I bought a 2004 brand new with a 6 speed and I survived. You’re right on with the wheel hop, I had gotten that unexpectedly while down shifting to pass a slow moving vehicle.  Talk about a white knuckling it.

You are assuming facts not in evidence: that these truckers, specifically, were the majority of those transporting toilet paper and other sundries during the pandemic.

I live in Wawa-land, this is an impossible question to answer most of the truly strange have been blocked from my memory through trauma.

I took driver’s ed in Michigan, got my provisional license at 16, moved to NJ before I turned 17, and was able to transfer my license into NJ with a written test and eye exam.

Those ML320s were surprisingly capable for 2wd. I assume they had an AWD version but mine with 220K miles did not and never once was I stuck in the snow and I tried. Thing almost drank more oil then gas though.

Awesome, now Apple can use that to track my phone as well!

It really is. The Apple Reality Distortion Field is in full force regarding these things.

AWD is “safer”. Yes, your car will generally have a better time accelerating from a stop. No, your car won’t necessarily stop or turn any better than a FWD or RWD car. AWD means nothing if you exceed what the laws of physics will allow.

Really the myth is that all seasons aren’t fine in the winter. For all but like, 5% of the country, they are. All season in 2021 are totally different than the ones that weren’t sufficient in the cold 30 years ago.

“I will dismiss any post that that blindly states that drivers deserve it”

The answer is Suzuki Kizashi, right?

Wolff probably shouldn’t (at least publicly) making statements like a Verstappen DNF would put Hamilton back in the fight a week before it happens. Not only is it in bad taste, it can only come back to haunt you. And, in Hamilton’s mind, it’s a just a gamble. Have a “racing incident” with Max that results in Max not…

I find the “it’s not up for debate” crowd a little insufferable. You have the long-winning champion having some real competition for the first time in years putting him on his heels and behind in the points. He (purposefully or not) put the only person in the field in front of him in points into the wall, leading to…

Personal? What’s personal? Nothing to see here...

wellll...

“Nevertheless, the language that was used, and making it so personal, was a level that we have not seen in this sport before.”

I truly think there is a small array of cars that are aimed at people who just don’t care about cars, or would otherwise not own a car at all. This believe gives them the freedom to do everything differently for the sake of being different. The Prius has almost always been in this category, but it’s been trumped by…

Imagine spending an extra $20,000 a year on urban center rent instead of owning a RAM TRX lmao

The only thing that would be better is if it was the rag top version; but at $2500, I wouldn’t complain too loud.