Yep, my dad (a boomer) has said that he is really disappointed in his generation, as they had all of the resources and opportunities to really make the world a better place, but instead followed the path you described, generally putting their own personal interests ahead of everything else.

Just recently drove over Vail Pass/Eisenhower tunnel coming home from Moab with snow and road closures with no issues, FWD and all seasons. Winter tires would be nice to have occasionally, but with loose, dry snow, decent all seasons have worked for many, many ski trips.

I moved the air intake on my old jeep to the cowl, as a basic snorkel in case I dip the front end in deep water, and it does just that- under full throttle going up hill, since it shares the cowl with the hvac intake, you can feel it remove any cold AC air traveling to the cabin. Sometimes I’ll crack a window, to keep…

This makes me feel better about spending over $10k in upgrades/fixes on my old XJ over the years, as the closest build on this configurator is over $40k, and really the only thing that I’m jealous of is the crawler gear on the MT.

I’ve had a Bolt for almost 3 years, and have taken it skiing and in the snow plenty in Colorado. As long as the tires are good (stock tires are decent until the tread gets low), it has done fine in the snow for what it is. Just don’t use L in the snow, as it tends to skid during full regen. The main problem I’ve had…

Don’t forget the cabin air filter- other than new tires, that $10 filter was one of the biggest running costs I’ve had in about 45000 miles so far, with solar on the roof taking care of charging...

The excitement and pure joy that David has every time he brings something long dead back to life is straight up wonderful, considering that he will probably never run out of broken things to fix will likely keep him one of the happiest people around

The only autonomous capability beyond cruise control I’d like to see is the ability to drive to the nearest interstate, park my car on some sort of autonomous (or piloted) rail trailer, go to sleep, and be woken up when approaching my point of release in the next state over. This autonomous system would even work for m…

Considering that most people in the US could buy a safe, new vehicle, immediately cut the roof off, and no one would care, it does seem somewhat silly to have strict standards that are only enforced when the car is built, but not in actual use.

This is another problem:

Considering that the charge door on my Bolt doesn’t latch consistently and occasionally pops open on the highway, it doesn’t surprise me at all that chevy would have a design flaw on something that seems so basic.  I would think that latches on anything that opens and closes on a car would be beyond mature technology…

I’d like to invite you to take a road trip from Colorado to California through Utah and Nevada, employing your “only look for a gas station once the gas light comes on”. Even interstates and major highways routinely have stretches over 100 miles where there are no gas stations. Only a complete moron would employ this…

No joke, after having a chevy Bolt for a couple years, it doesn’t surprise me at all the VW can’t get software to work. It’s sort of amazing that the new technology, the electric drive train, in the Bolt is calibrated and works quite well (other than one strange bug I’ve found that is triggered when opening the door…

Perhaps the track bar mount failed, allowing the steering to go hard left on its own, and destabilizing the vehicle?  Or the fix is it just needs to have a lift and big tires, so it completes a full roll and lands back on its feet?

The biggest take away for me is that offroading in England is kind of boring....

The dashcam so far has mostly just provided entertainment, but a couple years ago I got a ticket for parking for 72 hours near my house. I got out of it by sending in a screenshot from the cam from the time they claimed I had been initially parked, that clearly showed the vehicle was somewhere else:

I’m sure I’ll get skewered for this, but I test drove basically this exact car a few years ago, and it was one of the least satisfying manuals I’ve driven.  Shifter was rubbery and vague, clutch pedal had an inflection point that didn’t actually correspond to the clutch engaging, and in 3rd gear the shifter was so…

1st gear- perhaps the new car incentives should be limited to only fuel efficient cars, with light trucks specifically excluded? That should help Ford out nicely in the US

I’m in CO, have an 06 Audi A3, manual transmission, fun, FWD, 4 doors and has been solid on many adventures. At 185000 miles, it’s well used, but is worth way less than $10k, and has been far more reliable than I expected when I bought it 12 years ago. It is due for another timing belt in the next 10k miles though.