For $4,000? That’s... a really good deal. If you wanted something that’s a fucking hoot to drive, man... honestly, I know it’s someone else’s project.

The forest service truck is something I could get behind. It’s the right kind of truck for a small little farm, just “doing work things” with it, not worrying about getting some scratches or dents on it.

“She’s barely even a cousin. More like a step-cousin, really. We didn’t even meet until we were 10 years old.”

I know exactly how this feels. I bought a Toyota Supra last year, and the whole interior was from a BMW.

In 2010, if you would have told me that I’d be lusting after a 500+ horsepower Kia crossover that could do 0-60 in 3.5 seconds, I’d have sooner told you I was likely to fornicate with a blood relative.

(*Loudly clears throat*) Oh? There’s a semiconductor shortage? I was told by the 45th President of the United States, the “dealmaker” himself Donald Trump that “Trade wars are good, and easy to win.” Are you saying that Honest Donald lied to us? Perhaps China is hoarding semiconductors for themselves because of the…

No. The idea behind the C8 is that it’s a value. It’s the same way I feel about crypto-bros hoarding all the good GPU’s right now. Or the people buying up all the PS5's just to stick them on eBay.

Hey, no need to make this personal, Torch. You can do a lot more with 3 inches than— oh, you said horsepower?

Whoever ends up buying this car, please read this note: We know you don’t give a shit about the car. Keep the plates, and give me the Volvo as a tax-free gift, please.

I love BMX bikes with those “bomb proof” fiberglass wheels with hard spokes. you could drop them off a cliff and pick them back up again. Sure, they’re heavy, but who cares? It’s not like you’re actually going to be the person who sets some local track lap record.

I hadn’t thought of these in a moment, so I looked them up. Most on Autotempest are well into their life cycle at this point, with north of 150,000 miles, fetching $5,000 or below. There are a few nice examples with under 75,000 miles to be had for (gulp) $14,000 or more.

Spring Plans: Get out to the BMX track like 3-4 days a week.

Regarding Texas, our power outages, etc. I was speaking with one of my neighbors about this recently. He’s a chemist, and I know he does something in the petro-chemical industry, and I’m not sure what it is. He was explaining to me that one of the chemicals they produce needs to be constantly heated, even during…

Honorable mention for the best luxury car that “looks nice” but also won’t break the bank: A Genesis G80, used. I had one with the 5.0 V8, but the 3.8L V6 is still plenty of power, and they’re everywhere. The pre-Genesis brand Hyundai Genesis (yeah, that was confusing) from 2015-16 carries even more of a price break.…

I’m not sure where exactly this conversation is going, but I can say for certain that pulling out doesn’t work. My son is 10 months old.

Imagine this for a moment: It’s summertime, and you’re pulling up to a stoplight. As you come to a stop, there’s an absolute certified dime next to you. She’s driving something boring... maybe a mini-lux crossover like an Audi Q3.

All jokes aside, stock manipulation is a pretty big deal, and making proclamations about your company is fairly egregious behavior. It’s odd sometimes, in this post-Trump manic world, to put it all in perspective. I constantly have to calibrate the norms of “what things should be like” when I’m thinking about...

Hey! Thanks! Appreciate that. I mean, yours was good too.

“We pay literally hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes. We don’t even want government subsidies. We just want to be left alone and the government can’t help itself but to, like: ‘Here’s an oil company driving their oil tanker into some rocks, making a living, you know, living their dream, let’s try to ruin that as…

I live in Texas, where trucks like this sell for $3,000. Maybe $3,500. There are trucks everywhere, and it’s hard to find rust. This is not a $7,000 truck. For $7,000, I’d like two trucks just like this.