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Three Favorite Egg Recipes | Cup of Jo — Last month, we kicked off a new food series: one ingredient, three…

I switched to Pop!_OS for the most superficial reason. No, I don't regret it at all — I thought the novelty would wear off. Then I realized I was actually enjoying using it!

How I Ended up with Gus Grissom’s ’65 Corvette — In the spring of 1999, a friend of my father’s mentioned a neighbor who needed to sell a 1965 Glen Green Corvette coupe. My dad and I went to look at it that Saturday. The car was completely disassembled, with parts…

The Collector-Car Market’s Widening Split, in Two Charts — One of the business world’s biggest buzzwords of the past year or so is the “K-shaped” economy. It refers to strong growth in one part of the economy, and slow or stagnant growth in another. For…

This Book's First Sentence Blew Me Away | Cup of Jo — What’s your favorite first line in a book? First, here are a…

CNET Cars: Navigate Your World in This New Age of Transportation — Our experts put you in the driver's seat with automotive advice and news.

CNET Cars: Navigate Your World in This New Age of Transportation — Our experts put you in the driver's seat with automotive advice and news.

What Conversation-Starting Questions Do You Ask on Dates? | Cup of Jo — My dating posts are usually published on our newsletter Big Salad, so…

One chair, one window.

One chair, one window.

After All These Years, the Chrysler Minivan Still Makes Sense. Is That Enough? — Both the best and worst thing about being a mother these days, just about any mom will tell you, is they’re no longer expected to be “just” mothers. On the plus side, that means having…

Watch as This NHRA Supercharger Gets Rebuilt Between Rounds — Just about anyone who has taken on DIY projects has some familiarity with working on a deadline. Whether it’s your spouse needing to be able to drive to work on Monday or salvaging the tiny amount of joy left…

Hot Wheels and 7-Eleven Team up for 1:64-Scale Nissan GT-R — If you’re the kind of Hot Wheels collector who can spot a Treasure Hunt at Walmart from an aisle away behind half a dozen peg warmers, we’ve got good news. Your favorite brand of 1:64-scale custom cars has once again…

Mad for Marcos — I was an avid woodworker and Volvo PV gearhead in my teens, and I saw my first wooden-monocoque-chassis Marcos GT in 1969 while trying to find top speed on a country road in my mom’s slant-six Dodge Dart. I was captivated. That led me to Auto Buying Service

watched someone pare down their apartment to 100 items and the most surprising part? what they kept vs what had to go

watched someone pare down their apartment to 100 items and the most surprising part? what they kept vs what had to go

How Much Have You Saved by Going DIY? — You might be cringing if you are a regular reader of Hagerty’s According To You series. That’s understandable, because we have been discussing both makeshift and DIY repairs for weeks now. But before we switch gears,…

How Has Your Partner Surprised You Lately? | Cup of Jo — After nine years of being together, I thought I knew all of my husband Max's go-to moves for impressing me...

That Time When Even Our Tires Celebrated Our Country’s Milestone Birthday — As may be appropriate for the 250th birthday of our country, allow me to present the tale of my profoundly patriotic car. You can salute me later. It was 425 miles from my home to the University…

Is There an Ultimate Subaru WRX? The RA-R Would Like a Word — Nostalgia is a heavy lens through which to judge a motor car. The classic Japanese car market has long been captivated by the cinematic mystique and PlayStation provenance of the Subaru Impreza 22B. It is a stunning…

Hagerty Indexes Trend Upwards Despite a Picky Market — The Hagerty Price Guide Indexes—first published in 2009—are a series of stock market-style indexes that average the condition #2 (“excellent”) values of representative vehicles, or “component” cars, from a particular…

Twin-Turbo 1990 Nissan 300ZX Makes the Case for an Overlooked Japanese Delight — Japanese performance engineering was absolutely humming in the late ’80s and the early ’90s. Cars like the Mazda Miata, the Toyota Supra, the Acura NSX, and many more were making waves…

Gallery: Every Car from Dawn Patrol at the 2026 Pebble Beach Concours — We kicked off the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance with the annual Dawn Patrol ritual of coffee, donuts, and anticipation of the first show cars rumbling onto the show field. The rush for the coveted Dawn…

What Did You Do This Weekend? | Cup of Jo — How was your weekend? A few months ago, a CoJ reader named…

AI fraud costing victims millions of dollars — Deepfake scams are becoming harder to spot as criminals use AI to impersonate officials and public figures.

