Especially since the weight of the interior will have a significant effect on range.

Recalling David Tracy’s efforts to get a stock minivan road legal in Germany, I wonder what the status of this... thing, would be?

As noted by others, the switch from minivans to SUVs began before 9/11, and while that switch did have much to do with perceptions of increased security for the occupants, I believe that it had much more to do with fashion. Women drive a lot more of the car-buying decisions than they get credit for, and the switch was…

I’ve twice driven rental spec Pacifica vans (named something else I can’t recall), and I found them to be quite drivable and useful. The only draw back we saw is that the second set of seats are pretty low, a function of the stow and go function I imagine. I would definitely consider owning one if it weren’t for the lo…

I suspect that the rebranding was simply clever marketing aimed at removing an unpleasant association with the existing name of the product. A similar wildly successful rebranding was to rename Patagonian Toothfish to Chilean Sea Bass. Same fish, but now it sounds pretty on the menu.

You have no problem compared to my neighbor. He took me down to his basement the first time that I expressed a fondness for whisky. He has about 60 bottles, of every type of whisky that I am aware of. I sampled myself silly that first time, and have learned that I can try no more than about 4 whiskeys of his…

I don’t see it as a scam as long as the companies are limited in how much profit they are allowed to make. Many European countries operate this way. It’s also part of the ACA, so while companies offering compliant plans may still try to game things, they can’t make huge profits simply by refusing to pay claims.

The team also hopes to outsource various images for the AI to process, like elk, bear, moose, and small mammals.

Deer are beautiful and majestic creatures destructive herbivores that now lack the predators they co-evolved with to control population.

I’m not sure if she counts as a passenger, but I was looping around the block in Chicago about 5:00 am Sunday, trying to find a parking space. The working girl on the corner decided after my second pass that I must be trying to work up the courage to ask her How Much?, so on my third pass as I stopped at the corner to…

I’ve noticed how the backup camera on our Forester does an exceptional job in the dark. I feel certain that it changes the display output based on the ambient light available.

How can anyone pay attention to someone who always speaks in superlatives and hyperbole? It just makes everything he says unworthy of real notice.

Every day, a man walks up to the newsstand and picks up the morning’s newspaper, glances at the front, and then throws it away disgustedly. He does this for weeks and weeks. Finally, the operator of the stand asks him why he does that.

“struggling to fulfill our duty to protect and serve  collect revenue.”

the Prescott, Wi cops had to settle for an old Cavalier with a giant wing and every item of car bling Kmart sold including the shiny 5-spoke plastic hubcaps

Cybertrucks seize themselves!

I truly would love to a see mfr comply by including a cheap battery-op transistor radio with every car purchase.

six well-appointed bedrooms and 4.1 bathrooms.

Pshaw. One never argues with the poors, one simply has them removed.

There’s a very good This American Life episode that looks at the life and death of Saturn. It was in part inspired by the experience GM had partnering with Toyota (NUMMI). Roger Smith saw the endeavor as the last best hope for GM, and it did work. It was intended to be a real joint effort between labor and management…