Nah - A few of them are - my dumbass brother falls into this category having just gotten a 7yr loan for an $85K used 3/4 ton pickup. Most of them aren’t. I know it’s a popular meme around here, but it’s just not reality in any meaningful way.

The average new car price is well-skewed by what the big sellers are - expensive trucks and SUVs. And the people who are buying $80K pickup trucks and lux’d out SUVs are probably fairly recession-resistant. The automakers are spot on - this isn’t going to affect them much at all. Dealers will probably have to stop…

I tried to use the “Buy Now” option when I was buying a car a couple of months ago. It got me through a whole process of filling out the credit application and value my trade then giving me an interest rate and monthly payment amount. It had me set up a day to “pick up my car” which I selected. The software put it on…

I remember 2007. I got a new car then. Everyone had $3k+ rebates on almost everything.

Look, okay, sure, there’s a recession right around the corner. But that’s never gonna happen to us, man! We’re invincible!

Jesus, your 1st gear take is...bad.

1) Difference between a supply and demand side recession.

You and 7 other people.

Modern engines and lots of gears. We have a XT4 with the 2.0T and a nine speed. You wouldn’t think its all that, but between the close spacing of the gears and a modern GDI engine making 250hp it scoots along with enough authority for a SUV. What really surprises me is just how much grunt and how little turbo lag it…

For mpg, driver’s assist systems, hybrid and electric systems reasons going forward, you are likely not going to see any more manuals, especially in this type of application.

Considering that 4-banger came from the full size 1500 Silverado, it should per it in perspective.

You are stuck thinking in the past when a 4 cylinder motor made no power and was saved for economy cars. Modern 4 cylinders with turbos exceed the power of yesteryears V8s. My old 4.6 Ford made like 210hp and 280 ftlb of torque.

if your EV isn’t made here, it doesn’t qualify for full benefits. That means vehicles from Toyota, Subaru, Kia, Hyundai, Mazda, BMW, Porsche, Mercedes, and even Tesla cars built in Germany or China would be ineligible. Have fun with your Hummers and ID.4s, I guess.

Goldilocks is not the term you want to use.  She’s just the ho that comes in and trashes everything.

Having the tax credit be available for only North American built EVs makes sense to me since we’re supposed to be helping (sort of) home team manufacturing, aren’t we? I suppose Canada and Mexico production being included was intended to help the big 2.5.

The 200 is a whole second slower to 60 than the 5.7 Challenger. I would call that pretty far off.

Who approved the design? They should be fired. Unseparated traffic, unprotected bike lanes and the ability to climb the supports are all things that maybe should have been caught pretty early on.

He was just waiting for one of the 12 buyers to put one up for sale on Craigslist! Then he was totally going to buy one. You know, because buying new is for suckers.

Exactly - everyone says they want a diesel, but then bemoan the upfront cost, maintenance etc. Declining demand due to ever improving gas alts, and insane emissions equipment will kill off all the diesels. Even in a HD pickup engines like the Godzilla 7.3 would be my pick given the complexity and high maintenance…

I’m going to go ahead and guess it’s because neither you, nor anyone else, actually went ahead and bought it.

This is a good, solid update all around especially the interior and the higher output 2.7. I am waiting for the inevitable comparison between this and the new Ranger