According To You: Crazy Auto Parts Recycling Stories — Creativity is all around us. We see it when Mother Nature ensures that a plant grows in the cracks of broken concrete, and when a child draws something that came from their fertile mind. It should come as no surprise that…
Cycling Weekly | Cycling News, Bike Reviews and Buying Advice — Daily cycling news and cycle equipment reviews from Cycling Weekly, the UK
Never Stop Driving #192: When Will We Have Our Own Goodwood Hill Climb? — This past weekend, some 200,000 folks attended the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed (FOS) in the U.K. There they watched—and heard—hundreds of cars race up the hill-climb course that cuts, for just over…
Hantavirus May Be Hiding in Your Classic—Here’s How to Handle It — There is no shortage of risks when driving or maintaining vintage cars, and we all either accept those risks or take action to mitigate them. For example, small changes in driving habits can reduce the risk of get
The Mk2 GTI Proved Immortality Isn’t Just For The Beetle — Immortality can be a tough nut to crack. The original VW Beetle lasted from 1938 to 2003 with significant changes applied to a singular concept, a feat unmatched by any other automobile. But the 1970s ensured the…
Two Chinese Supertankers U-Turn in Hormuz as Risks Remain High — Two Chinese-linked supertankers have U-turned in the Strait of Hormuz as risks to shipping remain elevated, with prospects for a normalization of traffic dimming after President Donald Trump took a hard line on…
卷学历可以，但别只卷那张纸 | Mingfu Zhu | TEDxShenShuiWan Youth — Is a degree losing its value, or have we simply expected too much from it? University lecturer Mingfu examines the growing anxiety around “degree inflation” and argues that the problem is not the degree itself, but treating…
Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit | TechCrunch — Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on the ground.
11 American Collector Cars Worth Over $250K — Later this summer, when the big auction houses all descend on Monterey, we’ll be talking about lots of gorgeous and expensive European cars. Fair enough. There are plenty of carrozzerie, grand tourers, and winning racers worth…
Bovensiepen 05 GT Is an M5 Touring-Based Follow-up to the Alpina B5 — Alpina began writing the next chapter in its story when it joined the BMW Group in January 2026. The Bovensiepen family that started the company is no longer involved in running it, but it’s staying in…
Can international diplomacy find a way forward in Libya? — Efforts intensify to break political impasse in a divided country.
2027 Jeep Wrangler Laredo Pairs Retro Looks with Modern Off-Road Capability — Jeep has reached into its deep toy box of heritage trims for the ninth of its Twelve 4 Twelve releases to bring back the Laredo trim for 2027. The 2027 Jeep Wrangler Laredo will offer unique badging…
GitHub - ThinkOffApp/CarWatch: Your car as a chat-room agent: Raspberry Pi 5 + dashcam + local AI. CodeWatch's sibling for the garage. — Your car as a chat-room agent: Raspberry Pi 5 + dashcam + local AI. CodeWatch's sibling for the garage. - ThinkOffApp/CarWatch
I fried two solar portable power stations, don't make the same mistake — Second time's the charm.
Prince Harry begins his UK visit with court verdict — The Duke of Sussex begins a week of charity engagements and will hear the outcome of his newspaper court battle.
Saabs Connect Me to the Important People in My Life — My love of Saabs started with a Polaroid. My dad was an Army Lieutenant stationed in Germany, and when he showed me a photo of his 1986 900 Turbo (louvers and an aftermarket bass included), something stuck. I lived in San…
Homegrown: 1947 Ford Convertible Coupe — With four fingers crossed, I asked Hagerty member Jim Jenkins for a test drive in his Homegrown ’47 Ford hot rod. The 84-year-old’s response was unequivocal: “No way, José! I’ve got a lot invested here, and if anyone’s going to wreck it,…
Trump Allows Tariff Relief for Some Ground Beef Imports — President Donald Trump is aiming to deliver cost relief for some ground beef imports to lower prices for American consumers, by allowing up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef to be imported with no out of…
Aston Martin Valen Powers Into Pebble Beach — Aston Martin’s Q Branch has let loose the world’s most powerful front-engined car: the Valen. The Valen makes its case for views and clicks at Car Week by boasting an 838-hp iteration of Aston’s own 5.3-liter…
Defender Dakar Packs Rally Tech in a Street-Legal Package — The Defender, which morphed into a standalone brand under the Land Rover umbrella, won its class in the 2026 Dakar Rally with an off-roader dubbed D7X-R. The brand is now injecting some of its desert-proven technology…
Why the 80 Series Land Cruiser Is the Most Notable 4×4 of the ’90s — When I sold my third 80 Series Land Cruiser in the summer of 2024, my buddy, Willy, an FZJ80 Lexus LX450 owner, said to me, “You’ll get another one.” “The hell I will!” I grumbled. “No way. Nope. Never…
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,…
Lanchester: The Other British Luxury Car Drafted into WWI — As any student of history knows, part of the fun of flipping back through the record of how things actually happened is ruminating on how things might have happened differently. In another universe, Lee Harvey…
Have title challengers done enough in transfer window to challenge Arsenal? — As the transfer window closes for the summer, chief football writer Phil McNulty asks if Arsenal's rivals have done enough to challenge the champions?
Off the Rack: Affordable Classics Designed by Three Italian Icons — Everyone loves a bargain, especially when it comes with a designer label. The entire fashion industry is predicated on the concept of top designers who create haute couture collections in limited quantities at…
someone mapped every street in your city by how often people actually drive it — the data looks like a heat map of where everyone's actually going 🗺️
Island could protect 30% of waters in marine plan — The proposal would give added protection to about 50 sq miles (128.8 sq km) of sea around Sark.
