It’s pretty common in the industry to refer to cars by the last few numbers of the VIN. Especially with early cars or prototypes, they’ll refer to different vehicles as “VIN 26" or whatever. Read more

I flew to Alaska pretty much just so see the Aurora a few years ago. I was there six nights and saw it five. Two of them were incredibly bright. This is what I did and recommend:

Thank you for adding it! Read more

Why no link to the original Reddit post? I know you guys like to pretend you don’t pull half your content from Reddit, but if you’re going to mention it in the article, why not link? Read more

Just the engine. eBay. Read more

DO NOT buy that dump truck. You need to save your money for this:

Needs more revs.

More unbelievable historical evidence suggests that the very first mass market car Honda made was a rear-wheel-drive two-seater sports car.

Appears to be the same car:

Where were you 6 years ago when I didn’t get my rental deposit back. I used a power washer and that still didn’t work. I POWER WASHED MY DRYWALL DAVID. Read more

With front crash regs and physics, I just don’t see a way to have the iconic look without the driver aqwardly far from the windshield. Read more

Headlights are surprisingly hard; there are a ton of regulations for lighting and they differ in different markets. Also, modern headlights are complex; that’s why they’re so expensive to replace. It’s insane what lighting companies charge for prototype runs. Read more

Meanwhile, in a brand new Toyota. Read more

The Catch 22 when looking for a shared place to rent: anyone who has garage space to spare doesn’t think of garage space as being important enough to list in the ad. Read more

I prefer doing the opposite.

The hardest thing for a designer to draw is a car with tire sidewalls. Read more

My Dacia Duster rental automatically activated its extreme drive mode as soon as I signed up for the extra insurance. Read more

They don’t make ‘em like they used to, thankfully. Read more

If living in California, I highly recommend getting AAA and never going to the DMV again. Read more