The last SL should have never been and the AMG GT should have been the SL. Does 46 lbs. really make a difference on this thing to justify losing the folding hardtop? This thing has plenty of power even with the lesser engine, is heavy, anyway, and is a cruiser not a track car, but I’m sure it’s not just because a soft…

Multiple luxury makers in the 1930s had grille shutters controlled by the temperature that worked just like the BMW one shown.

The Hyundai doors remind me of the headlight lids on the Alfa Romeo Montreal.

I know this is a throwaway joke, but just an FYI because I’m an asshole: sloths will go through great lengths to mate. The female mating call of the Bradypus sounds like a common bird (so as not to attract predators), but the male can somehow figure out the difference and will dangerously travel along the ground to…

It’s pretty simple—if you know you’re narrow enough to fit, you get your driver’s side just short of touching the barrier on your side then you’ll know damn well the far side will clear. Those people are all too lacking in spatial intelligence for driving.

Same here. Neighbor had an orange one for about a year. Haven’t seen it in months.

In the Northeast (and I suspect most places that get lots of water and/or snow), the road has a pretty clear crown across the total width (and mini crowns within the lanes from the ruts created by trucks on the shallow asphalt) and the middle lane is regularly distinctly clearer of slush and snow in winter or standing…

You beat me to it! Oil change interval statements give car dorks mental wedgies like nothing else. Add a brand name question to the mix and that wedgie goes atomic.

If it’s meant to camouflage from people, it seems pretty good, but for deer, it’s overkill at best. The detail is lost on deer as they have something like 20/60-20/100 vision, so it’s a blur. They also don’t distinguish colors well, so a camo pattern incorporating orange would be safer and wouldn’t stand out to the…

Sure, that will be $84k or close enough to that. You’re paying for the battery. The battery has the power either way. A smaller motor would just restrict the battery’s ability to deliver that energy quickly. What you’re suggesting is something along the lines of buying a V12 with cylinder deactivation and telling the…

This. Or all states might start doing inspections. In MA, all they’d have to do is record the mileage in the system every year and pay per mile. They could even have a different tax rate for vehicle weight ranges or different models might trigger a higher tax greater “energy use” penalty. There’s lots of options there…

OH MY GOD THIS IS SO INSURMOUNTABLE! WE’RE ALL GOING TO BE ENSLAVED TO BUS ROUTES!

Those numbers are pretty much in line with HP needed to move a pretty aerodynamically efficient ICE car at that speed, too. Nothing weird there. I guess this guy’s just another clueless “car guy”.

They’ve been paying far more in money and blood to subsidize the oil industry both directly and indirectly for decades.

I had a golden retriever do the same thing to an ‘84 Subaru and that dumbass dog didn’t have the excuse of its eyes being overwhelmed by bright lights as it happened during the day. It ran into the street and I brakes and swerved a little, but it head butted my fender and took off. I found a tuft of fur on the front ti…

This is the kind of thing that had me abandon the idea of building my own car.

I’ve been working on some YA books with animal characters. Because I don’t want to write about people in animal suits, I’ve been trying to learn about their different senses to get an idea of how they might perceive the world differently…

We’ll pay the increase through higher shipping costs. They’ll probably wait for Christmas to be a “disaster” (for people who need their junk) to piss everyone off so they can raise rates and people will accept it.

My generally upbeat grandfather lived to 103. He outlived all his younger siblings, friends, his decade-younger wife, and my mother. He told me that was too long to live. Of course, if you’re an egocentric billionaire, it might not matter to lose people.

Of course I haven’t driven this car, but I can guarantee my early ‘80s Subaru GLs with manual steering were more fun than this will be, just much slower, but they weren’t anywhere near $30k, either. I think for the price, it should be competitive with the other brands and it’s not like the 1.5T has been as bulletproof…

Good thing there’s the regular Civic with an auto, even with the same engine with a different tune or just about every single other vehicle available, usually to the exclusion of an option for the more fun and reliable older tech.

Yeah, the better performance metrics of most modern cars can only hide the boring drive and uninspiring design for so long, but maybe it fools people who never drove something that was actually fun. Then again, hardly anyone buys performance cars anymore, so maybe not.