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Politics

The Pointless Flex

eric - August 25, 2019

New Car Reviews

2020 Kia Telluride

eric - August 24, 2019

Politics

Latest Radio: David Knight Show 8/23/19

eric - August 23, 2019

Features

E-Rant: 2020 Kia Telluride

eric - August 23, 2019

Features

Reader Question: Avoiding Uncle-ized New Cars?

eric - August 23, 2019

Features

Reader Question: Vouch for Corolla?

eric - August 23, 2019

Classic Cars

The Rear Wheel Drive Resurgence

eric - August 23, 2019

Politics

Latest Radio: Bill Meyer Show (KMED) 8/21/19

eric - August 21, 2019

Politics

Soy Soup

eric - August 21, 2019

Features

Reader Question: Why do I Buy It?

eric - August 21, 2019

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PaulTheCabDriver: jeez I just read that whole thing with a Canadian accent in my head, eh?
shnarkle Von Barkle: Years ago I had a fwd Nissan Sentra that I used to take off road occasionally. There was this dirt road we used to...
Thoughtcriminal2084: drivers suing city say NYPD is padding overtime pay with bogus DWI arrests Bronx drivers suing city say NYPD is...
James Morgan: My first great love when I was 19 was my 1967 Citroen DS FWD. I loved it and would never go back to RWD. Over the years I...
Nunzio: And what’s the deal with every one of these stupid bitches now wearing these fugly horn-rim glasses? Are they trying to...
Nunzio: [Clears throat]: “But yet, it was actually just so sobering to read it”… [Damn no-edit Turdpress!]
Nunzio: Wow, Eric! This article was sobering in many ways! Yeah….I already knew that the average fambly sedan today can blow away...
Nunzio: That’s how it starts. The media is subversive- they take a narrative which is professed by only the tiniest minority of...
Nunzio: Thing is, Chuck: We used to have a choice- so we could get what we personally prefer- We could get ’em with a bench or...
Bin: I agree. This is what sells though since no one wants a minivan…but they’ll buy a minivan w/o the nifty sliding doors...
Bob Hartley: I live in a cow town in S.W. Wisconsin. Pop: 4421. We have 3 Ford Explorer Battle Cruisers. 5 full time officers! All wear...
Zane: My record is that I shouldn’t speed, yet the Hemi in my Rebel doesn’t like being under 75 in a 65, unless I see an AGW...
Mark3: Its not women who want this. its the cultural marxists from the frankfurt school who dominate the media and the schools. Women...
Shotgun Chuck: Oh, to see that become possible again!
Shotgun Chuck: Seems no one’s going to mention the elephant in the room, so I guess I’ll do it again… Non-drivers....
Shotgun Chuck: Sorry, but I do have to say here that I actually prefer tighter seats and belts. My old Sunbird had the most comfortable...
Shotgun Chuck: The same thing happens in Alaska. Motorhomes, especially out-of-state motorhomes are the bane of everyone’s...
Eightsouthman: I learned to drive with the throttle on RWD. I soon realized I’d need a surplus of power. My 67 Malibu had more than...
Krista: I think Albertans drive so badly because of the speed cameras. I grew up in Alberta and it wasn’t like that when I was...
richb: It doesn’t help that most police departments in small towns and suburbs have become increasingly dependent on revenue from...
bluegrey6124: Same here! Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always thought that all cars were either RWD or 4×4. To my dismay, I...
Nunzio: Ding!ding!ding! Funny how the truth just jumps out at ya when ya hear it; and you’re speaking the truth, RK. Look even at...
Anonymous: In BC we get Albertans. I think their plates are red lettered to serve as a warning to other drivers. Seems they are afraid of...
ThoughtCriminal2084: Oh no…! The Bureaucracy never is frozen – it grows and grows like a fungus in a damp basement. Remember...
Eightsouthman: Jeremy, not a great deal of conversation is had about quantum field theory.
MarkyMark: Your post brings to mind a recent trip on PA 611, which runs along the Delaware River. It’s a curvy road, so it can be...
ReadyKilowatt: Oversized child seats. All the airbags and other safety paraphernalia require the occupant to be in a very specific...
ReadyKilowatt: Technology marching on, bureaucracy frozen in time.
