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Our Long National Nightmare Is Over! Ram Is Officially Bringing Back The Hemi V8

2 days ago | theautopian.com | Sam Abuelsamid

For those of us of a certain age, one of the all-time dumbest plots on a TV show came way back in the ’80s on the prime time soap opera Dallas. After years of trying to reclaim that “Who Shot JR?” magic, the show was getting stale, and the actor who played Bobby Ewing, Patrick Duffy, decided he wanted to do something else. Soap operas have an easy solution for this, so the writers had him murdered in a convoluted way. It turns out that without Duffy, the show was a lot less popular.
How About Some Other "General" Cars To Replace The General Lee?

3 days ago | theautopian.com | Jason Torchinsky

I suspect that most of us are familiar with that seminal piece of American literature and theater, The Dukes of Hazard.
The CB Radio Revolutionized Communication Between Vehicles, Now It's Mostly A Forgotten Relic

3 days ago | theautopian.com | Mercedes Streeter

Don’t you ever wish that you could talk to the drivers in the vehicles in the immediate area? Maybe you want to warn them about a speed trap, tell them about a danger on the road, or just have a voice to talk to during a lonely solo road trip. The technology to do this has existed for the better part of a century, but nowadays it is largely relegated to a niche. The Citizens Band radio revolutionized communications.
My VW Tiguan Has Developed The Weirdest Problem That Sounds Like Coconuts Being Dropped On Its Roof

3 days ago | theautopian.com | Jason Torchinsky

I think it’s no secret that the relationship I have with my 2010 VW Tiguan, which is my wife’s primary car, has been, um, checkered, at best. I actively like the car, at least when it’s running, because it’s got a pleasant interior and drives well and is a good, not-too-big size, all that. Also, the dash has so many warning lights on it feels like Las Vegas, which always keeps things exciting.
How Losing Your Key Fob Can Cause A Total Disaster That Takes Days And $1,000 To Fix

4 days ago | theautopian.com | Mercedes Streeter

The car owners of today are living in the future. Today’s cars can unlock themselves when you walk up to them, don’t have keyed ignitions, can be summoned to your position, and can even be controlled by the smartphone everyone has in their pockets. Modern cars are crazy intelligent and scary complex, and unfortunately, that can also hurt you. See that glorious key fob that your car uses?
One Of The Coolest Vintage Campers You Can Buy This Summer Is This 76-Year-Old Bread Van

4 days ago | theautopian.com | Mercedes Streeter

The absolute coolest form of recreational vehicle is not what gets cranked out of Indiana, but what crafty individuals come up with. Just about anything with wheels can be turned into a camper, and old commercial vehicles have been a favored pick for builders for decades. This 1949 Olson Kurbmaster started life as a dependable aluminum-bodied delivery van. Then, in the 1970s, it was converted into a gloriously groovy camper van.
In Case You Were Curious, These Are The CHMSLs That Most Remind One Of Smurf Knockoffs

4 days ago | theautopian.com | Jason Torchinsky

The other day I was at Ruddy Glow, a new taillight bar that just opened up around here to deal with the massive growth of taillight enthusiasts, which was causing bars like Flashing Amber’s and The Crimson Lamp to be unreasonably packed, night after night, leading to lots of chaos and brawls, because you know how taillight freaks are. This new bar seems to have become a favorite of the CHMSL/third brake light sub-sub-culture, and that’s who made up most of the crowd.
What It's Been Like Fixing Houses As A Car Mechanic

4 days ago | theautopian.com | David Tracy

In what feels like a flash, I met my wife, got married, had a child, and now instead of being a single dude wrenching on badass Jeeps, I’m a domesticated suburbanite whose projects are all house projects. As someone with zero experience fixing houses and 15 years of experience fixing mostly rusty cars, I wasn’t sure how my skills would translate.
How One Company Tried To Make Trucking Cheaper And More Efficient By Eliminating The Truck

5 days ago | theautopian.com | Mercedes Streeter

The straight truck is a critical component of logistics. These trucks are champions at hauling short-haul freight, moving families across the town or the country, and doing any kind of work that you don’t need a big tractor-trailer for. But these trucks also tend to be smaller than their heavy hauler counterparts. In 1950, the Fageol Twin Coach company tried to create the best of both worlds with the CargoLiner.
Porsche Still Offers The Single Greatest And Possibly Most Excessive Feature In All Of Automobiles

5 days ago | theautopian.com | Matt Hardigree

I briefly had a new Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 in white for the weekend and I was reminded that Porsche still has the one feature that I rarely see on any car. A feature so great and so useful that it should honestly be the norm on every vehicle offered for sale. Why is that? I’m not sure, maybe Porsche has a patent on it, but it seems unlikely. Part of being an automotive journalist is that you get cars to borrow and, admittedly, some of the features can kind of blur together.