My dad isn’t in to cars like I am. We bonded more over model kits and household repairs. A similar experience to bonding over wrenching for sure, and to this day I’ll try to fix just about anything before even considering replacing.

that spoiler is designed to keep your rear window clear by forcing a down draft in front of the vortex coming up from below, bringing dust or road spray with it. This also eliminates the need for a rear wiper.

Seeing how you’re already a Honda owner, have you looked at the Ridgeline?

In my experience with FWD/transverse-engined cars, the engine is positioned slightly ahead of the transaxle assembly, resulting in the need for an excessive front overhang, somewhat unfavorable* weight bias, but allowing additional front passenger space.

All I can figure is that they now have an “official baseline” from which to measure their progress against in a future study of the same trip.

Bonus points for secured speaker boxes on the rear shelf! Also, the audible scrape is probably the wing mirror. I’d swap it out and put the scratched one in a display case at home.

I have an eXTang Revolution roll-up tonneau. The bows are built in to it, plus they engage a set of tabs installed along the bed rail to hold everything down–no velcro or snaps. I’ve even added a tailgate lock for added security for when I want it.

Probably because it was virtually indistinguishable from a Malibu at more than 30 feet.

More like, convictions stay on your permanent record – which potential employers may frown upon, as well as undesirable effects on insurance rates/coverages etc – as opposed to a typical moving violation dropping off of your record in ~5 years

Just build to the CARB rules anyway. It’ll cost more to go back and forth with each successive administration than to just keep improving. This provides the marketing point of “exceeds federal emissions & efficiency regulations!” (for those that care). Plus it simplifies product lines/assembly as everything off the…

They’d just drive without their licenses anyway. The punishment needs to move up to DUI-level seriousness or even up to a Felony.

My Wife has a 2008 Solara coupe. The NVH is nearly non-existent and the gearing is nicely tuned to the 4-banger. Bombing along at 80 has no more drama (or noise!) than 55-60. Is it a sports car? No, the handling is too numb for that, but it does have a factory strut tower brace up front, and that helps some.

Ford used an An-124 for this move, of which 55 were built (according to wikipedia) There may be fewer still flying/airworthy at this point though. The article wanders off topic into the 225, which is a 1 of 1.

Ford took so much crap for putting their turbo six in the F-150. I can’t wait to see how much GM takes for this! Also, prepare for the onslaught of Silverados with fart cans, out-buzzing your hoonigan wannabe neighbor.

They really wouldn’t lose any business. People who fix things themselves already would continue to do so. Those who don’t want to bother or otherwise aren’t able to fix things themselves will continue to use dealerships and repair shops, depending on vehicle age/warranty status.

My brother had an A4 that would give you a yellow CEL for minor issues and a red CEL for “pull over, stop and shut down NOW” issues. Multiple CELs plus a couple red ones inside of the first 24,000 miles on that fresh off the truck lease, he didn’t keep that one.

So much this. I installed an aftermarket camera on my wife’s car and I did’t need to change the head unit to cram a screen into the dash. The back up camera screen is hidden inside/behind the rear view mirror and is only active when in reverse.

Here in Washington State, we now have the eDUI. Using your phone while behind the wheel is now as severe a punishment as driving under the influence of alcohol.

I heard somewhere that GM engineers wanted to use a small gas turbine range extender on the EV-1, but CARB shut them down on that idea. It’s too bad really, a super compact turbine would be a great range extender with really flexible packaging options.

First truck had a chance IF the car stayed where it was. The driver predicted a bigger move based on the first move towards the exit, reacted to avoid and crash. The second truck should’ve had plenty of time to see and assess the situation to avoid crashing though.