eric: Hi Frank, I can’t afford it, either – but, still. $72k for a 9 second street car is pretty remarkable.
Frank Not Hank: “And for a relatively accessible $72,745.” Wow, Eric, I need to start doing what you’re doing. Sounds like $72K is chump...
Siotu: I really like rear wheel drive cars (most of my cars have been and are rear drivers), nevertheless it is true that there have been...
Nunzio: Ha! That’s what I thought it was when I first glimpsed the pic- a minivan. I thought it was a Caravan with a new...
Tionico: Oh now THAT would be sweet. Used to know a guy way back when, was racing a Formula 3 (or is it C in the US?), the cigar shaped...
Tionico: I have watched many of those, in nearly every one of the stronger engine configurations, on the sports car racing track, and...
Chris Reiner: Looks nice. Will beat up on the competition. But, it’s FWD based so basically it’s a minivan to me.
Nathan Hail: YOU ARE RETARDED. Go live in Africa. Even in Africa, white men built everything that is worth anything. The rest of the...
Nathan Hail: We may be retards, BUT DON’T PISS US OFF !
The Handler: It’s hard to believe this is a Kia. They truly have come a long way.
Nathan Hail: Amy, all of these pseudo-executives went to the same school. They may have gone to different universities, but they all...
Jeremy: Hi Ron, Armed government worker. Jeremy
to5: Right T. The car makers want you to see your new car as a prison on wheels. To reinforce the concept that bureaucraps are in charge...
joeallen: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=snuvlXq17Io You mean like this? What a wonderful sight to see!
joeallen: Ardent Government Wanker.
Nunzio: Heck, Tuan, with the “music” most people would have playing on the stereo “info-tainment system” these...
Ron: What does AGW stand for?
chiph: How is the interior room vs. the Ford Explorer? I note that the Kia is about 6 inches shorter overall.
Tuanorea: Nunzio, “What’s the deal with all of these modern vehicles having these humongous center consoles?! Do people want top be...
Mug: I have been driving Chrysler 300s (now a 10 YO ‘C’) for nearly 20 years. No, they get little respect or love from car...
bluegrey6124: “I’ve learned, through sad experience, that if a broad has two or more cats (often many more!), her wiring upstairs...
Brother John: I love rear-drive, always have. It just *handles* better. I also love real shifting – makes you a better driver. But...
Hank Ford: In my high school days, back in the mid-seventies, I was a dirt bike nut and drove a ’63 Chevy SWB stepside and have...
Nunzio: What’s the deal with all of these modern vehicles having these humongous center consoles?! Do people want top be cramped-in...
Crusty Old TV Tech: Oh yeah, agree there, they were nice looking cars. But the rust-o-matic fenders, and the self-destructing aluminum...
Nunzio: I’ve heard that Kia likes to deny warranty repairs. “Consumer protection” laws are usually much stricter in the...
Crusty Old TV Tech: Mother MoPar herself made them, so all that engineering stuff was attended to quite well I suspect…...
Crusty Old TV Tech: Well, we had a Pinto, and yes, compared to its contemporaries, it was shall we say, substandard. Mostly, the...
bluegrey6124: Nah! We can’t let the “proles” ride their bicycles. That would offer them too much freedom. Plus, it...
Shotgun Chuck: Not sure what this comment was about but I loved my 1993 V6 Sunbird (same car, different badge). Actually thought it was...
Jeremy: Hi Mike, Yep, nearly all of the “foiled terrorist plots” were manufactured by the feebs (cue Mencken). See Trevor...
Rachel Conerly: I don’t know anything about cars but I always read your column! And I drive old cars. Thank you!
Jeremy: Good God Grwwww, I know that “exhaust from gasoline and Diesel engines contain pollutants such as CO and other toxic and...
MikePizzo: At least a part of Kis’a growing success can be attributed to their excellent exterior designs. Styling wise, I think...
bluegrey6124: As the old saying goes: “Ignorance is bliss”.
bluegrey6124: I knew it! I was beginning to question the frequency of these “attacks” lately, and that’s when it hit...
David J Webb: I remember the FWD as a piece of junk. The transmissions did not hold up. I remember because I was stuck suddenly in...
