In Ford’s case I think the issue is more between the Flex and the Explorer than the Edge and Explorer. Both are 6- or 7-passenger, have the same engine and drive train config, same tech, and almost all the same options. The only difference is the Flex dies in 2020 (which is why it won’t get a new transmission) and the…

Eh, OK. Why the hell do they need something to slot between the Equinox and the Traverse? Is this an Edge fighter? I guess it makes sense...then? But really, now the manufacturers are starting to split size segment hairs. It was bad when Nissan ruined the Pathfinder by making it a 7-passenger Murano...hell it’s pretty…

It looks like Brain after Pinky has foiled a well-laid plan for the 1,547th time.

The recent piece in WIRED about Theranos’ implosion was just confirmation of just how bad everyone thought things probably were once the WSJ stories broke. When the sh!t really started to fly skyward, they called an all-hands-on-deck meeting and basically told the entire employee base in no uncertain terms that if any…

Don’t know why, but having been a resident of AZ for the last couple decades, it’s kinda weird to see that license plate tooling around on an entirely different continent.

DUDE. I love me some 80s/90s GM midsize shlock, and I thought “sweet, today’s pick is one of probably 100 remaining Lumina Z34s in tip-top shape.

Yes, it is the third riff on the interior. Though if one wants to get super-technical, riff #2 came in 2015, and then there was a partial riff again in 2017, but mostly individual parts changed. This is the Mazda6's third interior and overall the most dramatic difference (when counting the new drive train option) the…

OR: 1975-76 Dodge Coronet

My first instinctual guess is 1976-1977 Chevrolet Malibu. 1976 Buick Century is also a solid fit for the silhouette.

Ugh, one of my biggest pet peeves about the plastic headlight lens revolution. My last car had it so bad that the HIDs had a slight yellow tinge. I had one of those mobile super detailer teams work their magic and all told they did a great job, but it still wasn’t quite right. And I have kids, so there was always…

Apparently you missed the part about the multiple attempts to lower the speed limit and install more pedestrian-friendly safety features over the last 14 years...

TBH, though, I see almost no Journey SEs around, ever, so they are probably bought for very utilitarian purposes that just need a simple engine and trans for around-town duty. I’m amazed they haven’t changed the exterior of that trim level since the thing came out, but thankfully they did port the updated interior…

JP is the kind of “intellectual” the right loves to grab a hold of and milk for all they’re worth because they are one of the extreme few conservative “experts” that have their Ph.D, and they use the guy’s doctorate paper as a shield against any form of criticism whatsoever. This tactic has been under incessant use by…

There’s a strange irony in the models affected by fire being 450 and 451; apparently it’s not just the temperature at which books burn...

I agree, the original Pacifica pretty much nailed the 5-passenger family CUV before Ford and GM. It looked good but had reliability issues (shock) and an old thirsty lump of a 4.0 V6. Even had the nav screen in the gauge cluster. The Journey was not a worthy heir to what the Pacifica started.

I had a Compass as a rental in winter. It thankfully had seat heaters. Not a bad car for what we needed it to do; the extra ride height helped with strapping kids in. But the interior, even if you overlook the hard plastics, was FAR too rectilinear in a very utilitarian way, even for having been the updated dash and…

Personally I’d say the Crossfire was a weird and overlooked win for this merger. It looked good and unique, if nothing like the concept from years earlier. The interior was a little too spartan and probably not up to quality snuff, but all trims had good wheel options, and the colors fit. The Merc engines weren’t bad…

Ya. I was surprised - though not REALLY - recently when I saw these were trading hands for $400k. They are a really faithful rendition of the 60s icon, they sound great, they look great, they are fast, and can be made much faster. In the current bubble market, which seems to be expanding to everything even remotely…

Ya. The fact that this much HP is hustling over 2 tons of mass down the strip to 10.0 and 11.0 1/4-mile times, while having safety systems, repeatability, a warranty, and honest street-ability, is not to be discounted. People spend hundreds of thousands to get into the 8s.

One that grew as a pet peeve tumor since I’ve had kids is them leaving the reading lights on in the back seat/2nd row of the car/SUV and killing my battery.