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Mark Rose Articles:
History
Culture
The Loremo Is a Cool Lost Artifact From the Search for Ultimate Fuel Efficiency | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo The car took lightness and size to an extreme, and Road and Track described it as looking like an “overgrown go-kart.”
Buying Advice
Tesla Model 3: A Cross Between a BMW and an iPad in the Best and Worst Ways | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo The Model 3 could be truly unbeatable, if it wasn’t so annoyingly quirky.
Wrenching
How to Buy a Used Engine Without Getting Ripped Off | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo Sometimes it makes more sense to replace a whole engine than individual parts, but all-new is expensive.
Adventures
Culture
This 1990 Acura Legend Got Abandoned at My House and Became a Community Car | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo I don’t know how long this Legend will live at my house, but I’m glad it’s here.
Wrenching
You Can Definitely Jump Start a Car With Another Car | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo This viral Facebook status says jumping modern cars is impossible. Yeah, that’s a lie.
Wrenching
A Honda Civic’s Broken Heater Core Ended My Five-Year Flipping Profit Streak | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo You’d think a car like this would be easier to make money on than, say, a Fiat 500. But that was not my experience.
Wrenching
Buying a California-Spec VW Jetta in Ohio Was a Huge Mistake | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo If you can convince a car enthusiast that Miata is not always the answer, they’ll probably recommend a GTI. I suppose…
News
Culture
Opinions
Toyota’s Big EV Show Reminds Me of Chrysler in 2008 | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo It’s exciting to see a huge crop of new concepts, but I’ve got some skepticism.
Culture
This Cute Abandoned VW Beetle Cop Car Is Getting the Restoration It Deserves | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo This Beetle was not used for high-speed chases, but it did do a lot of police PR work over the years.