My colleagues at @consumerreports.org uncovered a safety issue during testing that led to a recall: www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-rec...

I’m sorry do you people not rotate the article in your mind for a week, vomit it onto the Google Doc in three hours with your eyes completely black, and then regain consciousness and publish it?

If these had been available in the U.S., Ford could have unintentionally sold hundreds of thousands of them in Boston

Something red, white, and blue for you

An Aston and a VinFast in the same row of street parked cars?

And we are live! Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to this. Reading your posts made me so much madder than I ever knew was possible

For Canada Day, here’s a uniquely Canadian tableau

A controversial take: Of all the uses for AI, “improving natural speech processing for complex voice commands while driving” might actually offer everyday benefits. I’d love to be able to ask a car, “Find an open level 3 charger on my route that also has a good coffee shop within walking distance.”

Even if you love classic cars, it’s important to be realistic about how far car safety has come in the last 30 years. In a modern car, you could walk away from a 40 mph crash with a few bumps and bruises. In a classic, that crash might be fatal. m.youtube.com/watch?v=iAFc...

I can sing the jingles for at least three of these

A friendly neighborhood Citroen

Had a great chat with @mikeschlee.bsky.social about the pitfalls of using chatbots to find a car, and what happens when someone heads to the dealership armed with AI misinformation. www.autoguide.com/auto/autogui...

After Arrested Development went off the air the first time, all the props and costumes ended up on eBay. 22-year-old me bought one of Gob’s ridiculous shirts with the intent of wearing it as a joke, but they accidentally sent me one of Franklin’s shirts instead. Come on!

Free idea for all the big shot Hollywood movie producers who hang out on Bluesky: Teena Marie biopic. Call it “Lovergirl.” Cast Ariana Grande. Where’s my house in Malibu?

After I was born, my parents drove me home from the hospital in their Chevette, which I think explains a lot

This isn’t the generation of Jaguar S-Type I expected to see street parked in this condition

Apparently when the check engine light comes on in a French car, you go straight to the pope.

Nailed it!

The plate is almost as impressive as the car

What a two-car driveway

“.. The U.S. is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure, according to new Census Bureau figures out today.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Looking at that quad exhaust, is this what I think it is?

Another example of the complexity of supply chains and manufacturing: "Due to a natural disaster at the manufacturing plant of a tier-2 supplier, the tier-1 supplier temporarily changed the base material in the printed circuit board."

I tried using the major AI tools to find a car. Gemini made up sources and recommended vehicle trims that don’t exist. ChatGPT pulled Toyota prices from the website of a church/pawn shop/crypto exchange. Claude confidently mixed up model years. www.consumerreports.org/cars/buying-...

After trying to sell the Medallion for six months, I understand why people scrap old cars. No shows, flakes, hour-long phone calls about a $1,000 project car.

I would love to read an article about the link between consumer sentiment, inflation, and local budgets getting voted down. (1/3)

I’m choosing to believe it’s being towed to save the mileage, not because it’s inoperable

This Oldsmalibu appears to have never left Rhode Island, judging by the Cerrone Olds dealer sticker.

Just found a NYT article that suggests George Lucas contributed to the special effects in the TV commercials for the 1984 Renault Encore. Lol. www.nytimes.com/1983/08/25/b...

Someone preserved this base trim Mitsubishi Lancer for over 20 years.

When the copy doesn't match the photos

After a successful campaign to eliminate rear and side visibility, automakers are working toward the next frontier: So much dashboard glare you can’t see out the front, either.

Anyone want to buy an Apple Lisa and all the original software?

We are rapidly losing the outlets where new writers can learn to shape a voice, where they can cultivate skills beyond quick news hits and PR with the guidance and mentorship of strong editors and the benefit of a trusted name, and it’s such a loss for writers and readers alike.

Wow I found a GARY BARBERA’s South Beach Edition PT Cruiser

oh yay the investigative work about Tesla Doors that continues to consume me was recognized “That’s the full arc of accountability journalism, and this team ran it all the way out.” www.headlinerawards.org/2026/04/27/2...

A 2024 guidance letter from NHTSA explains why Chinese-made Lincolns can get VINs starting with 5 instead of L. Also, isn’t China about ready to run out of WMIs? www.consumerreports.org/cars/cars-dr...

I’d love to see the inside of this consumer magazine from Poland printed in the momentous year of 1989: Potatoes! Ketchup! And, an unfavorable review of the Polski Fiat 126p:

I asked every toll agency in the U.S., and none of them will ask you for money through a text, BUT some of them use collection agencies that do send payment requests via texts, which adds to the confusion! www.consumerreports.org/money/scams-...

I used to be good at Computer. Now Computer thinks it is good at me. But it actually isn’t??????

Always a treat to spot one of these. Still one of the most handsome, well-composed designs, even if it isn’t that fun to drive.

Finally, Jake Malooley gets to the bottom of one of the great music mysteries of the late 1970s: Who hurt Bill LaBounty so badly that he wrote one of the greatest divorce albums of all time? expandingdan.substack.com/p/bill-labou...

Reported an account whose sole reason for existing appeared to be promoting bigotry and antisemitism. The username alone should be enough to shut it down. This was Meta’s response. What are we even doing?

Hey! Listen to us argue about the Prelude: www.consumerreports.org/cars/cars-dr... (Also, what if I had...a fifth car? A fifth car would fix me, I'm sure.)

Oh come ON can’t we have anything nice??? www.archpaper.com/2026/04/unio...

You know you want to buy my Renault Medallion. There’s only about 20 left on the road, so you’ll be able to brag that you picked up an ultra-rare European car that was previously owned by an automotive journalist. (Leave out the specifics.)

I've never seen this automaker-focused text in a public recall report before www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-rec...

appliance brands are real

Shouting, “Voluntarily ceding your rights leads directly to their erosion!” out my car window at the pedestrian who refuses to cross and instead waves at me to drive through the crosswalk after I’ve stopped.