Ah, Murican problem. Auto transmission. Yes, I do saw this in other lands. But where manual transmission rules, people also weirdly put on their parking brakes, how do you know? You’ll see their rear end jerks and felt that something is holding the car without the brake lights on.

I might be partially OCD, but I don’t think so. I play Flight Simulator since 95, this Euro Truck Simulator 2, Farming Simulator since 2013, and so on. So I get it, why he likes doing these games.

I mean, what are the examples beyond the usual worker’s union protests and manufacturer’s association sponsored white paper’s negative publication and media campaign?

I can understand with the current situation about UK politics. Must be the Brexit that triggers you the most. I am quite a reluctant anglophile, and I can see why people wanted Brexit (see Tate and Lyle’s reasoning, being EU and its damaging protectionism & reactionary policies - forcing other member states to follow…

The makers hate protectionist populist like Trump who put their future grim by promising trade war with China. Bye-bye GM, welcome global recession. As a real businessman, he is either trolling or simply following that stupid “extreme marketing” formula invented in 1990s for today’s politics, you know, being jackass…

When I was a kid, I dreamed of owning all minivans.

Joe Biden is the lobbyist, career politician, all the worst thing you can do in your life for earning. He is also the big corporation shill, vouching for more RIAA draconian measures, which is something like making you liable for $4,000 by singing the copyrighted rendition of “Happy Birthday” in public. Next thing…

Except Lincoln is not a “lower scale” brand of Ford. Just like Lynk&Co will be the more affordable Volvo and much better Geely. And Hyundai has existed before Honda. They are one of the biggest ship manufacturers in the world and a giant steel millers.

The first one has that unmistakeable VW Tiguan looks, with those Honda crystal headlights. But then again it is Roewe from SAIC, the reluctant owner of MG.

A discussion that can only start with Chinese cars. Guess it will stick with them forever eh?

Well, his refusal to accept, his loss. I’d have to say, by the looks of it, there is so much Volvo in it that it could be safe enough. If lessons from Xiaomi phones can be applied here, is that they might be good and cheap, but the unforeseen consequences like durability (battery degrades quicker than other competing…

The same economist has been saying that if the oil price went slump and the big players go out, there will be a lot of domino effect. The giant engineering company that depended on it, the third world “stable” economy that depends on it (some of them own nuclear), the other suppliers that depend on it (e.g. heavy…

Good thing Mazda insisted on good old parking brake handle.

There are some people who has just the privilege of being born in a first world country, and are completely able to afford being stupid. Sometimes I wonder why they were making it difficult for skilled migrants to move in. They will need somebody to change their oil, stamp the head gaskets, assemble the gearbox to the…

Good but not great, subtle but not underwhelming, bold but not weird. Well, it is a Honda after all.

It has that strong poser aura, these crossovers. The car (Honda CR-V) is a favourite of particularly local beggar mafiosos (a powerful gangster, who operates by forcing other people to beg for money, some goes as far as deliberately break the poor hostage’s limbs to earn more sympathy while begging, and then they take…

Rich people are quirky bunch. But this destroys more of Harrods’ branding than Caterham’s.

There is a wisdom in choosing the car with the least things to go wrong. But like “keeping things simple”, you’ll bound to oversimplify it, which makes you go wrong.

Of course, that “compensating” argument does work pretty well in this case.

There is a strong stereotype about big bulky SUV like Toyota Land Cruiser, Nissan Patrol, or Range Rover being Mom’s choice for school runs, isn’t it?