When I moved back to Florida, I had to get one of these. My passport wasn’t acceptable ID by itself. WTF? They also wanted a lease, power bill, or some other “proof” my address was correct. Since I was staying in my sister’s guest house, I had to wait until one of my credit cards mailed me a statement, which in order…

It’s bad enough the natives here have to contend with kudzu, water hyacinths, citrus greening, and snowbirds. But to feign feelings for another invasive species that murders innocent Bambis, Peter Cottontails, Bob Cats, and Panthers is more than a bit hypocritical. Why Westerners whose religions teach the evils of the…

The vast majority of us who own Hyundai/Kia products with the “theta II” engines are well aware of these issues. Potentially 3 million cars with poorly designed engines, and about all you see is a brief blurb of another recall. Fires are only the tip of the iceberg. 

There is no such thing as a cheap used German car.....

Why does the guy who says “I believe you” have a display glitch/twitch?

SAAB 9000 Aero. It costs a lot less than 60K. The example below sold for $17,750 in mid January. Flip the rear seat down and you can fit a good sized refrigerator. And you will have lots of money to maintain it. 

I have had a tremor most of my life so the squeeze the trigger example never worked for me. Then one day I figured out a clutch is like the brakes. You don’t just bury the pedal to brake. On the flip side you don’t engage the clutch by dumping the pedal. you do it gradually and with a little practice it becomes second…

Of course they are. Why have prices climbed so much? Shareholder returns and fat packages for the executives. And to think, when Drucker was a god, corporations were supposed to survive and thrive by creating customers.

Speed limiting would never happen in the US. Too many places would lose a source of significant revenue.

Accident data recorders are nothing new. SAAB used them in Sweden for years. Don’t some newer cars have the ability to record the last 5 minutes of certain data?

Your concept of the purpose of business is uhm, interesting. The purpose of business is to create customers. Without customers, there are no profits and no returns. You might want to go back and read some things by Peter Drucker. “The fact is,” Drucker wrote in his 1973 Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices,…

Answer: Yes!

Yes, both the Laser and Daytona were not very memorable, save one thing. I do not recall water cooling of the turbo bearing in a production passenger car before the turbo 2.2l. Maybe I am wrong, but whichever manufacturer brought it to the masses should get some credit. 

Put down the crack pipe folks. I know that unions can be a pain, but industry is not without its own set of skeletons in the closet. (Ford Pinto, Olds Diesel, Firestone 500, Takata, GM ignition locks, Bhopal, DDT, DuPont and the Teflon chemicals, and so on)
Have you forgotten the basic fact that the unions formed in…

 In Texas? When Hell freezes over!

1. Edict from wife to sell
2. “Might consider a trade for G37, M4/M6, 640i ,650i, 370z, Corvette, Boxster, 911, +/- cash and trade what you got? Looking for clean convertibles”
3. Vegas

Obviously a con. CRACK PIPE!

ManicDan,

You got that because you hit a nerve. If you are truly curious take a moment to read this TLDR.

Since the 1980's, the political climate in the US changed. Prior to that the mantra was basically:
1. Build a good product
2. Take care of the customer by providing good service
3. Take care of your employees
4. The…

No test drive? Definitely CP! Plus potential collision damage as others have mentioned.

I’m OK with the look. It will be interesting to see what content they add and drop. My 2015 has heated rear seats as did my 2011. The current models don’t. Then they went for a period without the pano roof and it is back. Their mix and match of options worldwide is interesting., For example, The images on their middle…

The answer is “Because FlexiTape!”

There is more to this than need. It is a link to your great grandmother. It is evidence that things can be built to last and when they don’t they, at least in the past, could be repaired. It is evidence the old craftsmen were gods. Now we buy a “pretty good” $60 stand at Aldi and it doesn’t last.
Having said that,…