This is exactly it. Dealers have all the opportunity in the world to modernise their business model for the 21st century and stay relevant, but most are so committed to the smoke and mirrors and dishonest way of doing business that they refuse to see the forest through the trees. If manufactures keep pushing online…

This is a great method. I’ve used my own version of it to teach several people to drive manuals and it always seems to work for me.

Interesting, I didn’t know this. I assumed it’d be similar to gas.

This is why shipping emissions need to be regulated more harshly. The fact that this thing uses a 2 stroke and runs on heavy fuel oil is just so atrociously bad for emissions. The average twenty year old car has stricter emissions regulations than a lot of these ships do it seems like.

Depending on price, this could be a really attractive option. My only worry is that Ford ends up pricing it just slightly below the Ranger, which would sort of negate the point a bit. If I could get a nicely equipped one for around $35k CDN, I’d be into it. 

A friend of mine’s family made a real run at competing in NASCAR a few years ago in the Xfinity/Truck series. Even though they had a really talented driver and (relatively) deep pockets, they couldn’t make a go of it. Without huge funding its basically impossible to be competitive in the series, which is why so many…

The GX is the obvious choice here. The V10 TDI is cool and all, but you will probably spend less money upgrading to the vastly superior Lexus than you will in maintenance alone on the VW. Plus, the Lexus will still be worth something in a few years. 

What a horrible design. Just brutal. It sometimes feels like way too many designers and engineers at Tesla have never really spent much time in an actual car. Any reasonable person would see this is so obviously worse than a lever or buttons/knobs. I really wish the touchscreen-ification of cars would stop. It does…

Since jumping on a plane won’t be very likely until the end of summer at best, I bought a Gen IV Camaro with an LT1 and T-Tops to bomb around in and maybe do a road trip or two. I’m quite happy with my purchase so far. Cheap horsepower is good.

Or just come by in a group for some respectful, salutary hooning

I’ve noticed this in a lot of movies too and it makes me want to pull my hair out every time. It is just so absurdly inaccurate and makes absolutely no sense. Want to communicate that a vehicle is a shitbox? Grab any $500 Dodge Neon off the internet. Problem solved! At least it will be accurate. 

I hate this idea so much, and you’re right, at a time when everyone is supposed to be reducing/reusing in the name of not killing the planet, packing every car that comes off the line full of features that may never get used is insanely wasteful. And being artificially restricted from using something you paid for and…

As a racing fan, I want to disagree with this take, but as a driver, I think I probably agree with it. I’ve never raced at Sebring, but I have raced at tracks with bad surfaces and they can make it a bit of miserable experience in the car. I’ve had my head rattled more than once by a shitty surface and it is not fun…

This list really just illustrates the fundamental disconnect dealers (and manufactures by extension) have with the car buying public. Most of the stuff on this list are things dealerships should be doing with every customer anyways, regardless of what they’re buying. A sales staff that actually knows something about…

We got a Switch this year too, and though I do like it, I will agree with you about the lack of new titles and the insane price of accessories. The JoyCons really are a rip off and it is absurd that the most recent Mario Kart game is seven years old. I get that it still sells, but c’mon already. It’s well past time…

Cuomo is a scumbag who needs to go, but I don’t think either of those cars are egregiously boring boomer cars. The GTO is a pretty cool car. 1975 is a shitty year for the Corvette, though.

It is exactly this attitude that helps to explain why Harley is failing. They still refuse to acknowledge that the product is the reason no one under 50 is buying one. 

Mark Martin was my favourite driver for years growing up. Then, I followed him on Twitter. It was a real “don’t meet your heroes” kind of moment. Guy is kind of a prick. 

This has become so barely an enthusiast website it isn’t even funny anymore. I give it another 6 months before its just an advertising platform for charging cables and low rolling resistance tires. 

Because there is only so many options you can turn on. It’s not like someone buying Sharkcards in GTA 5, where you can buy them one after the other