and a few years older, but not a Civic. A Civic for that price would have to be older and that is starting to fall under the vintage category, but it doesn’t…

Yeah, my pre 1991 Subarus didn’t have “nice” interiors, but they came in actual fucking colors (though there was a wide gulf in apparent quality depending on color with dark blue being far superior to beige), had excellent ergonomics, more interesting design than today, were pretty comfortable, had more room (in a…