After accounting for inflation, a base 2025 Nissan Leaf has a 40% larger battery that can achieve 2x the range for less than 1/3 the cost - and meet modern safety standards. Amazing!

Following the latest Mazda naming trend I could see it being called the MX-50, assuming it’s going to be bigger, heavier, more powerful and more expensive than the Miata.

The distinction here is, Mazda will use a rotary engine purely as a range extender and not as the primary engine. I assume it will operate under a much narrow and more ideal envelope of conditions than what was used in the RX models. I also assume the rotary generator will be far more compact, quieter, smoother and…

I think the artificial engine sounds are driven largely by EU noise regulations.  There is only so much that can be done to have a quiet exhaust AND make it sound great.

I would feel the same way if I were you. On the flip side, your big gain means homeowners take a big loss. That’s not good for anyone that’s bought a home in the last 5-10 years.

With RFK in that position, I think, “what changes could he affect?” In my mind, a first step could be “let’s make childhood vaccines totally optional for public schools”. That, coupled with the threat of eliminating the Department of Education altogether, has me really concerned. It sets the stage for re-emergence of…

That is just the tip of the iceberg. Here are proposed appointments SO FAR:

Installed a lowering kit on my Acura.  The benefits weren’t nearly worth the headaches that came with it.

There is no “EV mandate”. Trump’s position on anything is transactional and changes with the weather.

...4 years? The negative consequences of his 2nd term will likely last for a generation or more. Americans voted for a dictator, and that’s what we will get.

Where are you getting that idea?

the woman dropping off the flyer told her “good, me either, I’m just doing this because I need the money”.

Wasn’t the Neon sold as a Dodge AND a Plymouth, and the trim levels were basically identical for both?

Hopefully they can get Robert Duvall back, at least for a small role. He was awesome in DoT.

It would have to be Garage 69 and there would be some misguided confusion about “Yuropeans driving on the left side of the track”

Imagine, for a moment, that your situation is purely your own. Imagine that other people exist. Now imagine - instead of dogs - some of those other people have children with car seats, or adult coworkers that often ride together, or a hundred other situations that would require a livable back seat.  Those kinds of…

It means “we suck less than we did last quarter, but we still missed our goals”

Elon Musk? Barely know him. He’s had some tiny success here and there. They’re saying electric cars and rockets. Very low energy stuff. Did a terrible job in Pennsylvania. I never asked him for a thing, he was totally on his own! He was writing checks all over the place and couldn’t do a thing. Tremendous failure if yo…

Which year?

Fox News is neck deep in shamelessness. They are currently running ads with a huge “DEMOCRACY 2024” logo in the background. As if they didn’t spend several years giving the previous President a bullhorn to force-feed everyone very un-democratic ideas.