Scout Teases New Traveler Mountainside and Trail -Ready Concepts — Volkswagen resurrected the Scout nameplate and turned it into a standalone brand in 2024. The company’s first models aren’t due out until 2028, though, so it’s whetting our appetite with two…

What’s the Best First Classic? A 1963 Plymouth Valiant Makes Its Case — We’ve been talking a lot about expensive cars over the last few weeks, and about how these expensive cars are getting even more expensive. But one of the best things about this hobby is that you…

found out my car's 'check engine' light has been on for three years because a gas cap wasn't tight.. the mechanic seemed disappointed in me.

found out my car's 'check engine' light has been on for three years because a gas cap wasn't tight.. the mechanic seemed disappointed in me.

Someone catalogued every object in their apartment for a year... then kept only what they'd actually used. The spreadsheet is somehow calming to scroll through.

Someone catalogued every object in their apartment for a year... then kept only what they'd actually used. The spreadsheet is somehow calming to scroll through.

1968–70 Plymouth Road Runners Aren’t Walking Away with Younger Buyers Just Yet — In the horsepower heyday of the late ’60s, there was a muscle car for every buyer. The archetypal Pontiac GTO could be had in several iterations from sinister to ostentatious. Chevrolet’s…

People pay $2000 for 'minimalist' furniture that's literally just plywood with a trust-fund price tag! 😤 This designer just admits she glues particle board to drywall and calls it a lifestyle! 🙃💀

People pay $2000 for 'minimalist' furniture that's literally just plywood with a trust-fund price tag! 😤 This designer just admits she glues particle board to drywall and calls it a lifestyle! 🙃💀

this designer reverse-engineered why fast fashion fits like garbage and made a whole brand around it 🧵

this designer reverse-engineered why fast fashion fits like garbage and made a whole brand around it 🧵

The Upside of Being an Only Child | Cup of Jo — "I never felt like I had a 'normal' family."

BMW Is Showing Commercials On Their Car's Dash Screens And They Want You To Think It's A Treat - The Autopian — You know what would be terrible? Terrible in a sort of dystopian, capitalism-run-amok sort of way? Imagine buying a brand-new, fancy, premium-grade car. From an…

Ram’s First Roush-Tuned Truck Is on the Way — Ram has been on a performance kick since it brought back the Hemi V-8, and the company is teaming up with tuner Roush to make additional updates to its best-selling truck. Roush, which is best-known for its Ford-based builds,…

1968 Volvo 123GT: Safety, Fast — When Volvo introduced the 120 Amazon in 1959, it ushered in a new era. Not just for the Swedish carmaker, but for the whole automotive industry. Front-seat passengers in the Amazon (and its PV544 sibling) were the first to buckle up with…

BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising — On July 27, 2026, BMW began delivering a full-screen Spider-Man: Brand New Day movie advertisement to the dashboard Control Display (the car's main center screen...

The Moto Morini Tresette Sprint Was Built to Conquer Italy — Charging along country lanes in England’s Midlands on a Tresette Sprint, with the sun beating down on my back and a soft single-cylinder exhaust note thudding in my ears, it’s easy to imagine I’m in Italy in the…

Ode to a Volkswagen Maestro — Ken Jansen is one of those guys in the trades without whom the world would simply come to a stop. And in fact, as they retire and die off, the world kind of is coming to a stop. Have you ever found yourself wailing into the void, “Why does nothing…

A Graphic Designer's 330-Square-Foot Studio in Brooklyn | Cup of Jo — Including a great DIY tip and how to host an "apartment cafe".

Khalid & Sigur Rós' Jónsi Team Up On Chrome Sparks "Sleeper": Listen — Here’s a new one from the department of random combinations. Jeremy Malvin, the multi-instrumentalist known as Chrome Sparks, announced his new album Ball Of Light today. “Sleeper,” the opening track and…

Rebuilding the computer room — We traded the physical boundaries of dedicated rooms for the convenience of our always-on digital lives -- but recently I've been building those walls back up.

The Hopped-Up Sixes That Built BMW’s M Brand — There is a particular clarity to a great naturally aspirated straight-six at full stretch. Not just noise, not just speed, but a sense of mechanical alignment, as though every moving part has agreed on a single purpose. Few…

git rebase -i is not that scary — akrm al-hakimi — a guide to interactive rebasing.

