It's amazing that in the golden age of austerity, someone in Nissan's marketing gets paid to promote and execute this idea, and that there are apparently multiple companies to provide such services. I don't totally disagree with the idea, but on the other hand, I don't think anyone going to the big auto shows is going…
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I haven't sat in them, so I'm not disagreeing with you, but doesn't it seem the seats in almost everything at an auto show are awful? Like they bring out pre-production models out? I sat in current gen Taurus that I swore had seats from a low end 80s sedan. And yet, I remember reviews saying the seats were great?!
Where the argument doesn't hold water is that most manufacturers would see their stock drop to nothing if Wall St. heard they were going to start aging inventory instead of making a sale to a dealer. It might work for the smaller niche companies to sell direct, but the big guys wouldn't want to sit on that inventory…
If I'm honest, I don't personally care either way about Mike Rowe or his choice, and I could be persuaded to believe this whole thing is a bit overblown. Whatever the gap between reality and perception, Ford decided it was the right time to cut Rowe loose.
Rebranding works… sometimes.
This has to be looked at as two separate functions. First is off-duty (are they always off-duty?) LEOs being used for this. I'm presuming they're uniformed but also have department vehicles there too. That's one can of worms. I'd err towards the real issues here being if 1. they did try to arrest someone and why, and…
You may be on to something; it could be GT is doing all the right things with the car itself and basic physics, but maybe the road modeling is intentionally smoothed out. I would imagine that's a whole lot more math to model that surface's interaction with the car as opposed to just the shape.
I kind of like the style, to be honest, but as a PS user since, oh, 1994, I'm betting it's a few filters tied together, along with some funky brushes and different transparencies in the layers. Which from a technique perspective, is pretty cool. I don't fault the guy for it, but it's certainly not...
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Well, it's nice to see Jezebel has the same sort of trolls Jalopnik does. Please don't feed them. They'll whither away and create a new account soon enough.
Done similar in a 9c1 Caprice with snow tires. Parking lot was complete ice but I could forward across the neighboring businesses lawn. It's a gamble, but one that feels awesome to win!
Sorry dude, but I don't think there's a lot of 62 fiberglass shells lying around and that isn't going to repair so easily. And a bent frame (that the body is sitting on, since you need things spelled out for you) likely fails enough inspections that renders it a total loss from a driving perspective. Unless you'd like…
You know, this is the second time this week I've seen a Jalopnik "writer" act like a 16 year boy in an unprofessional and dismissive manner towards a reader. You're all so much better than the rest of us (most who have been here longer) perhaps we should just start leaving. What a joke.
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A far better Trans Am ad. And as someone on the cusp of being able to buy one when these ads came out, while they were a bit goofy, they were certainly compelling.
Interesting and unfortunately about what I expected.
Any idea what the root cause is/was behind those sort of sample=good, production=different scenarios? Supplier trying to cheap out, simple mistake, language/translation issue? Just curious...
I agree with that sentiment if only for one other reason: Look to tires on nearly every vehicle out there. Too damned many mfg's are putting on super quiet soft riding rubber that has no value beyond helping them sell the car. I think we can all agree that changing tires for performance results (track, snow, mileage)…
See, that's the whole dilemma right there that doesn't come up when people just start ripping on them. There's a difference between recognizing something or someone as "good" and not finding them appealing. It's a mature response to say you respect their talent, but just don't find it to your liking. Unlike, say…