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Here’s Why Trucks Slide Into the Water at Boat Ramps
Boat ramps are great for launching boats, also pretty good for sinking cars.
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Gas Powered Phone Chargers Are Here, but They Might Not Be Your Best Option
As technology becomes more inescapable and we as consumers feel increasingly alienated, many have begun to seek out more authentic, tangible experiences. Some may find the process of crafting a perfect pour-over more satisfying than operating a Keurig, for example. Others may prefer the process of starting a tiny nitromethane-powered engine every time they want to charge…
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Here’s Car Talk’s 100 Percent Effective Way to Teach Someone to Drive a Manual
Turns out, there’s a 100 per cent effective way to teach people to drive a manual. I first heard it several years ago from the sainted Tappet Brothers, and I’ve taught maybe 25 or 30 people to drive a manual with it since — with a zero per cent failure rate.
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Toyota Engineers Built A Prius Rally Car And They Let Me Drive It
Last week, I took (what should have been) a short drive to the Bundy Hill Off Road Park to drive a Toyota Prius that had been converted into a rally car by a group of Toyota engineers. Due to my own stupidity, I only had time to do a couple recon laps and four timed…