We’re fans of the Maverick’s “Flexbed” — basically Ford’s name for the bed on its smallest pickup that contains a lot of handy features, like slots for wood planks to divide cargo, threaded holes for DIY rails, convenient 12-volt power point access and tie downs that double as bottle openers. If the company’s recent… ReadContinue reading “Ford Patents In-Bed Magnets To Keep Your Pickup’s Cargo In Place”
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Here Are The Wildest Mainstream Cars That Came Back To Tokyo Auto Salon For 2022
We’re back at Tokyo Auto Salon! After a hiatus during 2021, for obvious reasons, the silliest auto show in Japan is back smaller than ever. Fewer people, fewer exhibitors, and fewer bonkers things in general. The decrease in number of people this year is a welcome change as the last Tokyo Auto Salon, held inContinue reading “Here Are The Wildest Mainstream Cars That Came Back To Tokyo Auto Salon For 2022”
Tesla’s Karaoke Mic Gives Drivers A New Thing To Hold Instead Of The Steering Wheel
Tesla just launched their latest in-car gadget for China, and people clearly really wanted it… after selling out in minutes. The ‘TeslaMic’ is made to be used with Tesla’s karaoke system. There’s a catch. Right now, it’s only available in China. Read more…
‘Freedom Convoy’ Organizers Claim They Have Enough Cash To Clog Streets For Years
We are on day five of the Canadian anti-vaccine convoy wrecking havoc in that nation’s capital of Ottawa and in smaller protests around the country. Across the country truckers blocked border crossings in a tiny towns and main thoroughfares in the nation’s capital. Read more…
Tesla Will Disable Rolling Stops
Tesla will recall tens of thousands of cars because of rolling stops, Lexus is almost doing better than ever, and live car auctions are still a thing. All that and more in The Morning Shift for February 1, 2022. Read more…
What’s One Tool Your Garage Wouldn’t Be Complete Without?
Every garage needs a few basics. Screwdrivers, pliers, a constant influx of 10 mm sockets to replace the ones that disappear in the night. Many garages, however, expand on those basics to include some tools that you may not immediately think of — but, once you’ve tried them, you’ll never go back. Read more…
Jaguar Is Hanging In There
Around this time a couple of years ago, Jaguar was cutting production due to lack of demand. Then the pandemic hit, and I began to wonder how long for this world Jaguar was. Except it keeps hanging around amid the losses. Read more…
Blip: Standards Of Luxury
When I was a kid, our big family car—other than our ‘68 semi-automatic Beetle—was a 1973 Ford Country Squire wagon, complete with wood paneling. The up-market Mercury version, the Grand Marquis, informed my larval brain about what “luxury” was because I could compare it directly to our old Country Squire. Read more…
Goodyear Made A Plane That You Had To Inflate Before You Flew It
Back in the 1950s, Goodyear had a concept for a kind of plane that some might think was improbable. Designed as a way for stricken pilots to extract themselves from behind enemy lines, the Inflatoplane was a rubber aircraft that could be air-dropped in a box, inflated in just five minutes, then flown to safety.Continue reading “Goodyear Made A Plane That You Had To Inflate Before You Flew It”
At $100,000, Is This 2013 Mr. Norm 50th Anniversary Dodge Challenger A Dealer-Package Deal?
You may not have ever heard of Mr. Norm, but today’s Nice Price or No Dice Challenger will let you pretend you’re the best of friends. That is if the six-figure price tag doesn’t sour the relationship. Read more…
