Yeah, if I was completely unprepared with practically no personal protective equipment, I would not be in a hurry to try and open the hood of a running vehicle to deal with some smoke. Of course, if the owner is being a jerk, I would feel completely prepared to put out the fire with extreme prejudice, emptying can…

Everybody gets a medal under the NHTSA advertising guidelines. 

I once drove across a parking lot with my laptop on the passenger seat of a rental car. I was ready to buy one of those alarm stopper clips after that. Otherwise, there should be a microwave emitter in the seat to sterilize anyone that rides around without a seatbelt. We’re in this for the species, people. 

Pretty sure you’re better off parking in a garage so you don’t have to burn more energy heating or cooling the cabin to a comfortable temperature than you’d generate with the solar roof. 

I used to spend Memorial Day weekend every year sleeping in a car or minivan at the Indy 500 until one day my wife pointed out that a hotel was not too expensive of a splurge once a year. I would not want to trade places with one of the many people that have no choice every day of the year. I also don’t see any value…

A few Tesla’s were bystanders in Deadpool2, but more significant is the casting of a Model X as the bad guy’s car in Cold Pursuit since it actually gets referenced by name.

Maybe when F1 copies INDYCAR and uses ground effect downforce?

That’s funny.

Meh. The last thing we need is another $60k+ CUV turd. I walked through a shopping mall parking lot the other day and saw almost nothing but bland ugly crossover things. We need interesting cars to save us from the crossover apocalypse 

Nothing screams d-bag harder than laughing into the camera over and over instead of suggesting that maybe it’s a bad idea to send chunks of debris flying around for no reason. I was kinda hoping for a Darwin Award moment there. 

Thank you. I bothered logging in just to complain about that.

I love the DCT in my BMW, but it’s not an inexpensive alternative to either a true manual or a torque converter automatic, so I’m baffled as to why Ford thought this was a good idea for an inexpensive car!?

You need to sit close enough that you can press any pedal to the floor if necessary. (Under ABS many brake pedals “sink”.) If you’re too close, you can damage your knees in a frontal crash.

Never before in history have so many cars been so fast and safe, and so many people so uptight about somebody having a tiny bit of fun that wasn’t actually bothering anybody. No wonder the most “interesting” innovations these days are phone apps. It makes me sad for the future. 

Walking around Barcelona this week I see practically everyone riding scooters and mopeds in real, full-face helmets. When they hop off, they carry their helmets with them. What a concept. Also most scooters I’ve seen have a peg for securing your helmet under the locking seat, so it wouldn’t get stolen if you did leave…

We cut expansion joints in roads for hot/cold wet/dry changes. Also lets the slabs of road stay intact during those newfangled fracking earthquakes.

Most excellent. I wish the food trucks that frequent my office complex would go electric. Or buy a generator that ran cleaner and quieter. 

The new crop of supersonic planes are way more fuel efficient than before, which is why anyone even cares about allowing them. Personally, if a plane ride is longer than 6 hours, I’d rather have the whole plane be business class so I can be decently comfortable and then I don’t care if it takes twice as long and…

FWD M car!? Get a match.

Wasn’t Saturn’s TN plant a UAW shop?