New Citroën 2CV Previewed as a Cheap, City-Friendly EV — Citroën is about to rekindle a decades-old rivalry. The electric Renault 4 E-Tech, released in 2025, will soon be joined by an electric Citroën 2CV scheduled to make its debut at the 2026 Paris auto show. The model will fea

6 Rare Sports Cars Crossing the Block at the Bingo City Circuit Tokyo Bay Auction — Japanese auction house Bingo is offering dozens of cars, motorcycles, and memorabilia during a sale taking place in Tokyo on June 21. Performance is the overarching theme at the Bingo City…

The Audi 80 Did Everything Asked of It — Audi today trades on a very particular image. Crisp LEDs tracing elaborate signatures through the night, interiors that look like minimalist architecture projects, and performance figures that tend to arrive attached to the word quattro.…

Final Parking Space: 1982 Chevrolet S-10 — Right now, the smallest new Chevrolet pickups available for sale in the United States are behemoths that scale in at nearly 5000 pounds and have wheelbases that stretch beyond 126 inches (Silverado—up to 157 inches) and 131 inches (Color

Vehicle Information From Concept to Production - Conceptcarz — Vehicle information from concept to production. Past, present, and future automotive makes and models from around the world.  In-depth coverage and re...

Vehicle Information From Concept to Production - Conceptcarz — Vehicle information from concept to production. Past, present, and future automotive makes and models from around the world. In-depth coverage and re...

Taxi! The History of NYC’s Iconic Yellow Cabs — The reviews are in for Jennifer Lopez’s most recent rom-com outing, Office Romance, and sad to say, but it appears not to have quite risen to the occasion. The usual set pieces are in place, but something is missing.…

11 Readers Share How They 'Just Add Water' | Cup of Jo — "Its remained one of my most consistent parenting mottos."

Our Two Cents: One Gear Too Many? — Transmissions can make or break a car. Not just when they fail, but when they fail to inspire on a test drive. Or even before the test drive, if they lack the right specifications for potential owners. Manuals are the best example, as there…

How a Lexus SC400 Ended Up on America’s Rally Stages — On the second day of the Ridge Rally in Tehachapi, California, a few thousand feet above Jawbone Canyon, I stood behind an outcrop of boulders in a dirt turnout. This was where I’d hoped to capture a few photos…

Have a Lovely Weekend. | Cup of Jo — What are you up to this weekend? We’re going swimming at Freddie’s…

Have a Fun Weekend. | Cup of Jo — What are you up to this weekend? We’re heading home from our…

1984 Cadillac Seville: How to Make Klockau Swoon — One of my schticks: When someone on Facebook or elsewhere posts a gorgeous Brougham-era car that I absolutely love, I comment *thud*. For those not in on the joke, it means I found the car so amazing and cool and beautiful that I

dude spent a year owning only 27 items and the wildest part wasn't what he got rid of, it was what he bought back? 🤔

dude spent a year owning only 27 items and the wildest part wasn't what he got rid of, it was what he bought back? 🤔

Hartree's Morse: 3 Things Define Hormuz Strait's Future — Ed Morse, Senior Advisor and Commodities Analyst, discusses the recent fall in Brent crude oil prices. The decline is attributed to market attention on the potential impact of Iran sanctions, which are influencing supply…

Aston Martin Brings Back Five Classic Colors for Heritage Edition One-Offs — Aston Martin took a trip to the heritage well and came back with five eye-catching paint colors from the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s. Its Q by Aston Martin division has applied each paint…

West Virginia retires record-setting QB Pat White's No. 5 jersey — Pat White's record-setting career at West Virginia two decades ago came full circle Saturday when the school retired his No. 5 jersey.

Our Two Cents: The Cars We’d Carve on Mt. Rushmore — It was a fun thought exercise: If there were a car version of Mt. Rushmore, what cars would we put on there? The idea came from the inimitable mind of Stefan Lombard, who’s always got something witty or…

Blue Chip vs. New Chip: What Are the Modern Equivalents of These Classic Favorites? — In the investment world, the term “blue chip” applies to companies with good reputations and solid financials, as well as a track record of stability and long-term growth. Dependable

Poland Sees Growth Slowing to 2% in 2030 on Fiscal Tightening — Poland expects its economic growth to slow to 2% by the end of the decade as the government will have to step up efforts to tackle the fiscal deficit.

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