“And if you ride a motorcycle, consider a pair of ear plugs.”

Back in the late 80's one of my brother’s friends had a Fuego...his family only bought European cars, so that’s the one he picked (my brother had an 81 Jetta 2-door, their other friend had a 77 Scirocco, and the fourth in the set had a...Chevy Citation coupe). He had an issue with it when visiting and we went to the…

It seems everyone has this weird idea that one day soon there is going to be some switch flipped and...<poof>...we’ll all be EV all the time everywhere. It’s ludicrous. Does anyone ever take the time to consider just how many ICE vehicles are on the road? Above and beyond that, people should look at how many OLD…

I think there will be a lot of folks who disagree with your casual ‘ranking’ of brands. There are many who would consider Dunlop a top-tier, at least for performance tires. And there are plenty who will wonder why none of the Asian brands are on here...Sumitomo, Kumho, Hankook all make excellent tires, and have, at…

I’m not a fan of auto-ANYthing (hell, I refuse to buy an auto transmission), but some of the current stuff is downright terrifying...brake by wire, steer by wire, then wresting control from me when a computer (programmed by very fallible humans who might not understand vehicle dynamics) decides it knows ‘best’?

The list of my favorite car books has changed a LOT over the years...I had ones that showed every car and had specs for them all that I loved to just look through when I was a kid, I had stories and histories that I loved to read (sometimes multiple times, like ‘Unfair Advantage’), then there are others that have just…

This is a great one to get...nice enough that it doesn’t embarrass you, crufty enough that you can not only drive the crap out of it, but do additional updates...like some iPd suspension parts, some Panasport wheels, etc. Price is slightly high, but only by a bit. Oh, and yeah, you have to chrome those bumpers.

It’s happened to me a few times. The two I remember most were: in my first car, a 13 year old 76 Olds Vista Cruiser that got 6mpg (not exaggerating)...was driving home late at night from a friend’s house and didn’t have any money for gas (not that it mattered, no stations open at that time of night back then)...car…

Weird...you’d think they’d capitalize on the name recognition they have and name the brand ‘Outback’. I mean, Wilderness is just too damned long for a marque name, and it’s ungainly. As a trim level, sure, it makes sense, I guess. But as a brand? No, not really. But Outback...they’ve already built that brand! 

The Mythbusters tried their damnedest to get petrol to ignite from a cellphone and couldn’t do it. They also ‘proved’ (because people still don’t get it) that, while petrol is quite flammable, it’s really the vapor that is the risk factor when dealing with the stuff...in other words, it is highly unlikely that a stray…

The Chrysler range is ancient at this point, for the most part, and the reliability scores for specific models typically go up as they age. At this point, the Chrysler models should be able to be constructed by blindfolded, drunk workers...they’ve been doing it for 10 years or more!

It depends on if the rule is I have to keep it...if not, then probably the F50, which I would then sell and buy something I REALLY want (like a house with three car garage...and a couple of really nifty, but cheaper, cars)...or the LaFerrari or Enzo for the same reason. To drive, the F12, SLS or 458. To just put in a…

Can’t compete with a minefield...but riding a motorcycle in NYC was pretty harrowing. And not one of those ‘dual-sport’ jobbies with 8 inches of suspension travel...nope, my Harley Breakout with like 2.85 inches. Drivers in New York City are a different breed...you have to remember that 90+% of them are driving…

“professional journalismist“ ...hmmm. I’m pretty sure it’s “journalamist”.

Is it me, or does that 959 have a seriously droopy butt? Seems kind of elongated, too...weird.

Now THAT is some true geek trivia...actually, it’s trivia now but this kind of stuff was just ‘how it is’ back in the 80's. We lost so much neat stuff with the demise of CRTs. I didn’t have a Spectrum (well, being American and all), but there was all sorts of awesome trickery possible on my favored platform: Amiga.…

My first car, a 13 year old 1976 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser was running its own experiment to decompose into iron oxide...does that count?

Reviews on music selling sites are a decent source, though you have to slog through a lot of crap to get to good reviews...the ones that talk about the reasons why they think something is good, for example...the ones I find most useful are when they reference other artists...this is especially true for music that is…

This is very disappointing...if they had shown it during the SuperBowl it might have made that whole debacle worth watching.

Top Gear America did one with Tanner Foust...he tried a ZR-1 and couldn’t get traction, tried an R8 with V10 and did it, but I’m not sure they had the required attendance of officials to record it. He then took a Focus rally car and obliterated his ‘record’, but being a non-production vehicle I don’t think it counts…