Something horrible happened to me last night. I went with my kids to a neighborhood which has great Christmas decorations. We walked past a house that had wonderful decorations, kind words of encouragement for passers-by, and a Cybertruck in the driveway. As I looked at the truck, Christmas lights reflecting off it’s…

A big AMEN to the restomod commenter.

Also, aligning your first year driving with your first year drinking seems to be a recipe for disaster.

I think “Corrected your priorities” is the most applicable phrase from your opinion for this conversation. If we did do some sort of require inspections/maintenance that would force people to realign their priorities. For a subset of people, that would be manageable and mean that instead of “wasting” money elsewhere,…

I wanna play this game but I have to say, my self-respect is worth at least $7k. Which is what I paid for my most recent “bottom of the depreciation curve used car” (e91 BMW). So I don’t see being willing to drive any car I didn’t like, even if it was free. There’s plenty of cars I would love to have for free, but I…

A 1990 Toyota Tercel. Specifically, a bare bones one with a manual.

Sure, but then say they are not freeway legal, don’t ban them outright. There are plenty of vehicles which can be registered for city streets but not freeways (small motorcycles/scooters, golf carts, etc.)

If what the reporting is indicating is true, Tesla should be in a lot of serious trouble. Effectively slow-rolling a recall knowingly is a huge, huge deal with consumer products or vehicles.

I’ve been able to buy so much more enjoyable cars ever since I changed jobs allowing me to bike commute daily into the office. I commuted 100+ miles/day for the first 12 years of my career and it meant that I was buying comfortable, fuel efficient cars that I didn’t have to care too much about. Now I’ve been able to…

We should have tiered licenses. No kid should be able to go out and buy a hellcat abomination with zero years of on-road driving experience. I know people can be dumb in anything (thinking of my friend with the Toyota Tercel drifting around with fast food trays under the rear tires) but we don’t need to make it easier…

A former business partner of mine had a fairly “special” McLaren 675LT and hearing him dealing with the challenges of that car ensured I’d never buy one (that and the complete lack of funds). Motor replacements, fuel pump failures, body damage from loading onto a trailer, etc. etc. I overheard him cutting checks for…

This memory was well and truly suppressed until now...thanks Jalopnik.

meh, the v4 thing is pretty inconsequential. At least they know how many cylinders the car has and probably know a bit about other cars that do have “V” oriented cylinders. Most people it’s just a slip of the tongue in my experience.

It should have been in my 1973 Jeep J2500 with the AMC 360 V8 and a 4 speed going over mountain passes, but the speedometer/odometer never worked so I have no real way to say that for certain. When I had my 2019 Ford Ranger, however, I did see 8.3 mpg average while towing my dad’s new-to-him boat the 137 miles home.…

Has to be the guy I encountered on a turnout on Highway 9 in Saratoga, CA. I generally enjoy these interactions, but as soon as he told me he was “drifting” his GTI practicing for an upcoming event I found a quick excuse to depart.

A “good” driving car is completely a personal thing for sure. My 1968 VW Bus is not a performance drive by any stretch, but I actually really enjoy driving it on mountain roads.

A car person buys a car because of how it drives. They plan on taking trips specifically for the experience of driving; a rip up a mountain road or a cruise with other “cool” cars.

It is possible that the same brands a “car person” loves is the same brand that a non car person loves.

UK Market Lotus Elise S1. I know the Elise we got wasn’t too different, but there’s just something about the S1 that spreads a smile across my face. Might as well go with the John Player Special

The R3 is definitely one I’m watching, but I’ll go with the new M2 Competition. By all accounts the M2 is a return to form for BMW, back to the days when M cars were all the things: great powertrains, transcendent handling, and as practical as you could expect from a performance coupe. And it’s avoided the grille…