The short answer is no. The long answer is “Sometimes.” The full answer is yes, sometimes the left wing can whip itself into a firestorm, but it is less common for them to do this than the right wing, because in the years of operating in lockstep, the right wing has built up a media machine which shares and spreads…

It wasn’t really sold. But I had a 1980 Datsun 280ZX that was damaged by items falling off of a truck. Insurance totalled it and I was young and stupid, didn’t know that I could keep the car. Not long after, I found the car at an auction lot being sold for scrap. It was heartwrenching to see my car again, and knowing…

I will agree to that. I still see a lot of GM’s FWD A and N Body cars driving around. My first car was an N-Body skylark, and it put up with all of my abuse and kept going. GM’s Meh Cars will always be the staple of 600 dollar craigslist ads.

What you’ll notice with conservative comedy is that frequently, all it is is punching downward, and then laughing at the plight of the victim. That’s whats happening here. Pai is punching down at everyone who isn’t a giant telco, and when we complain, that’s his punchline.

How to decide how to post a picture of your kid on social media:

The best datsun is the Datsun you have with you. The Datsun you’ve revived and brought back onto the road, or the Datsun you’ve kept on the road. The best Datsun is the one that gets gas station gawkers to lament that they were “bought by Nissan” because everyonere members Datsun was the king of cool. The best Datsun,…

Before they start talking about banning combustion engines, they need to start talking about what they’re going to do to make owning an electric car feasible for someone in an apartment. Right now, charging an electric car over 120v via an extension cord takes days. Apartments don’t have a 240 volt socket.…

They’re used here in Oregon all the time, and usually used correctly. They’re in the recommended equipment ODOT says you should have in your car. I never had to take a drive test here, but I think if you’re lacking flares, along with a triangle reflector, when they inspect the car pre-drivers test, you fail. Never…

Who actually thinks this will stop Uber? They’ll just continue to operate without a license. That’s been their MO since the beginning; They just do what they want and ignore anything the municipality says. The people running Uber have learned that if you’ve got enough money, city hall can’t do anything to you.

There is one big, huge, massive thing I see the rah rah electric crowd forgetting every time one of these articles runs.

I only hope that once self driving cars become a reality, the government doesn’t do something as stupid as ban manually driving a car, or insurance companies don’t raise rates for people who want to drive their own car to astronomical rates to discourage it. I’d hate for my hobby to be made illegal or unattainable by…

Lifted Dodge Ram Diesel. The shape of the truck reminds me of that one high school bully who had no neck. Plus they’re almost always lifted using the worst off the shelf lift kits, with the pumpkins just hanging down begging to be bashed by a rock, a desire that will never come true, as these things will literally…

The hood vents are from a 1979-1981 NA 280ZX. Have to wonder the thought process behind sourcing those (They’re hard to get) and splicing them into an AMG hood.

Yeah. Maybe he needs to learn that if you act like a piece of shit, you’ll be called a piece of shit.

I had a 1989 supercoupe, first year of the facelift. Had it about six months. in its day, it had been a technological tour-de-force, with electronically controlled dampers which could be put into comfort, normal and sport modes, adjustable ride height, and all electronic engine control. And it was a manual. Sadly,…

The closed headlights don’t sit flush for a very good reason. The S30, and S130 had the sugar scoop headlights. They’re central to the car’s design, and make an early Z instantly identifiable. So, notice how the Z31's headlights are flip up headlights, but still retain the ‘sugar scoop’ design aesthetic, though…

With the rise of hybrid drivetrains in endurance racing, LeMans returns to its original roots, though. Before it was the spectacle of prototypes that it is now, LeMans was envisioned as a race that could help automakers perfect technology for the road and make it more reliable and robust. I can’t remember, exactly,…

I think this is probably exactly right. This doesn’t just look like erratic driving. This looks like willfully erratic driving. The kind intended to cause other drivers to, while trying to adapt to the fact that he’s all over the road and the speedometer, accidentally hit him. I have to actually wonder, if his…

Modern emissions rules will mean air cooled automotive engines are a thing of the past. Air cooled engines have a higher combustion chamber temperature than water cooled engines, and that means more NOx emissions. You can counteract that by running rich, but that impacts fuel economy, increases tailpipe hydrocarbons…

A front wheel drive Conquest?! Inconceivable!