There’s no early implementations at this point. These things hit the market in 2004 per the IIHS and the data shows cars with them have lower rates of claims. The US regulators have once again been asleep at the wheel, this time for damn near 20 years.

I know this is largely location dependent, urban vs. rural, etc. but the frequency at which I actually need to use my high beams is so low that I’d just as soon not bother with the complexity of adaptive lighting. Also, while I don’t have any science to back it up, I think the ever-constant flipping between light…

I agree fully with you. It is incredibly annoying.

Now do away with daytime running lights that only light the headlamps.  Nearly every day, I see someone driving at night with their DRL on, assuming that since they can see ahead of themselves, and their all-electronic dash is lit, then their tail lamps are also lit (they are not).  Dark vehicles in unlit areas are…

This is part of the reason I simply don’t use highbeams except to signal to other drivers/pedestrians. In any urban/suburban area there is absolutely no need for highbeams. Even in rural areas, my anecdotal experience is that lowbeams are far less likely to make a deer freeze directly in front of me, so I’m less…

I am already blinded by the time the turn off. And that is if they turn off. 

I used it on a rental in Scotland last year. It caused more problems than my manually turning the brights on an off by hand.

If most OEM’s implementation of basic Automatic Highbeams is utter shit, I don’t have much hope for Pixel bullshit. Honestly, I’d rather see European taillights than European headlights. All red rear turn signals should be illegal here in the US. 

So it’s an actual truck—meant for getting stuff done by hauling a lot of stuff—I love it. Such a welcome sight compared to those overbearing crew-cab sedans with the exposed trunks that now pass for “trucks”.

Faye Hadley is great. I used some of her videos to step me through random suspension and engine part replacement and maintenance on my 4Runner.

Toyota/Lexus body on frame SUV. One of mine has 350,000, the other is at 200,000 and i have zero concerns about it making it to 250,000. Land Cruiser, GX, 4Runner, LX, etc. If its a model made in Japan, you can count on it going the distance. Tundra, Tacoma, sequoia and other American/Mexican made models come in second…

I wish the sci-fi future we’d all hoped for hadn’t turned out to be so desperately stupid.

The 3rd gen was a really good size and it has really good flex out of the rear axle. 176 x 66.5 inches is tiny in today’s market. 10 inches longer than a 2 door JL and 8 inches narrower while only having 10 fewer cubic feet of interior volume to a 2024 model 4Runner. A current 4Runner is 15 inches longer and 10 inches…

Tire Rack:

If I was looking to spend $7-8k on a really really nice mid ‘00s Subaru wagon, and I came across this for $10k, I’d seriously consider it. But $15k is too much to not be a low mileage garage queen.

All insurance is trash, so it’s hard to just point the finger at Tesla here. And I’m curious if it’s actually “Tesla” insurance or if they’re just white-labeling a third-party provider.

Why anyone would want to hand Elon money at this point is beyond me. 

Nice ones are rarer than hen's teeth. NP

$56K-$62K for that? ROFLMAO. Even with a potential government subsidy.

If wanting to/having fun with a car legally on public roads is grounds for institutionalization we’re all fucked.