The markets jumped this morning because Republican. Tesla jumped because Musk/Trump cuddling. If Trump actually follows through on his promises of mass deportation and tariffs, that is a lethal combination of inflationary pressures. From an economic policy perspective, Trump is going to push us off of a cliff. I…

Acknowledging that wealthy white men have objectively measurable advantages in the US court system does not make a person a racist.

Crowdfunding is a thing and there are risks involved. I sort of agree with you, but they took down a bunch of people who really should have known better. It’s not like this was craven payday loans with unbearable interest exploiting the most desperate. These were toys for people who’ll drop a million on something…

Talk about dodging a bullet. If you don’t need the off-road chops of the Bronco don’t buy one, you will have a crappy automotive life. Broncos and Tellurides do not remotely serve the same purpose they are not interchangeable vehicles. Broncos suck at daily driving. Not as badly as Wranglers, but they still suck.

I AM YELLING!!! MAKE THIS!!!

ADV bikes are ok and there’s good options for tall riders. I hate feeling like a bear on a tricycle. I started riding motos so sitting on a couch with my feet out front and my ass on the ground feels terrible to me which means no cruisers.

As much as Musk likes to hang with Trump, Cheetohs too clownish to be a legit Bond villain and it’s hard to really relate. Musk and Putin understand each other in a way that the more Disney level evil doers like Trump and Kim just can’t.

I think the Scouts look great and the brand can conceivably help VAG to return to health. But VW is going to have to have a total revamp of their mass market offerings. They can’t rely on a brand with an entry cost north of 50K to bail them out. They need an eco system that appeals to entry level buyers to create…

VW…I have owned a bunch of VAG cars. I currently don’t have any. I have had multiple R’s and GTI’s but the current interior chased me away from the Golf and fixing the steering wheel isn’t enough to bring me back. I looked at other VW’s and the vast majority of them have the same interior problems as the Golf. …

Cool, but do they have frequently failing nylon fasteners holding the wiring harness together at the firewall and do they start to rust within minutes of purchase?

Brand bias is funny to me. Apple was the first to successfully market ARM chipped laptops in the business space and gave us all day battery life combined with excellent real world performance. Soon the windows eco system will catch up and it will become the standard (all consumer facing mobile Surface offerings are…

They aren’t great. Google all the service bulletins and warrantee extensions on them from multiple manufacturers including Subaru. Honda and Toyota do OK with them but that is primarily because they limit them very specific underpowered cars.

I am stunned and re-stunned how often I come to this site to see that people do not know the difference between an eCVT and a CVT. This is supposed to be an enthusiast site....No?

It’s an eCVT and completely different from a CVT from an engineering standpoint. The eCVT is a great bit of thoughtful engineering and should never be confused with what you will find in a typical ICE car.

I know the story of the Beetle and it does not make it an animate object with feelings or biases. It is a car nothing more. It is not a racist car or a progssive car, it is a car. Cars don’t think. Especially cars with a distributor and points.

A beetle is an inanimate object it is not responsible for the politics of its designers. Mitsubishi made Zeroes and we all love the Evo as we should. It’s an aburd comment on your part to try to make a conversation about a car into something about the long dead assholes who conceived it. Ford was a Nazi sympathizer,…

Why????

I mentioned the A6 because you brought it up. I personally sold my A6 to buy an S3 after test driving an S6. So, I am positive you can’t say “nobody.”I might be the traditional A/S6 demographic but I thought the smaller car was a better drive. Though the S3 hardly a fast car. It’s fastish at best. The bigger S car…

It’s based on a mini. Mini’s are a blast to drive. Sure it’s not a purists BMW, but if it’s fun to drive, and affordable, I see no reason to care.

I sort of get that, I drive a manual.  But the 235 is a vastly higher performance car in every metric.  I would take the 235 over anything short of a Type R.