Anonymous: Correction, 5 year / 100,000km (60,000 miles) in Canada.
Anonymous: “Telluride has the longest-running powertrain warranty of them all: Ten years or 100,000 miles.” (160,000km)...
Eightsouthman: I don’t see large EV use in Texas. When you’re driving a few hundred miles in a day in a one ton pickup, a...
dread pirate anonymous: Nice looking SUV except for those damn low profile tires 🙁
Anonymous: Grwwww, I like how you seem to continually mistake your opinion for fact. Déjà vu. Simply tell me this, where will all the...
Grwwww: Exhaust from gasoline and Diesel engines contain pollutants such as CO and other toxic and particular matter. If they did not,...
Eightsouthman: I still think Vega styling is nice. A friend bought a Vega the way they all should have been, the Cosworth powered job....
Eightsouthman: Couldn’t make it get out of its own way. Man, I gotta start re-reading…..and that’s what she said.
Eightsouthman: Can’t believe you included Cavaliers. Man, they were so….Cavalier. The SIL had one and she loved it. It was...
Eightsouthman: “Was” hurt very little.
Eightsouthman: It really hit me how they’d made everyone buy new cars when a friend his a deer, tiny deer, in his 07 Tahoe. It...
Bill Jones: ” Vengeful oil cartels ” Cmon Eric, you are better than that. “Tired of getting ripped off” tftfy
Shoal Creek: In high school, I had a friend that owned a 69 Cuda 440 that he had upgraded to drag race in. His younger brother had a (65?...
MarkyMark: A Hemi Dart would be a POTENT machine! I don’t see how it wouldn’t twist the frame though…
MarkyMark: Eric, I think that modern cars which were redesigned on or before the early 2010s would be safe also. These are cars that,...
ekrampitzjr: When it comes to children dying in hot cars, Eric, your title explains it, even though you weren’t necessarily...
Gary: I only found this link under “Latest Radio: David Knight Show 8/23/19”.
Ron B Liebermann: The statements from this auto-exec are easy to understand if you remember one thing: The key to making a profit is to...
Glenn: https://moparinsiders.com/jeep -europe-introduces-jeep-miles- pay-per-use-program/ Eric, I found this article on the site Mopar...
Anonymous: Presumptuous twit. “We are specifically talking about bigotry against people based on their ethnicity.” I like how...
Jason Flinders: Nice try yourself, Anonymous. We are specifically talking about bigotry against people based on their ethnicity. But you...
The Bobster: Cabela’s not exactly innocent. This week’s American Dissident Voices includes the creation of a website...
Anonymous: “Anonymous, I’ve been sitting here chomping at the bit just waiting for you…..” Then you really need to get...
Crusty Old TV Tech: Really Eric, a VEGA on the front page? Yeah, it’s RWD, but a VEGA? A Hemi Dart, a 440 Six-Pack Valiant, even a...
Jason Flinders: Anonymous, I’ve been sitting here chomping at the bit just waiting for you to make this asinine statement. Thank...
Anonymous: “Typical bigoted shithead.” The irony, oh the irony.
to5: Why, freeholder? If she collects it sooner she can spend it while she has some life left in her. And while she may have her mental...
shnarkle Von Barkle: We don’t need to apologize to the slime molds themselves Jason, just noting that they’re more useful,...
Jason Flinders: This is true, Shnarkle. I apologize to slime molds everywhere for having unfairly compared them to truly repulsive and...
shnarkle Von Barkle: if we’re going to talk about reparations, then we need to look at where it really began. Black and white alike...
shnarkle Von Barkle: While I agree with your sentiments Jason, I must take note of your unwarranted micro-aggression against slime molds...
Anonymous: Oh, sorry, virtue signalling childish rant then….. Just calling it like I see it too.
shnarkle Von Barkle: Hey Russel, the problem with your theory is that they have an obligation to their shareholders to maximize profits,...
Jason Flinders: I call ’em as I see ’em. You don’t need to be an “SJW” to despise malicious, hypocritical...
Anonymous: Triggered much JF? Someone found your sore spot and apparently it requires a foul SJW type rant to sooth it. You really do...

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