Fascinating read. I like the idea of the triumph of “travel” over “driving.” I know, making long road trips with a dog (park to park intervals) or any trip by sailboat (anchorage to anchorage) the virtues of taking it easier and truly seeing the world you’re passing through. But the real value of self-driving is in…
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Not expecting much from him or the reboot — right away, in any event. But I can’t help but notice the deja vu one gets from the British press coverage of this “new bloke taking on a British institution.” Remember “Daniel Craig can’t drive a stick” and the like when he took over as Bond? Comes with the territory.
This is a Super Bowl ad, Fiat/Chrysler. In case you didn’t recognize it. Buy the footage, edit to de-emphasize the more illegal moments, finish with a graphic — “There is only One.:” You’re welcome.
The damages awarded seem excessive. We’ve all witnessed this sort of biker behavior — it’s reckless, nerve rattling and infantile. The cop was jacked up on...something. And went over the top. But not knowing he was being pursued? Please. Suspend the cop for a week, pay the biker for bike and bodily damage. Don’t…
That’s a perfectly valid way of looking at road range. I have to make a monthly 720 mile drive from Fla to NC and then VA, and it beats the living hell out of me. I have never bought a car with an automatic transmission, and I love roadsters. But if I could autopilot through GA and SC and much of NC, I wouldn’t be too…
Such a win win for you folks. The cheaters get in, and “hypocritical” sports writers are to blame. They don’t, “sanctimonious” sports writers are to blame. Laughable child-trolls at Gawker media, it’s about breaking rules that inflated their numbers, setting an example for future cheaters that this one glory, at…
No Tiger Woods? Get after the low hanging fruit, too.
What a fun read. But also a cry for help, maybe? You’ve kind of become a hoarder, no? Hoarders never have time to date. Those 4.0 Jeep Cherokees are manageable (“I got this”) beasts, dealt with one at a time. I drove two five speed versions from the 90s into the 150-200K range, with nary an engine mount snap (water…
Show has its reliable “go to” list of guest, Beltway insiders all. It has a reliable point of view on most every subject. But truth be told, it/she have been almost unlistenable for years. YEARS. She is an NPR sacred cow who should have been urged into an off-air producer role back in the last millenium. Bob Edwards…
Brilliant take-down.
Depends on the athlete. Jerks and cheats (Tiger, stand warned) we have no patience for (Maguire, Sosa, A-Rod), beloved figures we cut some slack for a Victory Lap.
He doesn’t represent the majority. But by no means is this asshat rare. His ilk are everywhere, and they set a bar that even casual riders seem tempted by — squeezing in between traffic at stoplights, scooting along the shoulder. Because the rules don’t apply when you’ve got two wheels, do they?
Always better to ask forgiveness than ask permission when it comes to monopolies, or governments, with something to hide. Did you ID yourselves as press? If it’s a public event, why bother?
Great idea for a test, great execution of the test. I had two XJs, drove each well over 125,000 miles with only a single water pump replacement and one clutch replacement between them, pulled a 1.5 ton sailboat (more, when yanking it up the ramp, due to water ballast), plowed through snow, sand, muddy 100…
Goddamn right. “The rules are for the four-wheelers.” Hate that crap, in traffic, bikers weaving in and out, on the shoulder. Context? Since they were videotaping, were they out for a little balls-to-the-wall speed on two lanes (Interstates have too many cops)? I agree with TheChafing below, too. Seriously, these…
What worked in the Brit series, that has failed in the US one, is chemistry — and a bit of cross-generational rivalry (hiring three guys the same age made the U.S. one still-born, among other chemistry issues). The best bits were the races, “challenges,” involving a broad cross section of car loving huMAN-ity. Races…
Nice. Good research links. Including to the Houston Chronicle.
A toy you should never, ever buy new. Because Craigslist/etc. is overloaded with used ones. Most of them one-3 years old. For all the joy a few folks here are declaring, they’re a limited use/limited appeal watercraft — zero utility (not a real boat, and zipping around the lake/river/seacoast gets boring — fast), zero…
Waaaay overselling a half-decent twist on the “California Split” scenario. Not as good as “Half Nelson.”