My manual Previa is a Ferrari.

I can safely say from experience that while there may not be one, there are several.

The beer gardens of Munich are going to be packed! Few people have air conditioning as it is. No one is going to want to turn on their oven to make dinner on top of that and heat their apartment even more.

Somebody in a town where I used to live had a DB7 convertible.  Thought I liked the fixed-head version better until I saw that one on the freeway and realized that a proper gentleman should have one of each to suit the mood.

I have never personally heard the word used as a slur, though I know it was one at one time - mostly from one vivid scene in a Stephen King novel. When I wrote it this time that definition didn’t even cross my mind. I guess we’ve gone long enough with that one out of usage in that context that its association has…

That is an ugly association which I never intended. The more we take back the power ceded to old hatreds, the sooner those hatreds die.

There is demand for better headlights, so companies supply that demand at an appropriate price. This is just basic economics. If you want there to be a baseline requirement then do that, but bitching because companies monetize choice is silly. Volvo has charged more because their cars are safer for years is that evil…

This gives me my second opening today to relate my “raccoons are clever little bastards” story. I was on a Boy Scout camping trip years ago and we realized we forgot bungie cords to secure the lid of our cooler overnight. We decided instead to drag a picnic table on top of the cooler so the bench part was holding the…

I, for one, welcome our new procyonidean overlords.

Some guys just really love the outdoors.

pitching a tent every time he visited his friend’s rural property

Is it that hard to keep raccoons out?

it’s a safety measure to ensure that you, the driver, won’t literally pass out while barreling at 85mph down a freeway

WORTH IT, BABY 

the influence of SUVs and therefore crossovers erupted into the rest of the world because America operates at its finest when it’s exporting its culture, whether it’s Schwarzenegger movies or Jordache jeans or big ol’ crossovers with automatic transmissions

stop it, you’re too damn kind

That is so, so, so true of residencies. It’s my own personal hell because it tore apart the woman I love.

Give me a “tall guy” review. I have found that recent Jags (except the XJ) seem to omit people over 6'3".

This is the kind of beautiful writing you can only get with an expensive New England master’s degree.