To paraphrase an old joke: “There are two types of people. Those who understand the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and those who die from it.”

Writer has a decent budget and wants something funky, and unique.

The big macs and KFC are really failing at their one job.

On the warm up lap you'd use it to generate extra heat from the brakes which then puts extra heat into the tires.

My OCD will not let me unsee those little droplets that are beat down into the middle lower part, only to rise again.

People like to give this crap, but if you ever saw what’s underneath/inside modern “professional” boats from any of the major manufacturers you’d be lauding over the build quality of this thing.

This is pretty much every amphibious car ever made:

Dead, or stillborn? Viable hydrogen passenger cars are a pipe dream.

Man, these things are amazing - a device I only recently discovered.

It always amazes me how big companies squabble over pennies when the end result is if even 2 people do not rent form Hertz because of this story the will lose more then the $400 cleaning fee. Now if they had found evidence, than I can see sticking to principles and offering up evidence.

wish they could create a system that makes the signal louder the longer you drive with it tuned on

in Boston, he’s called Mach-E Mach

If they call it the Mark E, I know just the guy to do the ads....

I wish it were worth $2000...

And in typical David Tracy fashion he uses a $100k press vehicle to haul Jeep parts for a $2000 Jeep.

I’ll admit that, looking at the responses here, this story was too “inside baseball.” It’s poking fun at how journalists often write reviews about cars they haven’t driven in months. This happens all the time in this industry. They get a huge back-log, and then write a review many months later as if they just drove…

Wow is that depressing on every level.

The whole catalytic converter stealing thing is irritating and would be frustrating and it would be nice if the police could figure out a way to curb this by making changes to how people get paid when selling these things.

However, this guy was sleeping in his truck (why?…

Don’t forget the fake vents and plastic cladding on barely raised hatchbacks and wagons passing themselves off as crossovers that sacrifice paved road driving dynamics for minuscule improvements in off-road driving.

the jelly bean era.  late 90s. 

There’s a big difference between living in a converted van and a non-converted suburban though.