Yeah they’re not great, but I can at least make a case for the Wrangler. Not so with the rest of the lineup.

Pretty much any Jeep product that isn’t Wrangler-based. If you’re not driving a Jeep for the iconic look or decent offroad prowess, their whole SUV+CUV lineup is gussied-up, questionably reliable FCA products with steer-and-pray chassis tuning at eyewatering prices.

A getaway car.

That’s way too big of a violin. You can see it with the naked eye!

The tiny tracker’s rise to prominence seems like a missed opportunity for airlines. Major carriers could have designed their own in-house GPS bag tracking system and charged passengers for the privilege of using it.

As a local who’s dealt with Best Ford multiple times before...couldn’t have happened to a more deserving dealer.

Seconding Bluesky. It was a nice unplug and dropped me down to checking social media more like once, maybe twice a day if I’m bored instead of frequently.

Hyundai N cars and the Kia Stinger. I have a sneaking suspicion we’re going to look back on these as Korea’s equivalent of Japanese bubble era offerings, and well-maintained examples are going to be exceedingly rare in an alternative fuels era.

How exactly is having motorcycles legal in the US a good idea??? In an accident they are probably the deadliest vehicle you can purchase under any rule. This is why most nations with a national health system shouldn’t allow you to purchase a motorcycle and ride it on public roads. As everyone else will end up paying…

As a teenager I gave my first car a sponge bath in my parents’ garage with some sort of kitchen countertop cleaner, and used the scouring side of the sponge to get out the tough stuff.

Seconded. I’ve always considered the Chevrolet SS to be what an American M5 would look like - a value-priced sport sedan that punches orders of magnitude above its weight, all packed around one of the most globally-revered V8 engines that showed natural aspiration wasn’t dead.

Every attempt at registering a Cybertruck should require a vision test, because people this blind to what’s right in front of their faces shouldn’t be driving.

I’d hate to recommend a crossover, but the Mazda CX-30 might be worth considering. I’m of similar height and build and fit in my Mazda3 with room to spare, and the non-turbo, FWD models are right around your budget used/CPO and get as near as makes no difference 30 MPG.

The Goodyear RV tire story was the pinnacle of Jalopnik investigative, independent reporting that rattled a giant and held them accountable instead of letting it get swept under a rug. Incredible work by Felton and a high water mark for Jalopnik as an outlet. https://jalopnik.com/how-goodyear-hid-evidence-of-the-worst-…

I got a good laugh out of that thread, thanks for the share!

ATL’s pedestrian logistics are fine given there’s something like 200 gates - the only major issue I’ve run into there is security wait times can be unpredictably long. The layout’s pretty efficient in the secure area, and the Plane Train does its job admirably.

Not a change, but one that should be in place all the same - strict parking lot speed limits. I’m getting real tired of seeing people hauling ass through supermarket and shopping center aisles just feet from where people are loading groceries.

The third-generation Mazda3.

Anything that can actually be had below $20,000 out the door would be a good start. Profit margins are thin in the subcompact segment, but with automakers largely moving to modular, unified platforms (e.g. TNGA, Skyactiv, MQB etc) I can’t imagine development and validation costs for another vehicle derived from the…

You only need to replace a transmission once to learn that there’s no such thing as a “lifetime” fluid.