As a small child I was in the back seat on a long road trip with my mom and her friend, in her friend’s 1978 Chevy Nova.  Going through Chicago with my mom at the wheel, she downshifted and got on the gas as she was on the ramp from one freeway to another.  Her friend FREAKED out, “Never downshift while moving!”  A…

It does put extra wear on your clutch, but as long as you match RPM with the gear, this is ok. If you’re slipping the clutch to slow down, that’s bad.

I’m confused as to why anybody would think that you CAN’T skip gears either on the upshift or downshift.

The last time the rest of Michigan cared about the UP was when they were finishing extracting the last of 14 billion lbs of copper (along with silver, gold, and other metals) from its rock.

Not nearly enough stars for this.

True.  But you can do this old fashioned thing and flip to the back and look in the index.  Then flip to the page.  From anywhere: the parking lot of the auto parts store, out in the garage, as long as you’re standing next to the vehicle.

My 2016 Dodge came with a DVD.

It’s probably just a DVD containing a pdf of the manual.  

Is it technically a 7-door?

All it needs is a couple of emergency-deploying sea anchors (water brakes if you will) to slow/halt forward motion in the event of control loss.

Sketchy as hell, but at least he noticed the grass smoldering and was taking action to move his cruiser.

And don’t get me wrong, they may be worth the price premium for the added peace of mind. I have and continue to buy CPO cars, but don’t let the false notion that the car has been refurbished or even appropriately maintained cloud my judgement.

CPO is a bullshit con job.  All CPO cars I have ever purchased had hidden flaws that were marked as OK on the CPO checklist.  All you’re getting with a CPO car is an extended warranty.

I was thinking it looks like a renegade crossed with a mini countryman

And twitter lets you reach them all at once!

Where have I heard this before? Wait, has anyone checked out the local Kia dealership’s trade-in log?

My brand new 2018 Ford Fusion came WITHOUT rear floor mats.  WTF is up with that? I called the dealership when I got home, assuming that the kid who shined up the car prior to delivery just forgot to put them back in.  Nope, not included.  Anyways, the exceedingly expensive set of WeatherTech mats arrived over the…

What a fucking idiot.  Hot exhaust catches grass on fire.  So he backs up to set more grass on fire, then just stands there like a fucking fool.  If he simply positioned his car back on the shoulder and hit the burning spot with his extinguisher this all would have been avoided.

The alternative allows you to down a few more beers while loading the boat onto the trailer before driving your family home, drunk, with a 6,000 lb payload attached to the back of your truck.