I am in commercial real estate and it kills me every time I see acres of warehouses and parking lots without solar panels. I dream of someday owning large warehouses like that and filling the roofs with solar panels to help the environment and also create extra cash flow for the property. In states with regulated…

Those things are all relatively easy to figure out and the design can be somewhat standardized across different locations with different soil conditions.  It becomes more challenging when the solar canopies are mounted on rooftops that are higher up in the air as the wind tends to be stronger and will apply more lift…

Wow, that person does not have good judgement. I wonder what else they are doing wrong.

I dunno, that seems a bit slow to me and the ID.4 is lower to the ground and likely has a smaller coefficient of drag.  I feel like 300-400 hp is a better fit for a larger vehicle like this.

Oh damn, I’m sure that wasn’t a fun conversation.

I unfortunately never had a chance to own a 3 series but have driven every model since the E36 over the years either on test drives (I almost bought a 335 M-Sport back in 2014) or borrowing/trying out cars from friends and family members. The X3/4M comps were extended test drives and track time at BMW events.

Damn, that is terrifying, especially since it is somewhat out of your control.  I hope your neighbor ultimately listened to you.

While I always like a good RWD powertrain, I question whether these specs are sufficient for a vehicle that ways 2.5 tons. The electric motor in my PHEV is down by about 60 hp but it has about the same torque, weighs a few hundred pounds less, and has a much lower drag coefficient. In full EV mode, the decent torque…

Now lower the ride height by several inches and it will be perfect.  It would be nice to see a few more larger luxury hatchbacks out there on the market.

My anxiety levels would be through the roof after pickup. Not because of a random occurrence (ie spontaneous combustion) but for fear that some asshole might crash into me and create a spark that ignites the gas. I guess I learned to respect the gas back from my machine shop days.

I have definitely seen people smoking at gas stations from time to time but fortunately I have never seen someone holding the cigarette close to the filler cap, right where those flammable vapors like to linger.  The most recent gas station smoker I saw was clearly horribly addicted as he was coughing, wheezing, and…

That is also an excellent suggestion.

Yeah, I am relieved that I have several options within a 10 minute drive.

What the actual fuck was this person thinking? If they were unaware of the propane tank in the back, what the actual fuck was the person who left it there thinking?

Oh man, don’t get me started on those shops. I have had people ask me if a 20% interest rate is good since the $500 per month payments are “affordable” which always leads to me boring them with a crash course in basic finance. When I was on the market for a beater STi (one I could get for cheap knowing it likely…

After reviewing the list of cars under $20K, the ones from Kia and Hyundai all seem like decent cars (assuming they don’t catch on fire) but the Mirage and Versa seem like penalty boxes and I can’t imagine why anyone would buy one over a slightly used good car like a Civic or K5 for the same price.

I was a bit surprised to see this on Jalopnik. Maybe if they had written about the history of the car on the shirt, it would have made more sense.

BMW seemed to make its manuals a bit more user friendly (for everyday non-performance driving) in the mid-aughts because the clutch in my M5 has a really high bite point compared to all the E9x 3-series cars I have driven since they introduced theN55 engine. I used to daily a 2008 Subaru Legacy Spec.B with the same…

Really all the rest stops along the Jersey Turnpike are the worst in the world. Want to wait in a 20-minute line to fuel up while sleepy pump attendants meander around and then another 20 minutes to get some crappy food or Starbucks drink and another 10 minutes in line to take a leak before hitting the road? The NJ…

Could be worse. They could be spending it on crack.