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“As a trusted gasket material supplier, our recommendation is that you never reuse a gasket,” MTI Gasket says on its website. Sounds pretty cut and dry, right? And it makes sense. Nothing made of rubber is permanent, and it is bound to wear out at some point. In fact, bad gaskets are one of the…

Convenience is the cornerstone of modern consumer capitalism. A customer, using their cell phone, can conceivably get anything delivered to their doorstep. However, this convenience model depends on low-paid delivery drivers, especially in food delivery — drivers that rely heavily on tips. And it turns out that tipping plays a significant role in how fast…

Industry-altering mergers have been a running trend of the second Trump administration, highlighted by Paramount Skydance’s proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The airlines are seemingly dipping their toes into the gold coin-filled pool. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby pitched a merger with American Airlines to President Donald Trump in February. The merged…

I’m a big fan of the BMW iX. I said as much in my review of the facelifted electric crossover last year. However, for every enlightened individual like me, there were plenty of folks in the dark, complaining that it was too ugly and too expensive. Well, those naysayers are about to have a really…

Which 1980s European hot hatchback was designed by Giugiaro, kicked off a tuning revolution, made use of incredible German engineering, and developed a cult following that still shines over forty years later? You might be surprised to learn that I’m not talking about the Volkswagen GTI. No, this is the car that was supposed to…

Porsche really did it. It finally gave the GT3 something it should have had all along: a convertible top. While it may sound like sacrilege to annoy Porsche purists who chase ever-increasing percentages of structural rigidity, a convertible GT3 makes all the sense in the world to people like you and me — people who…

Odometer rollbacks are something nobody ever wants to deal with on a car they just bought. Unfortunately for one used Ford Bronco buyer in Michigan, that’s exactly the issue he’s facing. Now, he’s suing, accusing a local Ford dealership of certifying an incorrect odometer reading that has less than half the miles it should have on…

On average, a new Aston Martin costs so much more than a new BMW, few people would ever consider cross-shopping one against the other. At least as far as new cars are concerned. Once a car lands on the used market, the magic of depreciation takes over, and it’s entirely possible you may find an…

Most people have been focusing on high gas prices, up more than a dollar per gallon since Trump’s Iran boondoggle started. Since most of us don’t run diesel, most of us haven’t noticed that it’s costing nearly $2 a gallon more than before we started this mess, with a current national average price of $5.68,…

As someone who lives in the United States, it is impossible to escape pickup trucks. Millions of the things are sold in our beautiful, nightmarish country every single year, from crossover-based pickups like the Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz to hulking heavy-duty trucks like the Ford Super Duty and Ram 3500, and some other niches in between. It…