Nov 26
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Not every automotive innovation needs to be some grand, world-changing bit of genius. Sometimes, an incredibly…
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Nov 26
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! As you know the holiday is sometimes called “Turkey Day” colloquially, since that bird…
Nov 24
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I’ll be honest here — I can’t exactly recall what made me want to come up with new license plate slogans for every…
Nov 20
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Hi, I’m an idiot. Of course you know this already. You also know I’m your idiot, which is why I’m coming to you now.…
Nov 18
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Over this past weekend I sent my telepresence robot to BlinkerFest, the annual turn-signal enthusiasts’ meetup, held…
Nov 17
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While I’d like to believe that major carmakers have implanted cameras and microphones in my dogs and cats and are…
Nov 9
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Like most people willing to listen to me talk about cars for more than 15 seconds, I have a sort of irrational…
Nov 9
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The other night I was hanging out at Flashing Amber’s, my local turn-signal fetishists’ bar (not to be confused with …
Nov 4
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You ever have something stupid in your head and you can’t shake it until you, in some way, see it through? I feel…
Oct 30
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You know how I foolishly insist on making these posts about costumes for your car nearly every Halloween? And you…
Oct 27
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While I was doing a bit of research this week for that extended vans post, I realized something I don’t believe I’d…
Oct 26
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One of the things I like so much about workhorse vans is how much they tend to blend into the background texture of…
Oct 22
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Everyone, drop everything you’re doing — let go of that belay line, put down those defibrillator paddles, take your…
Oct 19
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I feel like this is a picture I’ve encountered before in various places, most recently on the r/WeirdWheels…
Oct 13
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Oct 12
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Those of us who drive cars with significant amounts of power will be familiar with the unrelenting Call of the…
Oct 9
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Some of you may recall that I just took the World’s Cheapest EV™, the Changli, out on a glorious tour of racing and…
Oct 7
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I’m sure almost every one of us has been in this position at some point in our lives: you’re bored and stuck at some…