I do all the maintenance myself. I am not a certified mechanic but I can turn a wrench no doubt. In my experience working on the Benz is often times easier then the Honda. My wife drives a '06 Honda Pilot w/225k miles on it, never been to the dealer. Read more

You aren't crazy. With the exception of the grille and tailgate, it all seems to be the same. Although, now there is that stupid piece of black plastic under the grill, just like on the Colorado and Canyon. Read more

Looks very similar to me. To be fair though, the exterior isn't what needs a revamp, it's the interior and powertrain. I was at the OC auto show and sat in their nicest Tacoma and then sat in the new Colorado. The Colorado is just worlds above. Read more

Am I crazy, or does this appear to be a facelift of the current Taco rather than an all-new model? Read more

My scooter has a basket on it. Read more

Jesus, if there could be ANY kind of evolution in the motorcycle industry AT ALL (including the press), I could die happy. Read more

We'd also have them Negroes back in their place doing crappy jobs and "yessir"ing us, women back in the kitchen serving our food, beverage and sexual needs on demand, gays would be in a gulag where all deviants belong, and chain-smoking, beer guzzling Jesus would rule our world with a .50 cal Browning Machine Gun to… Read more

There are so many airbags in modern cars, I generally just resign myself to "welp, if they roll this thing at least I'll get a couple good tweets out of it!" when the worst are at the wheel. Read more

Just remember, when people talk about a bike being "slow," it'd kick the shit out of ANY car under $150,000. I like my license and not going to court, so I don't run triple digits more than a handful of times a years, so if a bike "isn't that good" under 100 mph, that's a plus. The hp/lb ratio of even a "beginner"… Read more

Nice write up Wes. Great points and always love the way you call out safety issues and pull no punches when discussing that.

I honestly wish they'd do around a 400 starter scrambler then the bigger one. Something more like the yamaha sr400...but there's always the Duke 390 :) Read more

``Do people really still use this word? I feel like existing motorcyclists (also known as 51-year old white men) feel threatened that a company like Ducati is no longer exclusively focussed on filling their need for over compensation.''

Give me a break! yes, people do still use the word hipster. to describe the kind of… Read more

Hey, I'm only 46 and live in Los Angles county, you dirty hipster camping dogblogger! I only pass through OC on my way to Palomar. Read more