If saving lives is gonna be our goal, we really need to focus on what the Accord driver did wrong here. Getting people to pay attention and maintain control of their vehicle is going to save far more lives than lanesplitting ever will. Read more

That’s pretty messed up, to be focusing more on making cars safe to crash, than on making them safe to drive. Read more

The golf bag method is such an oddly specific metric for measuring cargo space. I’d love to see a deep dive into the history of how it became so popular as to warrant an OE diagram.

Fun fact: before there was a Korean version, Ke$ha performed an English-language demo.

^ This. It’s hard to beat $1.99 per cylinder. Read more

20%, you say?

Widetrackus Charger Hellcatus: coming to an ACME crate near you!

Ford, FCA, etc. dropping sedans in favor of SUVs and CUVs Read more

Have you tried turning it off and on again? Read more

Ford: putting the poo in Puma. Read more

...the automated driving system is legally the operator of the vehicle whether there’s a human inside or not. Of course, this comes with a big ol’ catch, for Tesla and any other potential AV operator. The operator of a vehicle is, at least in theory, responsible for making sure it doesn’t crash into anything and is… Read more

They all equal... Firefox!

That list of “accident avoidance” features might seem unimpressive in this day and age, but they’re the only ones we really need, if we’re being honest. The hard part is convincing people to actually USE those features. Like checking mirrors. Or signaling turns and lane changes. Or braking when one does not have… Read more

Thank God no one’s called it an “OOBS” yet. Squarebody FTW!
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Harsh but fair. Read more

How hard could it be?

“...any fool can find out who the artist was in seconds.”

One of the first things I did when I bought my beater Sierra was to replace some of the random bits that had gone missing under its previous owner(s). Which is funny, because there was much more important work to be done, including steering parts and tires. But one of the very first items I focused on instead was… Read more

Neat! But I’d rather have a larger window there. Read more

So I’m curious, when are y’all retiring “old” socks, and looking for opportunities to repurpose them? Mine would leak rice if I tried the heating pad thing, because I’m not ready to dispose of my socks until they start to develop holes (it’s usually the heels that wear out on me first). Read more