It’s true. I think I’d like to switch to something smaller and less expensive.  Read more

Sounds like my back yard alright. There’s the broken ‘74 Omega, a broken ‘65 Malibu sendan (6-cylinder, of course), a working, but semi-broken ‘87 Subaru GL 4WD wagon and another one that’s parked nearby and is a secret. That one works, but needs paint. Read more

When I was a kid, my parents always had 4-cylinder four-door hatchbacks for our family of four. If whatever we wanted to bring didn’t fit, it didn’t get packed. Worked fine. I don’t know where we get off thinking we need a toy hauler for a handful of people. I mean sure, minivans and three-row crossovers are… Read more

The Ascent is too expensive for what it is. I’d rather just get an AWD Toyota Sienna. Read more

Definitely not as reliable as anything from Toyota. I’ve heard a lot of stories about people having to do head gaskets on the Boxer motors. But when they work, they work really well! Read more

Seriously. You should see the cars my friends/relatives in Sicily drive. They just bring less crap! Read more

I didn’t like EyeSight either. Too much autobrake in traffic. I like a little more rope with which to hang myself. Read more

Nor do I. But I like the Forester’s cargo space, fuel economy and snow/beach driving capability. Read more

Afroduck wasn’t a US citizen, and also lived in the city where he broke all those laws. Read more

The problem is that not many people drive station wagons anymore. The whole point of the silver sedan was that it looked a lot like any other silver sedan.  Read more

And one could argue that this level of cooperation enabled them to pull off a safe, incident-free run.  Read more

No that was the last record, set by Ed Bolian and his crew. These guys completed their run last month, and decided to forego the yearlong wait, as Bolian did in 2013.  Read more

No. They finished this run last month. Ed Bolian and his crew set the record that was broken six years ago.  Read more

If we properly educated American drivers about lane etiquette and, well, driving, there’s no reason our interstate highways couldn’t be a fast as the German Autobahn. They’re designed for aircraft landings and troop transport, after all. Read more

Funny you should mention that. In 2017, a guy named Fred Ashmore (along with a co-driver) loaded his P71-powered ‘63 Ford Galaxy with a few snacks, a couple of piss funnels and... wait for it... a 187-gallon fuel tank he had to jam into the back seat by cutting off and reattaching the roof. He and his co-driver made… Read more

I have met Berkeley Chadwick several times, and he is, in fact, real.  Read more

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Part of me thinks that junior should ride on the roof with Aunt Edna and Mitt Romney’s dog. The bambino’ll fit in the small family car in a few short years, after all (long since we’ve forgotten that the pooch was tied to the bumper and have deposited granny on the porch at cousin Normie’s house). Read more

Good to know re: the headlights. I daily drive an ‘87 Subaru GL wagon, and the lights on that are horrendous. Therefore my baseline for “good” is a lot lower than most people’s. Read more

My son is a year and a half old, so his giant seat is more upright than the infant one was. Infant seats are very challenging, but the amount of time you’ll have to use one is relatively short.  Read more