There is no defending DC. This is absurd.

This is really a great visual device for showing something people don’t think about often enough. If you live in an area that gets winter weather, your best bet is always to race against an automotive journalist on a tricycle, because he’ll be out of breath after two laps.

That was close.

That does it. I want my next desktop printer to have track mode.

It looks like a rental car so less people will be interested in it.

It’s like reading a blog by Hugh Hefner about the ups and downs he has with the various Bunnies he has as his ‘personal companions”. I imagine they too are beautiful but high maintenance.

Dammit Doug! First you go and ruin Carmax warranties, now you're going to personally bankrupt Aston Martin.

Woot, I won the office pool!

What I learned from this experience is simple: most pickup truck owners don’t care what they need. They care only what they want.

It’s also a car that will blow up at 140k miles.

I’ve had a few cars with all tan interiors (Prelude Si, Saturn LS2, Pontiac Bonneville) and the first thing a lot of people would say is “wow it’s bright in here, I like it” lol

YES and you hush. I miss solid brown/tan interiors. They really lighten up the inside and make all the details pop.

Eh, most people just buy whatever car they buy for reasons you’d really not guess at - coming from the perspective as an enthusiast.

But the few people I know who have bought Priuses buy them for the gas mileage. I’ve heard of some buying it for the tech and the engine cycle, but the ones I’ve talked to just care that…

I would argue that most people who buy what we consider an ‘enthusiast’ car aren’t enthusiasts. How many rappers bought Veryons just to own? They’re not working on their own cars or anything else you would consider an enthusiast to do. Same thing with Porshe etc.

How many people who buy Corvettes and Mustangs and whatnot are actual driving enthusiasts?

Torch, I respect you. But in this, I disagree. It is a car MADE by efficiency enthusiasts, and I believe they THINK it will be bought by efficiency enthusiasts. But that’s not who most of the buyers are. This car is most often purchased by people who don’t really care about much in the way of transportation. Real…

We don’t have any data for that.

Picture of said car enthusiast: