August 2023
Ford Once Made An SVT Ranger With A Lightning Engine
Image: MotorWeek YouTube Performance pickups used to be a thing. From the Chevy 454 SS in the early 1990s to the sports car like performance the Toyota Tacoma X-Runner was throwing down in the early 2000s fast trucks had their own little slice of the enthusiast market pie. Once, that kind of performance showed up […]
Here’s How The Thermostat In Your Old Car Works
The engine cooling system in my 1997 BMW 318ti is on the fritz. I have yet to diagnose it properly, but I know the problem is somewhere along the lines (literally) that carry coolant to the engine and help the 1.9-liter inline-4 cool off. That’s been important in these dog days of summer, which persist […]
Rivian CEO Mocks People Who Buy Gas Cars
The EV transition is happening, whether you like it or not. It won’t be an overnight process — we keep our cars around for 12.5 years on average, and it’ll take longer than that to entirely cycle out America’s internal combustion fleet — but Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe sees that change coming sooner rather than […]
Porsche’s 1963 356 Super 90 Coupe Is The Great Communicator
I’m a really lucky dude because I get to drive a lot of Porsches. I’ve driven new 911s and old 911s, 914s, 944s and 928s, Taycans and Macans, and Cayennes and Panameras. It’s a pretty good way to live, tbh, but one production Porsche I’ve never had the chance to dance with is the first […]
NASA Is Aiming To Develop Supersonic Passenger Jets Twice As Fast As Concorde
The NASA Quesst mission’s Lockheed Martin X-59 at take-offPhoto: NASA NASA thinks there may be a business case for supersonic passenger air travel at speeds up to Mach 4, perhaps equipped with new technology that would allow overland supersonic routes for the first time. It’s been twenty years since Concorde’s final commercial passenger flight in October 2003. […]
2023 Mercedes Benz EQS SUV: What Do You Want To Know?
Mercedes hasn’t been the loudest automaker to make the switch to electric cars, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been making some interesting moves into the battery-powered space. The German automaker has a range of electric sedans and SUVs out prowling the streets of America, and I’m about to test one out. According to Bob: […]
A Credit Card Number Is All It Takes To Track Someone Through NYC’s Subways
Photo: Gary Hershorn (Getty Images) For the past few years, a new payment system has been rolling out on New York City’s trains and buses: OMNY, a modern, credit card-based replacement for the old MetroCard system. OMNY is simple, replacing single-purpose reloadable MetroCards with contactless readers on turnstiles that accept the contactless payment methods you […]
Designer Says The Only Way To Fix The Cybertruck Is To Scrap It And Start Over
The road to a production Cybertruck has been bumpy. Almost as bumpy and uneven as the first Cybertrucks coming out of the Austin Gigafactory, which have reportedly been so bad that they prompted Elon Musk to send an urgent email to Tesla employees. In the message, Musk demanded greater precision in the production process of […]
Take A Tour Of Vladimir Putin’s $100M Superyacht
Screenshot: Алексей Навальный YouTube The Russian invasion of Ukraine is still going on. While countless people lose their lives, Russian President Vladimir Putin chills in luxury in one of the many ultra-luxurious Russian superyachts. While most of them, especially ones owned by Putin, have been shrouded in mystery, Business Insider reports a new investigation done […]
Could Rivian Build The Mitsubishi Triton So It Can Be Sold In The U.S?
(Disclaimer: This shitpost was originally published last week because I didn’t pay close enough attention to the details of the embargo and thought it would be fine. It was not, and for that, I apologize. But now that the embargo has been lifted, it has returned as a very real conspiracy theory that you should […]