Featured Threads

European New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) Requires Buttons For Top Safety Ratings

Good News: Cars Will Need Buttons to Get Perfect Safety Ratings in Europe

Apparently Euro NCAP will require physical inputs for key functions for all new cars for their safety ratings. Key functions do not include HVAC system or basic media functions, but mostly for safety critical functions. Car manufacturers "will need to use buttons, dials, or stalks for hazard warning lights, indicators, windscreen wipers, SOS calls, and the horn." Euro NCAP is also not compulsory but I'm sure automakers like VW would love touting their score above the Tesla interior. The author also indicates it probably isn't a stretch that this will make it to the NA market before long.

drash Mar 5, 2024 Read More Replies: 20

The ‘greenest’ car in America might surprise you

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/the-greenest-car-in-america-isn-t-an-ev/ar-BB1j2nwl

If you try to imagine a “green” car, an electric vehicle is probably the first thing that comes to mind. A silent motor with tons of torque; no fumes, gasoline smells, or air pollution belching from an exhaust pipe. Last year, U.S. consumers had over 50 EV models to choose from, up from about 30 the year before.

But a new report from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy suggests that the “greenest” car in America may not be fully electric. The nonprofit group, which has rated the pollution from vehicles for decades, says the winning car this year is the Toyota Prius Prime SE, a...

Yvrdriver Feb 28, 2024 Read More Replies: 81

Free Oil Change !!

We were dhile driving home the other day - stayed out watching a local big band playing 40s era music & dusting off the mediocre East Coast Swing Dance skills .... heading home early to feed the dogs - hypervigilant looking to the left & right ... the local 5 minute oil change place had drafted a new phrase for their Marquee. ANY time i happen to catch the word, FREE - it catches my eye. "There must be a catch" ....

Had to whip a quick U-ie for posterity.