Agree. I’m doing rough calculations based on what I ended up buying a year ago... ‘13 X5 diesel. It’s great when it works, but every 4 to 6 months the CEL comes on and it’s $1k here and there (which were all covered by warranty that has now expired). In that respect Volvo’s subscription cost make sense. No EPA figures…

Yah I realized all that after I did more digging. Subscribers do get a lot for $600/700. But, it’s hard to look past the initial sticker shock.

Ok, now they’re just acting like a spoiled child because they’ve not been winning.

Because he’s a dork. A filthy rich dork who dates hot women we can only dream of. He’s that guy whom everyone loves to hate.

I see nothing wrong with you calling him “dummy”. It’s his name, which he gave himself.

other peoples farts

I’d be one of them if I hadn’t bought something already. If they hybridize/electrify the XC40... I can definite see myself in one.

Volvo’s walk around video below tells it best. DeMuro’s video on the new Wrangler is worth of watch too. To me, these are the two best examples of how thoughtful design can go a long ways in building customer loyalty and appreciation. Mazda, if you want to be “all about the customer”, I hope you are observing.

Someone buy Fancy Kristen a spell checker for xmas.

If I didn’t know better, I’d say this guy is on crack/cocaine.

Subaru told Reuters the root of problem was that “management and staff did not fully appreciate the importance” of final inspections on vehicles for the consumer market. Comforting.

Indeed... but they’ve still yet come into their own. Design is largely based on borrowed elements. Engines are still derivatives of yore (and borrowed from the Japanese brands they partnered with in the past). Sales volume is still largely due to heavy discounts and low prices.

Okay... but the barrier’s existence does not make women—who choose not to challenge it—a victim (your original assertion).

Nope. She’s an idiot. She owns the car and never bothered to RTFM.

Plenty said the same of Japanese cars decades ago. Laughs on them.

It’s pretty easy to make CG’d ether look good. Reserve judgement until you see the real deal.

I wish manufacturers would take a greater effort at hiding the charging port. Why does it have to be a ugly trap door on the fender?

The victims are the women who didn’t go into racing because they thought that it’s a man’s world, and they’d just be seen as set decoration, or who were turned away by people who struggle to see women as anything more than that. You don’t know who they are, or how many there are, because it’s not really something you…

Right. I understand the debate and I see where the sides are coming from. However, if the women involved do so willingly as a profession... where ars the victims?

Don’t see what the big deal is. Most here can’t afford one anyway.