Our last Uber was a BMW 328i. He bought it new, and said it was already paid for. Mazda 3s and Kia Optimas have more comfortable back seats.

In fact, of the sedans we’ve gotten with Uber and Lyft, the Kia Optima was the most comfortable, had the nicest seats and the most rear seat legroom. The BMW was meh.

Ooops. Swapped the KW and PS. So 24 more PS than the 280 PS limit.

This is what happens when you’re dealing with 3 standards for the same thing. Confusion :)

Slipperly slope arguments are universally bullshit. These are guidelines for states to follow, but they’re still issuing the ID.

And yet the twin turbo 300ZX/Fairlady Z32 produced 300 HP. Or 304 PS. So 98 PS more than the supposed 206 PS limit imposed by JAMA. In the early 90s. What did they claim the TT Fairlady produced in Japan?

The problem with that BMW, is the hinge on the trunk is located below the rear window, instead of above it so it makes a big hatch.

4th gear:
Membie when Jalops confidently proclaimed that America didn’t need electric or hybrid vehicles to increase fuel economy, because Europe had solved that problem with “clean diesel?”

In Los Angeles, there are many (surprising) cars from the 1980s still being driven daily. We didn’t really get the benefits of smog controls enabled in the 70s, until the 90s. It just takes decades for attrition to take out the old technologies.

I should also point out that from a company perspective, you might want “bad accounting” like that. The losses then become a write off to offset profits from say, trucks and SUVs. But it’s not an honest assessment of the profitability of a particular car model, when the expense of a new platform is dumped on that…

That does suck. You’d think the one thing ABS would be tested on is in snowy and icy conditions. Although your “all seasons” might also just be too hard in the cold weather too.

Meanwhile, this Faraday actually produces practical if expensive, electric vehicles.

What , Chrysler made the Prowler work? It was underpowered and didn’t handle all that great. And didn’t sell very well.

I’d like to see their accounting on that. Does that $9,000 account for R&D costs? If so, it’s bullshit when you’re talking about the first car that is part of a larger platform effort in the long run. It’s the same bullshit reasoning that asks why Tesla isn’t making a profit, when it’s spending R&D money on a car that…

Mediocrity is actually what most people want. They don’t want a harder “sport” ride. They just want a nice looking comfortable car with space for passengers. It’s supposed to compete with a Kia Optima or Toyota Camry or something like that. Which it does competently. It’s not supposed to even been on the radar of…

Well duh. People with a lick of sense accelerate slowly in snow, and decelerate gently.

But this debate has existed since the beginning of ABS. A great driver who can feel slippage, can beat ABS on snow. A decent driver who is relaxed and confident can beat ABS on snow.

But if you are in a situation where you have to…

I haven’t listened to FM radio since KNAC went off the air in Los Angeles. I haven’t listened to morning radio since CD players were first put in cars.

What is annoying to me now, are the talkers on the Sirius XM music stations.

When you replace the parts with ones that are functionally different, you are engineering your own car on a common platform. This is why I never bought any modified car, and would never buy one.

If you replace every part with factory parts, I can see an argument that it is different. But that also includes replacing…

Around here, the Silicone Beach Yuppies drive Teslas, Maseratis, McClarens, and these:

It’s the car your blonde, late 60s real estate agent will drive.

Yeah, we buy a lot of stuff from Amazon and we got Prime for the shipping benefits. The streaming benefits are icing on the cake.

Well since Buicks are Opels and are no longer Buicks, a good thing in my opinion since Buick used to be crappy Chevies half assedly given a makeover for people who couldn’t afford a Caddilac...the new ones are based on decent enough Opels, and are competent. I think Buick accomplishes their mission of competing with…