Have you looked at them in person?

The original lights draw your eye up making it look even narrower. These lights go wide to the corners, like a Fiesta, making it look wider and more substantial.

What the shit is going on the sloping glass of the rear door windows and the straight lines of the last panel?

In person they look great. Have you had a chance to see one in the flesh?

To be fair they look much better with the top down.

At the time only the rich had cars. Now they have to deal with the cruft of society. Nothing like a punishment pass in your S65 to some lady hogging the left lane in her 1994 Taurus trying to get her kids to school.

It can be anything you want, it can be powered by hydraulics, or kittens! They do it this way because it’s the most cost effective and easy to assemble option. Automotive seats are not like high end designer chairs (I’ve rebuilt/modified several Aerons)

I take it you don’t work with OE automotive customers or their…

Total cost of ownership is not all that much higher.

The rotors don’t fade the pads do. Come on guys, we’ve been through this before. This is sloppy writing.

You don’t understand how the actual assembly process works. It would be a complete redesign and a new line for seat assembly. I helped design the machinery used for the new Caravan. The amount of complexity that goes into that assembly would blow your mind.

Yeah, all those clutch kicks on long highway stretches....

Haggling makes sure I get the best price. If Lexus is pricing their cars 7% over dealer cost that’s screwing me. I always come in at dealer cost and we talk up from there.

What? Rich people negotiate all the time in the luxury dealership. New money maybe wants to show off but old money haggles for every cent. You don’t stay rich by spending money carelessly.

90% of my friends who graduated with an engineering degree from very middle class families are doing great. 90% of all the kids that got an art degree are struggling.

It’s not about wealthy parents, it’s about parents that don’t let their 18 year old chose a degree with no income potential in a era of economic…

Nah, if it’s air worthy they’ll fly it out.

No. USB ports are limited by the IEEE spec at 500 ma. Any modern smart phone will easily require more power than that streaming audio never mind charging at the same time. A quality phone charger will deliver 2 amps.

Yeah, just piss away your hard earned money. That’s the same guy who says “It’s ok, I guess.” when not getting a raise in the last 2 years.

What? Their market share is 5 times what it was back then.

Go on cars.com pull up 10 other identical cars and show them the price is less. Easy peasy, I don;t mind flying 1/2 way across the country. That’s just a baked in road trip.

If you’re not negotiating you’re getting a raw deal. full stop. No one would advertise their true bottom price for something.