We were kind of pirating into the UTV trails in Wayne National Forest... sshh... I did buy the pass though! ... View more

Outstanding idea. I have an enclosed trailer for my Radical that I tow behind my Lincoln MKT --- but it has a fairly vicious effect on fuel economy. ... View more

That's a formidable pair of vehicles! ... View more

Assuming you have an engineering or science background --- which is usually the case with people who want hard numbers in an editorial --- then you can surely see how the variability in any assumptions I would have to make in costing those use cases would make the final result completely worthless. Example: I've rented trucks from Enterprise perhaps a dozen times in the past decade. Once it cost me $277. Another time it cost me $850. Which of those should I use? Or should I average all my truck rental expenses... but then surely I should weight them to favor the most recent? What's a good factor for that? I think you see the rabbit hole here 🙂 ... View more

What interests me about your statement is that you are fairly certain that the "other guys" were the ones who politicized the pickup truck. If you asked the "other guys" they would tell you that the pickup truck was politicized by the left side of the media. Both of you could draw upon unimpeachable sources to support your opinion. It's interesting. ... View more

I was born in Brooklyn, I campaigned for (Bill) Clinton, and I've been quoted in the Atlantic. I have a pretty fair idea of how the blue tribe works 🙂 ... View more

I think you are absolutely correct here, on all counts. ... View more

Good call. My wife has a Forza seat and wheel setup she used to learn the Ring before going there. I'll try that. ... View more

I question my parenting skills all the time, so you are in some company if not in good company. He was born at just under three pounds and was in a plastic box for a long time. I am very grateful for him. What is DCF? Cystic Fibrosis? ... View more

I want to reassure you that I put his interests first; we have been across the country and ridden over 20 different parks this year. He has a state-of-the-art gaming laptop to do his thing. I just wouldn't mind sharing this hobby with him as well. ... View more

I'm still reading! 🙂 He has been racing BMX for three years and has about 15 wins so far. At Snowshoe and AngelFire his Strava times are usually upper-third compared to the adults. As you'd expect, he has NO respect for the bikes I used to race BMX in the Eighties and Nineties! "It must have been terrible to jump that thing." ... View more

Clearly we need to marry them off, and get a grandchild who can do both! ... View more

I'm sorry if it reads that way --- I have to admit that I rely on my audience to remember who wrote it. Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear? ... View more

You're absolutely correct, of course, With that said, if I have to pick someone to never disappoint again it would either be my wife or my pit crew chief! ... View more

What would you like to know? I'll find an expert and ask them. ... View more

Grace and Bryan post the majority of our articles in the community, so their name goes on the posts, but the article is mine. ... View more

Not only do I feel like a whiner now, I feel stupid --- because having built and rebuilt many cars over the past two decades, I have never found an upholstery shop that wants to recover airbag-equipped seats and confirm that the airbag will still work afterwards. This is such a hassle that there's only one aftermarket supplier left willing to do the tests --- Katzkin, which then provides data to its partners on how to recalibrate bags. As an example, if you swap from a cloth F-150 seat to a leather Katzkin seat for your ROUSH F-150, the airbags have to be recalibrated for that. Furthermore, recovering the seats with a non-OEM-approved material will void your airbag warranties. And if you get into a crash and any of your passengers suffers an injury because your seats hampered the airbag, you can save yourself two years' worth of court date by just signing your house over to the passenger in question. Now, if you're aware of an upholstery shop that can address those issues and put some velour into my 2014 Accord, preferably in the contiguous 48 states, I will send you a very nice bottle of wine along with my heartfelt thanks... ... View more

As the owner (and racer) of multiple Neons, I think a PT Cruiser would be an improvement! PTs frequently donate their front brakes to SCCA and NASA Neons, by the way.  ... View more

This is awesome to read --- and it points out that a good owner community goes a long way in helping a car realize its potential. ... View more

I knew that --- our illustrator didn't, which makes his decision to create these images even crazier! ... View more

My comment got chopped, the beginning was that I would love Genesis to make the six-speed manual a V6 option. If they make me take an auto with the V6 I will go all the way and... ... View more

and get a full-sized car. And you're right, the dealers are the worst part of it. Hyundai was not adequately careful with their franchise choices in the Excel days and the current service level reflects that. Stand-alone Genesis dealers would have been the right move, because the product absolutely supports it.  ... View more

For the record, I put the disclaimer about Ethan's past (and a photo of him) on his latest articles because on his earlier work we were getting comments that "Ethan" was some "privileged white guy" taking advantage of, and looking down on, minority auto enthusiasts. There's a bit of a Catch-22 at play here. But I think it's useful for Hagerty readers, many of whom have no experience with this side of automotive enthusiasm, to have a small window into it. ... View more

By starting with an S450 and carefully negotiating the options list, it's possible to make a $122,000 luxury car with about the same level of passenger accommodation as the Black Label Conti with the rear seat package. You're absolutely correct. However, I think you hit the nail on the head when you point out that you need to start with the cheapo model in order to do that. I'm going to steal your idea for a column next week --- building stealth comfort cars the way people used to build COPO Chevrolets --- but can you see how it also reinforces what I'm saying that the only way to get a non-track-edition S-Class is through manipulation of the options on what is basically the Cadillac Calais of the lineup? ... View more

The water pump died somewhere on 65 South, but that big 500 ran cool enough on the move to not need it. Soon as I throttled off and came up the off-ramp for the Franklin, TN Waffle House, it popped a house and declared Code Red. ... View more

Oh man, that was the color combination to have, then or now! ... View more

Absolutely! I think in many ways it's better than the C/D anthology. And it's a pleasure to see you commenting here --- like having the Prince of Wales show up at one's tailor. ... View more

Ah, it's good to see you out and about again on the automotive internet! If you're buying a G90 I feel doubly reassured, both in my choice and in the likelihood of there being someone who knows how to fix it. ... View more

I worked for David Hobbs BMW right when the 528e gave way to the 525i. The E28 was the default vehicle of the Muirfield Village subdivision and I still smile when I see them today! ... View more

It can be tough to put a bunch of customer-owned cars together for a test. It would have been nice to have a 968, and I'm personally a huge 968 fan, but that's an updated version of a car from... 1972, and the 928 dates to 1976. ... View more