I see some Teslas in TN, probably a couple a week. Also some Volts, i3s, and Leafs, but I don’t think I’ve seen a single Bolt. I’m in one of those Blue dots, so maybe that makes a difference.

Interesting comparison. Maybe I’m too young to have appreciation for how those design elements were perceived at the time. I’m familiar with the fins of the 50s, but I’ve never once viewed them as emulating aerodynamic appendages. To my eyes they were only ever visual features. They couldn’t have been meant for people…

But if you pronounce it T.L.A., it is not an acronym. It is an initialism. Acronyms are initialisms that are pronounceable as single words.

You’ve just ruined this car for me. I must be gullible, because it didn’t occur to me before reading this that all that venting would be fake. I just hadn’t really thought about it, I guess. And now I don’t want to anymore.

Because this entire conversation is predicated on pedantry: It’s a little weird to create a three letter initialism to describe three letter acronyms, isn’t it? Or do you actually pronounce it as an acronym? TLA feels awkward to pronounce.

Any idea why such small wheels? Bigger wheels would raise gearing further, decrease the demands on the wheel bearings, and reduce rolling resistance.

Not that there’s anything wrong with your preference there. Your money, your choices. But I do at least have to point out that letting a 10$ water bottle control direct a 30000$ automobile purchase is a little restrictive. Do you really like this particular water bottle? Have you considered purchasing an additional…

Skip the bench. A beginner to lifting doesn’t need contraptions for specialized exercises. Start with the basic, full body stuff. By the time you’re so serious about lifting that you’d be thinking about needing more than a simple, flat bench, you won’t be considering purchases from Walmart anymore.

Skip the bench. A beginner to lifting doesn’t need contraptions for specialized exercises. Start with the basic,…

This seems universal. People everywhere think that they have it the worst.
I moved from a bottom 15% state on the list to a top 15% state on the list. People complain just as much here. They just don’t get out of their own state often enough to know how good they have it.

In a world where the Toyobaru didn’t exist, that price might make some sense. If it were in better shape.
Luckily we do not live in that world.

Damn it Yachty. I was holding it together this morning until you reminded me about Cash 4 Clunkers.

This is a case where you have to be careful not to let a great deal convince you to buy something you don’t want. It is, no doubt, a fantastic deal. If you want to do 100 pound bench press or leg extensions, and you don’t want to haul it home yourself, buy it.
But do you really want to do 100 pound bench presses and…

This is a case where you have to be careful not to let a great deal convince you to buy something you don’t want. It…

Damn! Smart kid.

I think I’m pulling my weight here. But so we’re 100% clear, what is the per family quota on 2019 Miatas?

Very well said.
I also took a little issue with calling the original Insight “comically impractical”. I daily drove one for years, and it was perfectly reliable and INCREDIBLY cheap. It also did a lot of road trips with 2 adults and lots of luggage or 2 adults who pack lightly plus a large dog. It was pretty damn…

Having a lot of first hand experience with the first generation Insight he’s talking about, I will assure you that’s not the case here. The manual transmission will achieve markedly better fuel economy than the CVT.

Yeah, it’s a pretty great illustration of how shaky the entire notion of cars as investments really is. Especially if you consider the cost and risk of keeping them in good shape. The garage this thing presumably sat in for a few decades definitely wasn’t free.

They give you vacation days at Jalopnik, right?
Nothing will teach you more about motorcycling than a good, long road trip. It’ll give you a chance to get away from all that traffic and really learn your bike. Get some wide-open interstate riding. Get some twisty mountain roads. Get some dirt and gravel roads. And do…

“Or do you already have a robot in your house?”

This sucks for those workers. No doubt. But now, just as when it’s happened in the past, articles like this one treat it like it’s some kind of exceptional circumstance.
My own life experience says this isn’t unusual at all for private sector employees, and it surprises me that the expectation should be so different…