The Coyote engine in my Mustang can do hot pulls all day long (and since it’s a 2015, it has the bulletproof 6-speed automatic that can’t be killed).

You don’t do a 0-60 launch every time you get on an entrance ramp to a limited access highway? What’s even the point of having a fast car? And you can’t run into the back of cars changing lanes if you’re the first car at the light; you just outrun everybody else.

Huh, that’s interesting. I was unaware that EV technology had improved since the Model S launched.

Says who? 

The only time you can ever legally use a car’s full performance on public streets is going 0-speed limit-0 as quickly as possible between red lights or stop signs, so obviously if you’re an enthusiast you’re going to be doing that as much as possible.

I’m not talking about hot laps. I’m talking about 0-60-0 as quickly as possible, 0ver and over again, between stop signs or red lights.

The problem with this is that electric vehicles can’t repeat these types of acceleration runs that many times, so you can’t launch-control from every red light and stop sign for an hour while driving around town the way you can in an internal combustion engined car.

The Volkswagen Phaeton was an offense against the natural order of things.

The Plymouth Prowler’s entirely useless trunk is one of the funniest car design features I’ve ever seen. What are you gonna fit in this, a paperback book?

When I was in my early 20's and the PT Cruiser Turbo came out, I wanted one SO BADLY. It was my dream car, that or the resurrected Pontiac GTO.

Call me crazy, but I feel like you shouldn’t be able to market a car (such as the Corolla Cross) as “All Wheel Drive” if it’s a hybrid and the rear wheels are powered solely by an electric motor. You expect any AWD car to be capable of extended offroad rock crawling, and if you’re miles deep into Moab and the tiny…

And I listen to AM radio every time I get in the car; clearly one of us doesn't exist

I did watch the video. She said nobody should be prevented from obtaining essential services - something which I can’t imagine any rational person disagreeing with.

How in the world can you possibly say that a “billionaire” who has been the President of the United States is an “underdog targeted by the system”? In any way that’s meaningful, Donald Trump IS the “system.”

It’s America. It’s cross-country. The correct answer is a Mustang. In 2015, I drove my just-broken-in 2015 Mustang GT from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 3 1/2 days, and then back to Brooklyn in 4 days. And it was one of the best weeks of my life. Big V8, open highways, giant skies - the true U.S.A. experience. 

Lithium Ion battery aging happens in a way that kind of looks like a Watts linkage turned on its side - extremely steep decline at first, followed by a long flat level, followed by another steep decline at end-of-life.

Here’s the thing about Evos: if they were broken in properly using the break-in procedure specified in the manual, they’re reasonably reliable, although parts are super-expensive. If they weren’t broken in properly - if owners bounced off redline and did fast 0-60 runs during the first 1,000 miles - they leak oil like…

Fun onroad? Fun off-road? Looking for something way more reliable than your quarter-century old BMW? Have I got the perfect car for you:

Can’t believe that nobody’s mentioned an EcoBoost Mustang. Starting MSRP is $31k, and it’s a blast to drive (although the new generation’s interior is a huge step back from the previous gen’s).

I genuinely miss wood trim, fake or real, on new cars. My Palisade Calligraphy comes with ostensibly real wood dash trim if you get it with a light-colored interior, but, lol, kids, so I got it with a black interior which replaces the wood with piano-black plastic with pinstriping for some reason.