That is why Ford discontinued the Ranger, closed the assembly plant, designed a new world vehicle Ranger and then sold it everywhere in the world except United States and Canada.

Probably not too applicable, but I bought a first year 2012 Focus SE with a manual and it was Corolla reliable and drove like it was almost new when it got totaled with 200k+ mi., so they can (could?) get it right.

I think the bigger concern here is the sentence stating “Will not exit passing lanes”. Does this mean from now on Teslas will be hogging the left lane 100% of the time? Lane hogging is already bad enough as it is. I am not familiar with Autopilot, can you set the speed like cruise control? If so then are we going to…

Oh boy are you about to be disappointed. Not only have I now written about counterweights, but I’ve also written about blue anodized wheel cylinders:

This is the absolutely best suggestion, and in my opinion the most hilarious!!!! 🤣

Better still, go watch Long way round. The only thing LWU has on the first two series is better camera work. I loved the electric bikes. But they were clearly a liability on their trip through South America. When they had to charge off the giant diesel generator I felt embarrassed for them. Seems like LWR really…

Boom, you got it.

That will go far, far worse than you think.

or if you make it relatively quickly swappable, you could have just one battery for your around town commutes and add batteries for a road trip by renting them. headed out of town, swap the range extending battery in, get to your destination and dont have time to charge, swap for a charged one, return home and return…

Gods, she’s just the best. And that line about “more backbone” is excellent.

I believe the XF has a hidden manual release. I vaguely remember this was a thing that some Jalopnik writer had to access (maybe driving a test car?) to get a tow. I found this video which applies to a newer car but IIRC the same type of system is available in other Jaguars;

Right? The tone of the article is so weird. There were competing standards, one has dropped out, consolidating the market. This is exactly what charging standards need - an emerging, single standard.

There is no way car manufacturers are ever going to agree on a standard.

I’m seriously jonesing for an XL Maverick with steelies.

Would it be car-related if it were the CEO of an automaker? Hell, I’d say this would be car-related even if he didn’t start Copart, because he has a huge car collection.

Fuckin’ boomer-grade boring-ass car collection, too. And he apparently has a giant blown-up photo of 9/11 on his wall... Is he... proud? of that moment in American history?

Do not get a grom for a 30 minute each way commuter bike.

nah, light-skinned latinx people count as latinx lol. it’s just that darker-skinned or black latinx people tend to get erased from media and treated as less valueable (thanks colonialism!). For example, if you turn on the average telenovela you’ll almost never see anybody darker than a paper bag even though black…

Unless BMW has a front-motor-disconnect (which I don’t think it does), just the presence of the driveshafts, extra bearings, front motor lubrication pump, and “magnetic drag” of spinning the front motor will contribute significantly to the overall power it takes to push the car along. Plus, there will be some…

wind out fully for a 200 pound rider in an extreme tuck it makes 54mph...and it ain’t fun like that.  This is a 45 mph max kinda bike.