A restaurant chef documents what happens when you ferment koji in a hotel mini-fridge for three weeks. The smell alone might end the lease.
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…
started fermenting hot sauce last month — forgot it in the back of my fridge and it's somehow better than anything i've deliberately made 🫙 counterpoint: maybe the point is to ignore it
Hister | Your Own Search Engine — Hister is a private, self hosted search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep. Search from the web, terminal, command line, or MCP.
First group of US deportees, out of an expected 1,200, arrive in Liberia — Liberia is part of a growing list of partners under US President Donald Trump to accept third-country deportations.
The Rise and Fall of The Crunch: Demo Derby Glory Days on Martha’s Vineyard — Car culture is a many-splendored thing, and sometimes the harder you squint at the past, the more of it you discover lurking in unexpected pockets of the country. Case in point? The East Coast isl
Sony expands its ULT tower line with 3 new party speakers — Three new party speakers have hit the scene.
Cyclocross Magazine - Cyclocross and Gravel Bikes, Reviews, Races — Cyclocross Magazine is a print and digital magazine and website for the cyclocross and gravel communitiies.
Your Project Car Anti-Guide — The path for tackling a project car successfully is varied and meandering, even in the best scenario. Navigating it either forces you to go with the flow, or else you live a frustrated life until you either sell the car or reluctantly get it to a poi
A 100-Year-Old Trick: Passing Inspection with Incomplete OBDII Monitors — After my mammoth piece last week proclaiming that the ‘69 Lotus Elan +2 is now a fully functional, air-conditioned car, it spat in my face, laughed “Who are you calling fully functional, you daft wanker?”…
2nd Grade Announce New Album Girls and Boys — Listen to single “Anywhere Girls” now
Moon phase today explained: What the Moon will look like on August 16, 2026 — Can you see anything tonight?
How do you design a $30,000 electric pickup? Inside Ford's skunkworks. — We tour Ford’s top-secret Electric Vehicle Development Center in California.
Started fermenting hot sauce in a jar on my kitchen counter three weeks ago. The bubbles stopped yesterday. Now I'm genuinely nervous to open it.
Today's Hurdle hints and answers for August 30, 2026 — Everything you need to win.
How to Solve a Midlife Crisis with the Car You Already Have — The more time I spend in my almost 50-year-old body, the more I understand why a midlife crisis is inevitable. Daily stressors have a cumulative effect, and it can get overwhelming in ways I’ve never…
Gordon Murray Special Vehicles Previews Its Next Supercar — After his Le Mans GTR reached a major milestone in France last month, renowned road- and race-car designer Gordon Murray is headed to Monterey Car Week in California to unveil a new car. The model was designed by his…
I changed one Pixel Watch setting, and notifications finally make sense — Stop waiting to see notifications.
US 20-Year Bond Sale to Test Demand as Yield Curve Steepens — The sale of 20-year government bonds this week will test investor appetite for long-term debt following a few record-breaking auctions.
Admit It, You’re BMW Clown Shoe-Curious — Whenever a Skunkworks project escapes an automaker’s back room and actually reaches the buying public, it’s worth marking that moment in history. Inherently, these are fringe products—adaptations of larger ideas that…
Your motherboard has 3 USB upgrades hiding in plain sight — The USB ports you already paid for are hiding inside your PC
Gallery: The Woodward Avenue Antics of Roadkill Nights 2026 — Last Saturday was a beautiful day for street racing on Detroit’s famous Woodward Avenue. That sentence would be highly suspect any other weekend of the year, but on August 8, the town of Pontiac, Michigan—with…
A Dozen Can’t-Miss Honda Racers Are Headed to Monterey — It’s appropriate: The theme for this year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is officially a “Salute to Japanese Motorsports: A Tradition of Precision & Heritage.” So it makes perfect sense that Honda tapped its own…
my dad's been driving the same '98 honda civic for 26 years. asked him why he never upgrades and he said 'because i know where all the weird noises come from' 🚗
Honda Celebrates 50 Years of the Accord — The original Honda Accord didn’t sell on performance, head-turning style, or luxury. Positioned above the Civic, it landed with a promise to deliver the value, dependability, and practicality that Honda was known for in a humble, co
Dragstalgia: A Bit of America in Middle England — The home of drag racing is, and always has been, the United States. But there’s a big following in Europe, particularly in England, where the sport has thrived since 1966, when the first meeting was held at Santa Pod, near…
Russia's second-biggest online retailer targeted in Ukrainian strikes — Ozon says its warehouses across southern Russia, including in Dagestan and Krasnodar, were hit in the overnight strikes.
“Toad” Packs Four Cylinders of Ford Banger Fury — We spotted this 1929 Ford Model A at Bonneville Speed Week 2025, just a few months after it was completed. Blaine West and his father made the trip to the salt flats from their home in Carlton, Oregon, to catch some…
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
Man City agree £65m deal for Everton's Ndiaye — Manchester City agree a deal worth a minimum £60m to sign Iliman Ndiaye from Everton.
The Whimsical British Country-House Fantasy Is Taking Over Upstate New York — Across the Hudson Valley and Catskills, hoteliers and designers are embracing chintz, antiques, and charming imperfections.
The life of Rocky Horror star Tim Curry — English actor Tim Curry, best known for playing the outlandish Frank-N-Furter in film musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at the age of 80.
Report: Honda Accord Will Get a Futuristic Update for Its 50th Birthday — Now in its 11th generation, the Honda Accord is turning 50 years old in 2026. The 12th-generation model isn’t due out until later in the 2020s, but a new report claims that the sedan will receive futu