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.

This. I went through 9 months on a waitlist to get a GR86 at sticker during peak demand, and hidden in the print of the final P&S agreement was a clause agreeing not to transfer ownership of the car to any other party within one year unless I paid a $5,000 penalty to the dealer. That did not fly with me.

Back in 2014 I was stuck with a Jeep Compass rental as a complimentary “upgrade” from the original subcompact I booked at National. To this day I have never driven a more miserable machine.

I think the bigger issue is having a buddy with a Cybertruck...

Largely seconded - I’ve got a GR86 in the garage and a Mazda3 in the driveway. Could stand to get something a little more capable in terms of cargo/hauling than the Mazda, perhaps a Maverick or Ridgeline, but I’m not about to abandon a paid off and well-maintained car for the two or three times a year it limits me.

Age 35 and would have bought one, but at 6'2" there was just no way I could finagle a comfortable driving position unless the roof was down.

I before E, except after shut the fuck up

I nearly walked on my GR86 order earlier this year because the dealer wanted me to sign a similar clause right at delivery - of which I would have been way less recalcitrant if I was financing through the dealer/manufacturer. When the funds come from elsewhere the dealer can choose either “no sale” or “no parlay…

All fine by me. Just let us be able to easily (re: no modifications and/or voiding of warranty) turn off the assists for driving on closed circuits or if the system malfunctions.

Farmers: Seen it, covered it.

I’m sad I missed the prime window to pick these up dirt cheap secondhand with low miles. Absolute bargain of an all-purpose utility vehicle that I’ve only come to respect more as the years go by.

Heh, what an era. Though apparently the MSRP of the GTX 970 was set at $299 before it was bumped 30 bucks at the last minute, and it would be another year or two before the 980Ti launched to replace the 980 as the top-tier offering, so I suppose my comment wasn’t reaching all that far back into GPU history!

Man, I remember when $300 was “one-step-down-from-the-top” high end.

No support for an H-pattern shifter? :(