This is my biggest design peeve; fake things in general (fasteners, wood, etc...) but the fake grills really grind my gears. The new Civic’s rear fake grills are the worst. It’s lazy design, and I honestly don’t know why it’s not shamed more in the design community. It makes the car look like a kid’s toy. Read more

Weird that someone would brag about their negative qualities. How rude. Read more

Bought a brand new 4Runner, went to Pismo Beach, got some air.

It won’t be the first time I’ve thrown up in an Audi. Read more

Excellent article and very cool build. There are a handful of companies and people who build controllers for the Tesla S/X motors, including a lengthy thread on one of the EV forums if you want to DIY. EV hot rodding is still a bit wild west but it’s getting there. It’s gonna be bananas in a few years.  Read more

All pre-1975 Honda vehicles should be upgraded with modern motorcycle engines. Read more

What do you mean by “still making jokes about women drivers?”
And I was referring to the author’s 1994 Jeep Cherokee XJ, not the Jag. Read more

Now compare it to your XJ. Read more

The T-56 on my Viper did this (1st to 4th) automatically below a certain RPM as some shitty fuel mileage thing. It can (and should be) be disabled with a resistor. Read more

This would be much better as a video. Read more

Call it the Ballaban Jalopy. Build a few thousand. If you put an electric motor in it you can probably get a billion dollars in Chinese funding. Read more

Funding not secured. Read more

It’s a more proactive move than rehashing yesterday’s Reddit, so in that respect I supppose it’s a step in the right direction. Read more

I like to think that after the arrest, a tow truck was called which then lifted the front wheels of the U-haul, and just towed the whole shebang as-is. Read more

As long as it’s not being driven by Gerard Butler. 

Four wheels. A dually has 6 wheels in the same way an 18-wheeler has 18 wheels. Read more

My biggest complaint about concept sketches is that almost all of them have obscenely huge wheels, rubber band tires, and mail slot windows. It not only feels dated, but it seems like a crutch to help otherwise boring designs. Read more

This would be great at Burning Man; I look forward to the mile-long supercharger waiting line in Reno next year. Read more

He’s hypermiling.  Read more

Any day now...