This is a particularly stupid take given that Tom just had an article last week about how people are overpaying for CPO/Used vehicles. Perfect example, I went looking for a CPO Crosstrek for my mother. Crosstrek Limiteds with 10K on them were going for 27-28K. I then go check the new car stock, and there are plenty of…

As a Tesla driver, I can’t see the humor in that. I can’t see anything.

I’ve never understood third-row seats. There’s no legroom, shoulder room or headroom, you sit with your knees around your ears because of the height of the seat vs. the floorpan and getting in and out is a joke. They leave basically no trunk space and even kids won’t ride back there (in my experience). Quite why…

We are being trolled by the devaluation of COTD. First $kay stops the awards, now even less reason to go for the commenting gusto. I mean there were always questionable awards, but the current group of award-ers seem to not care to look around or even try to reward wit or originality. Better to not have a COTD, than…

iPhones are fuel injected?

Whats going on with Jalopnik?? first some idiot decides the tri 5 Chevy’s are “meh” and now another one compares this pos to a Chevy Tahoe, whats next?? A Hyundai Santa Fe out luxos a an Escalade???

Standard towing is 3,500 pounds, but an optional pulling package adds a transmission cooler and ups that rating to 5,000.

This 100%.

“Is it even legal to refuse us” Jesus Lord, are you serious? And 15 pounds is not a small dog. I have small dogs (5 pounds, 8 pounds). I tried an empty dog friendly patio once, never again.

I love dogs, I’ve had dogs all my life, but a lot of people don’t like dogs and some people are allergic to dogs. Stop being an entitled jerk and leave your dog at home. He’ll be there when you get back. Dogs don’t belong in stores, on planes, and certainly not restaurants. And you can all take your bullshit…

Why does everyone want to bring their dog with them every time they leave the house? Grocery store-bring your dog. Retail store that has absofuckinglutely nothing to do with dogs or pets-bring your dog along! Maybe there will be another dog there and they can bark and fight!

“Why can’t my dog sit just outside the restaurant patio?”

Years ago my grandma bought a ‘38 Plymouth deluxe convertible on a whim and I remember getting rides around in that in the rumble seat and up front and watching my grandma quiet adept with the controls. Years late I got my turn at the controls. I can’t say it was as intimidating as a model T but it was quite a…

You have said it. These, like most push-button impertinences and futilities, are an answer to a problem that never existed and a question no sane person ever asked. The joys of a handbrake, such as they are, are replaced with a nannying frustration and Rube Goldberg complexity. A push-button handbrake makes life worse…

Everything in the article was good (regardless I don’t like or trust them) except the one paragraph where you recite their first listed benefits......

“The electronic parking brake allowed for activation anytime the car came to a standstill, which caused less worry when stopped on a hill or in creeping traffic, and if…

I don’t see it so much as “obsession” as a recognition of basic mathematics.

Kind of amazingly, this is in part because the EPA argues that lighter, more fuel-efficient cars are more dangerous.

Make sure your CPO is not a POS or you can be SOL.

It’s not about standardization. It’s about the fallacy of trusting the manufacturer to accurately report the emissions of a vehicle as opposed to using third party testing and verification.

The answer for everyone is NOT mass transportation.  Rural communities and even suburbs cannot rely completely on mass transportation.  Some people just need a car to get around the sticks...