They are illegal because they kill the roads for little benefit over non-studded winter tires.

So, your plan is to voluntarily lock yourself into a van for 24 hours with David, who has just gorged on pickles and deviled eggs? That doesn’t sound like a good plan.

How long before the BO and fart smells takes over?

This trip sounds like an aromatic dumpster fire already. I can’t wait to read more.

Our cars have the only suspension that can drive down the steps into a basement.

I know we had bumper laws that were an attempt to make cars safer, but what was up with the head light laws? They seem to make cars less safe, not more.

Not indicated: What (if any) was the impact of Cash for Clunkers? I know the program was designed to take “oldish” cars off of the market in 2009, but I’m unclear as to how it would impact this study. Those cars that were traded in during that time would have also been well under 10k. 

I’m just going to fix the rust that needs to be fixed and start driving it. That’s kinda where I’m at.”

You mean Turkey makes the structural frames for same F-35 fighter that has consistently failed to deliver the promised results, become the most cost overrun plagued defense project in history, and has basically been one giant clusterfuck from the moment it was designed? That F-35?

Putin is happy.

Can confirm.  I have a 4 mile commute, and just sold one of our cars and am doing everything on an e-bike.  It’s glorious.

shit, if my commute was 4 miles, I’d consider an E-bike.

I am not spending $30K on a bike. That is insane. Even for new tech. A Ducati Panigale starts in the low 20's. How can HD even expect to compete with that?

“Younger would-be buyers, meanwhile, are put off by the LiveWire’s high cost. The LiveWire starts at $29,799, almost enough for a Chevy Volt ($33,520) or over $10,000 more than the competing Zero SR/F electric bike.”

It benefits both of them. Putin supports Syria and Ergodan supports killing the Kurds. 

why not both *gif*

So is Trump now Erdogan’s bitch too, or does this somehow benefit Putin?

Is there any demographic that aren’t called assholes in the Jalopnik comment section? Tesla owners, Camry owners, BMW owners, Audi owners, Prius owners, CR-V owners,   bro-truck owners.... etc....

There doesn't have to be more to this story. Some people are just assholes. 

Great article, Patrick. My take is we have collectively lost our damn minds. The collective keeping up with the Joneses paradigm never seems to go away, especially when it comes to vehicles.