I remember getting checks from Hyundai when they advertised higher mileage on their cars than what people got.

The great thing about Legion was that it wasn’t in any way predictable. It didn’t always land each episode, but it really tried to make an interesting, entertaining, and gorgeous show.

Victor Fresco definitely has a style with his shows. I love it, but I can see why some would not.

Fat chance. You can’t even get parts in the very likely event that something goes wrong and needs repair under warranty. If you buy one of these GM cars, you’re just screwing over future you.

I have a 2022 XT4 that’s currently worth $0 because the company cannot produce a $125 part so I can get it repaired under warranty. So I basically have a full-size XT4 paperweight. 

We had a 2004 Mazda6 when the older of my current kids was born. It was impossible to fit a rear-facing seat in the back of that car except for in the center of the backseat. We got rid of that car prior to our second child being born because of that space issue (it is unlikely we could have fit even a front-facing…

We almost never used the tiny third row on our Tiguan. And though we initially considered a three-row vehicle when we replaced the Tiguan, we ended up going with something without a third row. It’s been almost two years, and we haven’t missed the third row.

The Ford Mustang GT fastback in 1965 started at $3,195. That’s just over $30K in today’s money.

They’re becoming more available. The route I take to see my father now has four Tesla Supercharger locations and at least two in the town where he lives. A couple of years ago, there were zero. As recently as a couple of years ago, there were zero (or there were zero the last time I checked. Time has no meaning…

Hey, Jaguar and Land Rover can top a list other than the “cars you should never buy out of warranty” list.

When I was in high school, the woman who would become my first wife had an Escort, though it would have been slightly older than this one (I think it was an ‘86, but I’m not sure). It was a fine car for the time. In ‘92, somebody ran into her in the parking lot at our apartment and caused about $1,000 worth of damage.…

Way back in the olden times, I rode the bus to and from college. It was cheap and a lot easier than flying especially given the locations of the bus terminals (I could easily walk to my dorm from the bus terminal). The downside was that the bus would stop in every podunk town along the way, turning a two-hour trip by…

In Japan, they have car washes that run the cars through at nearly 200 mph. American is falling behind in high-speed car wash technology. In another ten years, the car wash speed gap will be even more pronounced, and we will have to spend ten times as much to catch up.

One thing Americans love more than anything is telling people what to do while getting pissed off at other people telling them what to do.

I may have understated how hard it will be to get governments to decide that driving your own child somewhere is illegal no matter how much less distracted those parents would be when driving.

My kids, one of whom is also fourteen, go to Plano schools. So this kid may be someone I know of. How exciting.

Does this work as well as “shot spotter” and manufacture evidence that doesn’t so much exist?

I remember a few years back when I had purchased an Audi and then, about a year later, had to move to a part of the state without an Audi dealership for hundreds of miles (the closest Audi dealership was actually four hours away in a neighboring state). I needed some part for repair, and no one would sell it to any…

I can’t even buy a $600 freezer without the bank freaking out and blowing up my phone.

Much harder to test for distracted driving, and laws that tell people they can’t bring their babies in their cars or have radios, for example, are probably going to be a hard sell.