RTFM indeed.
I do live in big truck country.
I’m surprised Ford never sold the Ka in the Boston area. The 6 years I lived near there, it's the only car anyone ever talked about.
Civic parades > military parades.
Honestly, if they cancelled the military parades and just threw this one twice a year I’d be all for it.
Why not just use a pantograph wiper arm?
I’m not a car guy in the sense of getting my hands dirty or putting too much thought into anything other than their functional purpose as transportation, but cars have a habit of bringing out the spirit of creative people and serving as a backdrop for interesting conversations.
Awesome color! My 2013 is red with black interior. I will probably get blasted for saying this but I have had the car for 4 years now and it has been perfectly reliable. Awesome little car for those who enjoy driving.
Am I the only person in America that special ordered an Abarth this year? lol
Matchbox Men, about the rise of the toy car industry in the 1960s, and the wild times the toy execs had.
Curb Your N-thusiasm, a show in which real people chosen at random compete to see who can parallel park a Veloster N the best. Other driving skills as well.
Braking Badly, in which novices learn to drift.
I Love Lucid,…
Captain D’s needs to team up with DMX for promotional purposes.
MINI-VANS ARE THE BOMB!! Efficiency personified. Love them. You can load them up and go glamping with up to 6 kid/adults . You can take your camping shit out of them and use them as a Dad-Nap limousine / Victorian opium den in urban environments. If you truly lack class you can use them as a somewhat disappointing…
Nice interview Kevin, really liked the behind-the-scenes info since I’ve always loved the sets, puppets, experts, and general goofiness of Good Eats. I started watching in college and completely credit Alton with helping to get me cooking, actually and officially, instead of the quick-cook junk I was used to from high…
Good effort, Barry. I’ll give this blog a B-plus. But, honestly, if you’d just delete it altogether, it would be an A’s-minus.
Let me offer the perspective of someone who went there two years ago, about a week after the first article was published, in the effort to buy his grey 16v scirocco:
I called him wednesday that week to ask if he still had it. he said he did. we negotiated a price of $800 and i told him I would be there between 1-2pm on…
My dad used to call his car “Jesus Christ”. As in “Jesus Christ I hate you” to his Pontiac Tempest.
Its a relatively weak engine for a relatively lot of money. liter per liter, its weaker than any other diesel powered truck out there. The new Duramax 3.0 is within 30 hp of this thing, and if you do the math based on the output of a 6.7L Powerstroke V8, the XD should have been making 350hp and >650 ft-lbs.
They then…
If I was to buy a minivan, the base Grand Caravan would be my first choice. You know your kids will make a mess in it, so why buy something nice? The Grand Caravan and Journey are basically brand new beaters with modern-ish safety equipment. They’re great for people who want a cheap crapcan they don’t have to care…
Discounting bro-dozers, that’s probably 100% accurate ... but not for the reason you think.