So some real world comparisons. The fuel tank in my car is 13.85 gallons. Nissan lists it as 14.5, but that’s a lie. I think they’re counting the fuel filler neck or the fuel lines or something cheaty. Two years ago, even with pandemic price spikes (before fuel actually started turning negative per barrel), I could…

I nominate West Virginia with what I call the Yakov Sprint. There aren’t a lot of high speed areas in West Virginia outside of the interstates, so most people never go above fifty five in their daily driving. Which becomes an issue when those people have to get onto the interstate.

See, the Yakov Sprint involves a…

Their echo chamber is loud, but embarrassingly tiny.

I don’t even trust plastic for file cabinet drawers and here they are using it for oil pans.

I want it. If only I had a few hundred more to spare, I’d go buy it right now.

Once again my ability to do division proves... Less than reliable.
That said, it shows even more why such a thing is ridiculous to ask for an ICE car. An Infiniti QX60, a big car with a big engine known for being quiet, scores 88dB at full throttle measured from the exhaust tip according to some quick searching. For…

The thing that stuck out to me was the reduction from 82dB to 72dB. The regulators who came up with this know that decibels aren’t linear, right? They’re logarithmic. They’re relative to the maximum and minimum. It’s not like changing a speed limit.

The difference between 82dB and 72dB is like a thirty percent…

I’d still have to be within a hundred feet of a Starbucks. My insides would liquify just from my rage regarding the proximity.

Great, no, this is just... I already hate Starbucks. Volvo’s not making a good case for themselves here because for people like me who hate invasive chain and big box anything, and involving themselves in that sphere immediately makes us skeptical.

CAPITULATION
AFTER BEACHING
DON’T GIVE A FUCK IF ALARMS START SCREECHING

If I remember correctly the original was built by Jay Ohberg (yes, the guy who built the Pink Panther and the Guitar Star in the ‘60s) for some business back in ‘86 as an advertising showpiece. It’s where the old cartoon joke of a pool in the trunk came from. Originally the thing had a full working bathroom in the…

How does one... buy a car show? I’ve heard of merchandising, licensing, and advertising rights for car shows. But outright buying what is essentially a user submitted exhibition seems a little... I dunno, less than legal and sensible?

I’m seeing a lot of Volvo in it. Like, a disturbing amount.

You don’t live in a place with a lot of hills or mountains, do you? These fuckers blind me constantly when we’re both heading towards a dip in the road down a hill in opposite directions. Having astigmatism makes it ten times worse.

I had a neighbour who had a Blackwood for a few years. One of the first things he did when he bought it as the second owner was yank the bedliner and replace it with one from a regular F-150 Supercrew Styleside, since both had the same interior dimensions. He sold it when the air suspension system failed and the ass…

Why does that screenshot look like a low-budget MADtv or Saturday Night Live skit? Seriously.

And the worst part is they’re entirely pieces of the door. The windshield is free-floating, with the only exterior visible attachments at the roof and hood.

Did... Did he really just put a bodykit on a Bugatti Veyron and say this is a new kind of supercar? This thing is disgusting. It’s horrible.

Pokemon haven’t looked like Pokemon in over a decade. Rounding off and softening the designs makes them look like they’re from Pretty Cure or something.

That number is based on multiple outside polls, not from the U.S. government. One poll of which is the Associated Press, which is highly unlikely to publish anything with bias due to their nature.