If you’re truly badass then you’re comfortable driving something that looks this happy:

I got sick and tired of the “GRRR ME SO ANGRY” like ten years ago.
People just seem to hate fun. They have since like, 9/11 happened. Most of the last of the “fun” designs were finalized in the ‘90s. The Acura RSX, the first generation Ford Focus, the New Beetle, the Isuzu Vehicross, the second generation Dodge Neon,…

It’s the Czechs that design Skodas. VAG is the parent group, but Skoda do their own designing, they get the MQB platform, drivetrain and entertainment system and tweak each to their requirements but it’s done in their own design department.

There is no permanently dark part of the moon.  There is a permanently “not facing Earth” side of the moon.

most of the easy aero gains right now would be on the trailer, moving towards a proper tear drop shape.
Trucks are already pretty optimized.

You shouldn’t underestimate how much long-haul trucking is happening in Europe. If you drive on the A2 in Germany, a significant part of trucks are foreign, usually operating between the ports in Germany and the Netherlands and southern Germany and eastern Europe. Stocking grocery stores or collecting garbage is…

She aint gonna fit in that Honda - certainly not after a trip to the buffett

Might be a good time to get a dash cam.

This means that dealers who agree to shell out the dough for new showrooms make more money off the cars they sell or are able to offer them at a cheaper price, undercutting noncompliant dealers.

My hope is that he doesn’t come back and lives a long and healthy life under the protection of mandatory TUV inspections.

I like it better than the 80, rear end in particular.  Don’t miss the chrome “vents” from the front fender either.

“Oh Cock” and “No Cock”, obviously.

Yeah, but don’t the heroes in those dystopian futures always drive an archaic muscle or sports car? Meaning, by default, the hero of a dystopian future is always a Jalop. Perhaps we should embrace our dystopian microcar future.

after a certain hoard of wealth I no longer view them as a person but instead a bank, if someone’s going to act like one

Yup, then all of a sudden they care and demand everyone else do the same when the week before. Some people only give a shit when it personally effects them. I believe they’re commonly known to those around them as “assholes”.

You’re not getting political. You’re revealing a fundamental compassion/moral compass.

Thanks to Tom for letting us into this, I’d never have thought about this issue otherwise and I like to think I try to consider the struggles others may face.

Yup. Call me a commie all day long if you like, but in a country as rich as this one every single person should have access to the basic necessities of life. That means food, water, shelter, education, healthcare, and mobility. Doesn’t have to be fancy, but nobody should be hungry, thirsty, homeless, ignorant, sick,…

Bravo on the new purchase, the past few years of Honda’s are finally edging out the Siennas in overall quality and styling IMHO (I own a 07 and 11 Sienna.. jury is out on my next van). I feel for you and your wife- the added expense of the conversion is no small thing.

I say this as a dyed-in-the-wool environmentalist: at some point, we need to get people who don’t give a shit about the environment to also buy EVs. We need to get everyone (or at least most people) driving vehicles that aren’t powered by fossil fuels if we are to have a hope of preserving at least some of the Earth’s…

If you aren’t already - marry that chick.