#qotd

Watching NASCAR's race at Atlanta last night, I started thinking about how the manual transmissions on the next-gen cars are sequential and that the drivers don't need to use the clutch pedal to shift. This led me down a mental rabbit hole to my youth and the first manual-transmission vehicles I remember driving -- farm tractors.

Bear with me -- I am going somewhere with this, I promise.

I posted yesterday that in my opinion, NASCAR should continue to mix up the types of tracks it races on.

Now it's your turn.

Yesterday we posted yet again about whether or not the long-rumored Apple car might or might not happen.

It's the day after the Fourth of July and we're all dragging a bit. So, what do you do to counteract the post-fireworks malaise?

I will be leaving in a few minutes to head to downtown Chicago to work on our coverage of NASCAR's Grant Park 220 race. So, with that in mind, I have a question for you.

Scanning the news today, I came across a story about Infiniti's plans to unveil four new models, and while this could've been a standard news post, I decided it also worked as a QOTD.

We reported yesterday on how Oregon is finally allowing drivers to use self-serve gas pumps.

Autoblog reports via Autocar that no one should expect the Volkswagen Beetle (or Scirocco) to ever return.

With Washington State dethroning California as the state with the highest gas prices, I am wondering -- what are you seeing near you?

Cars.com's American-Made Index list for this year is out and it's getting buzz this week. We covered part of it the other day.

Yours truly also said through a Zoom briefing on the list.

We reported on auto-loan delinquencies yesterday since they're at a record high, though subprime loans are the biggest cause for concern.

After last week's story on how Consumer Reports slapped the "avoid" label on the popular Ford F-150, I was going to ask you how much CR shapes your purchase decisions. The magazine is popular, and I know a lot of people, both car enthusiasts and not, who trust it.

Yet sometimes CR says not to buy a car and it sells well. Or vice versa.

After some reflection, I figured opening this QOTD to the larger automotive press would generate a more robust discussion.

I was channel-surfing the other night and came across the final Back to the Future movie. Now, like any child of the '80s, I like DeLoreans -- though I prefer the original to the time-machine converted since they look cleaner -- but I really, really love the Toyota pickup Marty dreams about. The same one he gets after he returns from the Old Wet.

The Volkswagen Arteon is dead. Long live the Arteon.

We've all heard about a section of I-95 collapsing due to a fire in Philadelphia this weekend.

Now I am thinking about infrastructure.