Damon Bell Likes Cars

The rainy #MAMA25SR was my first chance to drive the new 2026 @Honda Passport Trailsport. Very nice, on-road and off-road. @mamaonline

Hey! @DamonRBell is back in the #CarStuffPodcast studio this week! @jillciminillo #Podcast @NAIASDetroit

Got my first taste of the @LucidMotors Air--a Touring model--at #MAMA23rally. Wowed.

Woo-hoo! It's that time of year again. #MAMA23rally

Please send all letters of congratulations and cash honorariums care of @Car_Guy_Tom. Here it is, my #CarSpotter find of the year: #Wow #Fiesta #Survivor #AwardWinning #Ford

Family excursion to the @ChiAutoShow this morning to compare compact SUVs. These two got a little sidetracked... #LamborghiniCountach #notinthecards #cas2023

@Car_Guy_Tom If I knew of these back then, I had totally forgotten about them. Probably would have turned my nose up at them when they were new (wheel covers?!) but now I think they're cool!

Actually, be good to know if @DamonRBell remembers these. Sir?

I am reasonably sure I never saw these wheels on the road. Pretty sure I never saw this color combo/two-tone treatment, either. #ClassicCars #Mysterywheels #Pontiac

@SamFiorani @Car_Guy_Tom I was too, until it was pointed out to me that "throttle" is also an ICE-specific term... EVs don't have throttles. Is "accelerator pedal" all we have now? "Go pedal" works if it's OK to be slangy.

@Car_Guy_Tom I've been working on calling it the "throttle pedal" rather than the "gas pedal" since I first drove a GM Impact about 26 years ago.

Electric-car lament: Bummed that EVs will render irrelevant my collection of phrases used to describe delayed throttle response. #ElectricCars #Lament #Bummer #ThrottleResponse

@joew555 @carsdotcom Thanks! Think I would go with Championship White for mine, even though it's $395 extra...

Hey @DamonRBell great review of the new #typeR in @carsdotcom. Always enjoy your reviews. I’ll take mine in red please. 😁

We are proud to partner once again with @PoweringChicago, this time for #ChicagoDrivesElectric! Powering Chicago will be onsite for all 4 events days sharing their expertise on EV charging and infrastructure. chicagoautoshow.com/chicago-automo…

One critically overlooked element of public #EV chargers is location, lighting, and safety, particularly as it pertains to women, says @kcboyce, VP of Escalent, and @carsdotcom’s EIC Jennifer Newman. #chicagodriveselectric #MAMA2022FR

$66,000. That’s the average new car transaction price for #EVs in the first half of 2022, says @samabuelsamid. That’s gotta change for mass adoption. #chicagodriveselectric #MAMA2022FR

Good name for a band? Plastic Vue and the Panel Gaps. #BandNames #Saturn #SaturnVue #CarSpotter #PanelGaps

Spotted on way to @NUFBFamily game today: #CarSpotter #Saturday #NorthWestern @NorthwesternU

Be still my heart: #Mercedes #450SEL #CarSpotter

@crazyreesie @DufferRobert That sounds like the setup to a Carnac the Magnificent joke.

@DufferRobert Tattoo balm Vaseline Cuticle oil

Which one do you get more satisfaction out of completing, a tube of lip balm or a spinner of floss?

Hmmmm... is this stance intentional? All signs point to NO. #CarSpotter

@sons_of_speed @cgautomotive @CollectibleAuto @carsdotcom Sadly, yes... this means no more Car Stuff co-hosting for me, but I think @Car_Guy_Tom might still hit me with random fast-food quiz questions every now and again...

@DamonRBell @cgautomotive @CollectibleAuto @carsdotcom Congratulations, Damon! Does this mean no more podcast hosting?

Some career news from me: After almost 22 years with @cgautomotive and @CollectibleAuto, I have moved on to a new role as Senior Research Editor @carsdotcom. Excited to begin this new chapter!