Good take. The Prius is cool in the same way a minivan is cool - it is pure, unashamed utility. They are super reliable, cheap to own, have great cargo space, and get good mileage for an overall low price. I like the styling of the second-gen ones too.

I think that if the average consumer truly understood that:

“I was on the market for an X5 diesel with the comfort seats, a black interior, and blue or black on the outside and were only half a dozen options across the entire country.”

Do NYPD retire from one Nassau to another? 

The Ford EcoSport exists, so not EVERY other option.

I actually hate the Kia/Hyundai DRLs, but I also still like silver wheels on cars so I’m probably just old.

The weird part is that the enforcement has actually caused more disruption to the businesses. People used to show up by 7:30 a.m. and leave by 9-9:30. Sone (a tiny percentage) of businesses would start opening up around 9 or so and the people visiting would patronize them. I’m not sure Starbucks is complaining, with…

Non-car people’s disdain for cars doesn’t excuse them from knowing how to properly use them. Put another way, if driving scares you don’t do it.

Even the Soviets managed to have a more interesting color palette than most modern automakers.

Firstly, good on you for securing the Treats. And secondly, it’s odd to hear about the Yugo being the unbroken back-up car.

I’ve been trying to tell people for decades that MSG is a naturally occurring chemical that exists in cheese, steak, and fish, and is used as a flavor enhancer by virtually every fast food restaurant in America (the “Chinese Restaurant syndrome” lie is out and out racism). Nobody wants to believe it because they’ve…

At one point I would have agreed, but somewhere along his rise he switched from genuine curiosity to “just asking questions” and talking over the experts that he has on his podcast.

As an actual comedian, we talk about punching up vs down *all the time.* The only comedians who DON’T care about that discussion are unrepetant assholes.

Imagine how weird the series might have become if Frank Herbert instead chose the publisher behind “How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures For the Compleat Idiot.”

“Aye bruh, this Hyundai Tucson slaps.” I could image something like this being done. Wrong and terrible. Like you I’m not even offended. Im just shaking my head.

As a fellow Black man, I’m not offended, per se, just bewildered.

The season pass line is separate, you can just flash it and walk in. That combined with not having to pay for parking would be a huge timesaver. There's also food right at the entrance to the park and if you're only there to eat it should only take an hour tops

Because efficient EVs need to be able to capture and dump large amounts of power back into the battery and this requires large, powerful motors and very high currents in and out the battery?

I can’t believe how many people still don’t understand how this works ( no offense) after 10+ years of news about electric cars.

From my understanding: It’s easy to make dumb HP numbers for advertising with electric motors. You just dump a lot of battery charge. Especially given that you can just add in extra motors. Using motors with smaller peak numbers isn’t going to really give you more range in the end.