Thing is, this morning in Metro Detroit we had roads with a bit of slush and snow from last night’s 2 inches. Everyone else was driving 25 because they were scared of spinning off or slamming into someone. I was able to drive the speed limit (45 most of the way to work) AND stop in time when someone decided that they…

It never ceases to amaze me how brainwashed people are into thinking they “need” AWD because they live in a snowy place. No, nobody “needs” AWD, you need snow tires. Like you, for snowy driving, I’d take an RWD sedan with a set of fresh snow tires and an open differential over some moronic AWD crossover any day of the…

I have tried every combination of drive (FWD, AWD, RWD) and tire (Performance, All-season, Winter) in places that get real snow (Chicago, Minneapolis...).

2nd Gear - Counterpoint: Why do we all have to drive two box cars with terrible storage layouts? Why can’t I travel with my kids, wife AND dog all in the same car, at the same time? And why can’t I live in the suburbs, where I have a nice warm 2 car garage to park my cars in, without having to alternate sides of the…

This suburban dissing is trite and old. Plenty of interesting people in the suburbs.

I know a lot of people with newer GM cars, including myself (and I was a Euro snob before). Our experiences are universally positive. The General is making good hardware these days.

Which is funny, because literally no car owner I know takes JD Power awards remotely seriously.

Your statement: ‘ ... The fact that GM products can win what is apparently the most important one over and over again tells me everything I need to know about them.... “ tells me that you haven’t owned, driven or hell, even know anyone who has owned a GM product in this millennium.

Add Road America

And switch Canada back to Mosport.

Bring back the Nordschleife.

The perfect engine must also possess:

No...what determines a good engine is power output vs physical size, weight, and fuel economy. HP/Liter and displacement in general is a meaningless argument.
Reliability is also a factor, but that may take years to determine.

4.0L is the proper displacement for a straight 6.

Lemme see here... The 4 cylinder Lycoming-based engine in the plane I built is 360 cubic inches, or nearly 6 liters. I like this better: 

The 5.0 in my Mustang would like to have a word with you.

Some – too big.

Dear Mr. Patrick,

Tesla has 14 years of even greater disappointments and absolutely shoddy build quality that would make FCA wince. and should worry about having to be compared to others by those who are not apt to kiss their [butts].

Meanwhile Porsche charges $30K to not give you a radio and you’re fine with that. It’s an OEM engineered track weapon with a warranty, not some random corvette that someone threw a blower on without adding any support to handle the heat, etc.