The difference between Europe and USA when it comes to trailers is trailer weight distribution. In Europe trailers tend to be 50/50 or 55/45 balanced which means there is almost zero weight on the hitch. You are also limited to 55mph top speed as a preventative measure against death wobble. You also tend to think 100…

I want to say ALL THE CROSSOVERS, but I know that’s not going to happen.

Actually the Charger still sells about 60K units a year, and since the tooling was amortized probably 10 years ago, it’s basically a money printing machine for Stellantis.

Counterpoint: an old chassis means that there will be a lot of parts availability and easy swaps between years.

Police cars. According to many on jalopnik anytime a police car is in public it results in death and destruction. They shouldn’t ever turn on the lights because it causes criminals to then run and kill people. And they shouldn’t ever enforce any laws. So police cars really just shouldn’t exist.

The replacement for the Caboose

Eh, I prefer Maude’s converted Pullman car...

If you’re OK with a static hard to move structure a caboose is,actually a much better base than a shipping container because they were actually designed to be lived in so they have insulation, windows, heating and basic plumbing. When we still lived near Portland we used to go to the tea house in Sellwood that had a…

A friend had his perfectly fine low mileage 2016 Ram 2500 diesel pickup stolen out of his driveway. The insurance settlement will need another $10,000 added to get him into a 1/2 ton gasser of similar vintage and mileage.

In the mid-’80s blockbuster bomb Santa Clause: The Movie, it is revealed that Santa is able to deliver all the gifts on Christmas because for him, the night stretches on endlessly until all the gifts are delivered—it’s nice to see another film that realizes the mantle of Santa would be a terrible curse.

I want to add “Santa’s Slay” to the list. Goldberg the Wrestler is Santa, who as Satan’s kid was beaten by an Angel in a curling match and force to deliver gifts for 1,000 years, but now his time is up.

I generally dislike horror films but Rare Exports was dark and unique and eventually, fun. It was the first and only Finnish-language film I’ve ever seen.

The original generation RAV4 was a thing of greatness. A fun, interesting SUV / CUV that I loved driving. If I could find one in decent condition, with a stick, I’d have to pick it up as a runabout.  Unfortunately they’re tough to find like that.

Now it is a another anonymous slightly tallish hatchback. 

Well, I think Jason has done equally as much for car culture.

“Than damn near anybody” is obviously hyperobole, but you get my point. I have friends who don’t care about cars at all sending me Doug videos, and that’s just awesome.

A Messy One

Doug has done more for car culture than damn near anybody. He’s gotten people who had previously had no interest in cars excited. And that has value.

that issue has been around since USB C started appearing alongside fast charging standards: you have to have a good USB-C to USB-C cable in order to charge fast, A to C will never cut it. Google engineer Benson Leung had a spreadsheet of all the cables he tested back in 2015

Also we counted, I managed to say pissy shitties 35 times!

I’d like to be known as the pissy shitties guy from now on. Pissy shitties.