You’re right, with an asterisk. Most normal people didn’t read the reviews last week, they aren’t car folks constantly refreshing all the sites. But the VF8 is expensive, and in my experience people tend to research their expensive purchases before making them. I know I barely buy headphones without at least googling… Read more

If Fast X doesn’t have this exact scene I’m walking out Read more

I spell both “bimmer” but pronounce them “beemer.” I’m the worst of both worlds Read more

The head gasket issues were largely an early-aughts thing, but this is a completely new engine design than those older cars--FB rather than EJ. The FB’s design considered the head gasket issue, and Subie changed some things to try and mitigate it. I don’t know that the cars are old enough yet to truly know how they’ll… Read more

Eh, on an off-road focused car, it makes more sense as protection Read more

Nope! It’s the FB25D. The EJ25 finally died with the previous generation STi Read more

You’re Subaru’s ideal buyer for a Crosstrek Read more

They mentioned the “big block” version when I attended the press event for the 2.0, and it was definitely tongue-in-cheek Read more

I can confidently say that, in my years of commuting on the subway and seeing all manner of people onboard, I haven’t killed a single one of them. Read more

If it isn’t, how do you explain this?

Buell’s just a different kind of experiment! Aermacchi supplied H-D’s last offroad bike before the Pan America. Buell was sportier, but still meant for asphalt  Read more

If I had to suffer through that, I’m gonna democratize the pain  Read more

You’re not wrong  Read more

Oh, don’t let me know we have that kind of power. Tomorrow I’ll write Steve Definitely Didn’t Win This Week’s Powerball and start making poor financial decisions in preparation  Read more

I assure you, this was written today Read more

No this rules actually. That’s a VW Harlequin level of color clash, and I respect it Read more

Carbon Black is a fun one! If it’s cloudy, foggy, or if the car is dirty, it’s black. But when the car is clean and well-lit, it’s this really nice deep blue Read more

Doooo iiiiiittttt Read more

Let me tell you how disappointed I was to learn that these use adhesive rather than a claw machine grabber hand that jams itself into the car Read more