Some people just can’t stop. My uncle Bud was involved in the trucking industry for 50 years, as a driver, manager and eventually owner. When he sold the company and “retired” at 70 he was miserable. He finished every household project he could find in about a month, then went stir crazy. After a few months he went…

And at the end of it you'd be WAY over 21k. 

The tech is probably way above me, but I’ve wondered for a while why they aren’t run on the same principal as a diesel/electric locomotive.

Yup, right along with Subaru and their Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle. “Partial Zero?” Yeah... I guess it refers to the fuel evaporation system and basically when the car isn’t running it’s not putting out any emissions, which I’m pretty sure has  been a federal mandate for all cars for decades. Technically correct…

Seeing how the "RX" stood for "rotary experimental" anything dubbed and RX-whatever will be nothing more than Mazda cashing in on its heritage. And can someone please, for the love of all that is good and holy explain to me exactly what "skyactiv" technology is? I figured out that the car doesn't fly and I'm sorely…

You are off on  only one thing, and that is that people do desire to own them. I picked up a 98 XLE just like yours (minus heated seats) 3 years ago after searching for a nicer one to use as a commuter. I wanted something with airbags, air conditioning, with a V6 that was reasonably comfortable and nice looking, for…

No, but we’ll get through it, I think. Pretty good chance we’re only halfway through it though. We really need our friend right now, but please understand we aren't quite ourselves right now. 

Hell yeah. Now they need to crack down on this at grocery stores. I was recently in a Safeway and watched a large dog peeing on the floor. I laughed out loud when she told the manager that "he's not a pet, he's a companion animal." He told her to get out and look up the word pet.

I remember when they introduced this idea in the 80s. Longevity was an issue then, I see no reason why it still wouldn't be. With the high cost compared to a standard tire, I predict that this will go the way of the "flying car." Which already exists, and has for 80 years (it's called a "small airplane") but that's a…

4 door Porsches are for poseurs and sellouts. Fight me. 

Fuck. I usually check this site first thing in the morning and periodically throughout the day. Today was weird. No time to eat let alone check Jalopnik. Now I sit here with my favorite combo from my favorite Chinese place trying to read my favorite writer and I’ve completely lost my appetite. I’m pretty sure I’m…

As others have said, the hatch is all Escort. The grill looks like a Mazda part. 

Personally, I’ll kick anyone out of bed for eating crackers, or anything else. It’s just not civilized.

Personally, I’ll kick anyone out of bed for eating crackers, or anything else. It’s just not civilized.

Do they ever test to the point of failure? I'd love to see that, not for any scientific reasons but just because it sounds freaking awesome...

Exactly. So it's not the "first" Z06. It's a preproduction mule or prototype.

What causes accidents isn’t speed per se, it’s differences in speed. Allowing you to go faster while everyone else has to go slower would bring vehicles into conflict with each other and make the problem worse. Besides, how would LE differentiate between the two? 

Wkth all of that said, if it was the first “production” Z06, it would be street legal, wouldn’t it?

Well, anywhere people live, they're all going to do laundry, constantly throughout the year. Farmers are confined to rural areas, and only use fertilizer at certain times of the year. Not sure how it balances in the long run though.

Dude, chill out. 80 percent of US power production is from burning fossil fuels. That’s just a fact. And EVs AREN’T going to magically solve climate change, and theres no research anywhere that says otherwise. Now you are going to comment something back, and it will likely be insulting because that’s the only way you…

No battery powered F150 is going to make diesels obsolete. Diesels go in big trucks. F150's are only big trucks to those who don’t drive trucks.