No, see that’s exactly the point: there is no difference, biologically-speaking, between added sugar and inherent sugar. (Oh, no: I’ve typed sugar so many times in the last hour that now it looks like it’s spelled wrong every time I write it!) From the article: “This is true: sugar is sugar, whether it comes from…

Let me address two things separately, if you would: dried fruit, and added sugars.

See, and the problem I have with that is that we’re basically putting our fingers on the scale, and misleading people for their benefit. Total sugar is what matters, but we’ll tell people what the added sugar is, to get them to object to it, and get manufacturers to reduce added sugars. It’s like a clever way of…

My point, though, is that they shouldn’t care about that info, because that info is meaningless: what matters is the entire sugar content, not just the added sugar content. If I eat one pearnapple that naturally has 500 grams of sugar, that’s not magically better than eating one Manu-Food-Stick with 1 gram of natural…

So this labeling isn’t about directly protecting consumers, it’s about encouraging producers to stop putting added sugars in their food? I have some problems with the idea of using government fiat to basically mislead the public into getting the private sector to do something, but I also acknowledge that doing so can…

Again, the selection of 2 products based solely on additional sugars is useless: what matters to the comparison is the total amount of all sugars. This is a case in which the label isn’t just neutral, but positively misleading.

This is monumentally stupid, on its face (and I’d love for someone to explain why my initial assessment is incomplete or incorrect!): if all sugar is the same, the only label we need is “sugar.” The division between “added sugar” and “sugar” is completely and utterly meaningless to health, because it’s still the total…

Other than the coolness factor, I’m not sure why we’d want glowing highways, which would increase ambient light and make it more difficult to see dim things that weren’t highways. Let’s face it: when you’re driving at night, the road is the one thing you don’t want to see, because what you really need to see is lane…

I will miss it if it’s gone and doesn’t come back; its focus on the practical (actual cars you might buy, team tests, fuel additive features, used car reviews) might have been less sensational than Top Gear, but always provided a weighted counterpoint to the (delightful) “mucking about” of Top Gear.

A nice option, I suppose, but why do you need a light at all? You know where everything is, right?

A nice option, I suppose, but why do you need a light at all? You know where everything is, right?

...even then, the problem is with Tesla, not the owner, as it’s the responsibility of the company to both make the process of summoning as accident-proof as possible, and if the car is going to drive unmanned, it’s their responsibility to give it the means not to run itself into anything or anyone.

Humans.

I wondered about this when I read it: if they go with a small, low-boost turbo, the power delivery should be more linear. If they go with a dual turbo - one big, one little - they could start getting more torque further down, and smooth out that throttle response. But they know about 1,000 times more about engines…

None of the above?

Yeah, “budget trophy truck” is kind of a misnomer, isn’t it? :) How about “budget wannabe trophy truck?”

I’d be interested to see the power curves (mostly the torque curve, from my personal perspective), because to my mind a slogger like a stock Wrangler isn’t well-suited to being kept on-boost all the time: I want that power at 1,000RPM, and I want to keep it all the way up. A turbo would be great on a budget trophy…

One day, several years ago now, I was driving my e30 down a country road. It was largely unmodified: racing tires and wheels, a cone intake, that sort of thing. Distracted by the wonder that is driving a well-sorted BMW, I noticed at the last second that I was about to miss my turn. My 90-degree, barely-two-lane-road…

Yes, absolutely, with exactly no doubt in my mind. $18,000 is a LOT of money to do repairs with, particularly since older cars have (generally) much less expensive parts (particularly if you buy smart). Do your own maintenance, and the cost savings are absolutely insane. Add in substantially lower insurance premiums,…

Yeah, that - and the huge price tag - keeps me out of the electric market for the moment, as well. I’m still very interested in electric conversions, and even started one, some time ago, though cost made it prohibitive for me even then, but I’m going to need to wait 20 years, I suspect, before I can have a Tesla of my…

Moderately used is a great choice! I like to recommend to people they shop on features, like ABS and side-impact beams (both available on $2,000 Cherokees, but also obviously on more safe $5,000 Volvos). At the end of the day, it’s about cost/benefit: the $20,000 Cherokee isn’t ten times more likely to kill you on a…