You got the scale of the crane slightly wrong. Like yeah, that one would be imposing to see barreling up behind you - but what made it butt puckeringly, pants shittingly terrifying, was that it was one of these.

Never pass big trucks on your way up a mountain.

When any pleb with near a hundred grand worth of buying power can get an EV that will do 0-60 in under 4 seconds, of course that metric loses the panache it used to have to super and hypercar makers.

Does that happen to other scooters too, or are Groms more desirable for it?

Those aero disc wheels look like something out of a video game, and I am here for it!

I’ve always wondered that about mini bikes like the Grom. Can’t someone just pick them up and put them in the back of a pickup, or something? It’d be a 2 person lift unless they’re pretty buff, but like...do Grom owners chain them up like bicycles?

Absolutely love the Ferris Bueller cut added in. *chef’s kiss*

There’s notably less room on the sides of my engine bay in my Crosstrek (FB, but basically the same as an FA), as there was in my bugeye and hawkeye. Not a ton, but enough to pinch...

Yeah I don’t care enough to upgrade horsepower anymore. I’ll upgrade handling modestly, braking as well, maybe add a short throw... But I’ve run out of desire to build monsters anymore. More important priorities to throw the big bucks at...

No replacement cycle on the chains? That’d make me happy. So what’s the engine out service on an FB like my Crosstrek?

Yeah I know, you just need the right wrench. It’s still a pain to get access to them. It’s the timing belt and water pump that I’m not looking forward to...

I really want to like these - they’re both on the list of, “if I buy another ICE car, which ones would I consider”, but...neither of them really do it for me, given the price, fuel costs, and the sheer number of things you have to pull the engine completely out of a Subaru for, that would be something you can do in…

He mentioned suggesting a motorcycle swap... I’d love to see what this thing’s capable of when done up like the Smart Diablo...

This just in... People who would be fired by Musk if they said he didn’t deserve to be paid back for the Twitter purchase, plus some profit, say he’s worth as much as he’s asking...

Started a rat rod build, and got bored? Still looks like a hoot to drive...

There was a great Outback that was on the market a while back, that I’d seen in a few videos. It really nails that sound, too...

Sure, that’s how things have always been done. If I were looking at say, 4 different cars, it would be nice to know (all other things being equal) which one would cost me the least in weekly fill-ups with my normal driving habits - and MPG doesn’t tell you that before purchase, as much as I think knowing how big the…

I’d rather see something like average range per tank, and gallons per tank. That’s two measures that actually mean something to me, in real world use. How many gallons per tank tells me how much I can expect per fill up, and estimated average range would let me estimate how often I would need to fill up, with my…

I’m not sure I ever came down the back way, when I lived in Riverside. That’s the one down 38 into Redlands, right? I did the trip up 18 to Lake Arrowhead (lunch stop at Hortencia’s), and from there to Big Bear, and up the 330 to Big Bear. Definitely crowded, along both of those routes...

I drove both the routes up to Big Bear in my Crosstrek, and man did I wish I still had my Mini for it. Even with way stickier tires than the Crosstrek is expected to wear, the stiffer suspension and lower center of gravity would’ve made it so much more fun... Great roads!