Because editors don’t pull anyone out of the grey anymore. We missed the opportunity during the great changeover several years ago. When they actually watched for intelligence in the greys to separate people from spammers, scammers, trolls and sock puppets.

I had a flight like that, too, coming into Frankfurt. It felt like the left wing tip was pointed down the runway. I could hardly believe how softly the pilot set it down. I felt an ever-so-slight lateral shift in my seat at touchdown, then the plane gradually rotated, and I had to pay close attention to tell when the…

I’m neither Democrat nor Republican. I refuse to tow (toe?) the party line.

I’m aware of aluminum and how it corrodes. But that’t not rust.

They haven’t found a way to reduce the cost of making carbon fiber bodies enough to mainstream them, and don’t see a way to reduce costs that much within the foreseeable future. We all hope for breakthroughs, but calling CF the future of auto unibodies simply isn’t true at this time. But because it is not right now,…

You’ve got amazing skills, spotting “pretty disturbing rust bubbles” on a

I had a 1972 Triumph Spitfire back in 1985. To get the rest of the money I needed for a new clutch, I sold blood plasma to a company just off campus at Ohio University. By some miracle, the auto parts store had what I needed in stock and I still had about thirty bucks left over.

It’s easy to win an argument if you lie and the truth is greyed out on Kinja.  Good job, you should be proud.

K&N style air “filters” = Crack Pipe

I Can’t Choose Between Cargo Space And Horsepower! What Car Should I Buy?

Fourth gear:

I’ll join the previous use speculation:

Yep, standard for power seat controls on Mercedes since forever.

For most parts on a car, the determining factor of life left is time, not miles driven. Sure, engine and transmission show wear with miles more than age, but not many other parts do.

Don’t assume the Excel was Mitsubishi’s problem.

FCA will be bought by a Chinese company.

I don’t intend to discuss this in full, but drop the bullshit NRA Talking Points.  

Zappos/Amazon and most shoe stores let you return for free.

Especially shoes. I don’t understand how you can buy shoes online and just expect them to fit. Sure, I know I wear a size 12, but sometimes I need a 12.5 or an 11.5 depending on the brand, and even then it varies within those brands.