Plenty of reputable, quality-minded aftermarket companies looking for people... I’d hate to see someone talented leave our industry altogether.

Consider yourself lucky! I have to assume your Equinox was a four cylinder model, and not the six cylinder version that would have excessive timing chain play at 35,000 miles...

I think she could do better. These cars may be fun to drive, but the styling never did anything for me and I’d never describe it as “funky”. Very plain... It’s like an Olympic athlete dressed like they live in the 1600's.

There are a couple of 2011 9-5's on Cars.com for under $15k. The new body style that was spearheading Saab’s lineup renewal, I believe it was only made for one year. They are out there with turbo V6's, XWD, all kinds of goodies, and seven years later they still look like a fresh, funky, stylish car. There’s a nice…

I suggest taking your knowledge and getting into a different part of the auto industry: the aftermarket/independent auto care side. Steady growth year over year, and if new cars are more expensive then people will be more likely to keep what they have which means even more growth opportunities.

You’ve obviously never had the pleasure of receiving a new GM vehicle...

Saw this first-hand. My wife just bought a 2018 Jeep Cherokee, and even with our excellent credit the best rate she could get was 3.8% from a local credit union!

Blame the SUVs and crossovers if you want, but the real reason behind their deaths is that they’re generally sub-par vehicles (although I can’t speak for the Impala from first-hand experience).

Wow, everybody is jumping down Tesla’s throat for poor design yet this crappy barrier has been there for how long? Not saying Tesla’s system is perfect, or the driver doesn’t share some of the blame, but it seems like none of that would have been an issue if this barrier/lane split had been upgraded after the first…

Wow, everybody is jumping down Tesla’s throat for poor design yet this crappy barrier has been there for how long? Not saying Tesla’s system is perfect, or the driver doesn’t share some of the blame, but it seems like none of that would have been an issue if this barrier/lane split had been upgraded after the first…

Or a gay bar called “The Cockpit”.

I hope at least one of those homes has an awesome engine block coffee table...

Top Gear makes enough money for the BBC that they should be able to find another home easily, or maybe even recreate this track on a different plot of land. Or, they could always move filming to a proper British circuit like Silverstone, Donington, etc... I’m sure those facilities could use the income.

“Cooperative federalism doesn’t mean that one state can dictate standards for the rest of the country.”

I dunno, I think “the driver was alerted multiple times to take control of the vehicle and our information says he did not do so” is pretty important information for the public to know. I don’t see how it interferes with the NTSB investigation at all, since the data itself doesn’t change by making it available to more…

Registry data (blind to owner information) has been made available to third party catalog companies. Basically, when you type in the license plate number in the catalog it cross-references it to the VIN and completes the lookup that way. Pretty slick, and eliminates a lot of erroneous information!

There’s a “Bargain Rentacar” near me that rents 10-15 year old Tauruses and Sables for $25/day (or $20/day if you’re a repeat customer...)

I can see where a subscription plan could fit into the market. To lease you’re going to commit to that vehicle for at least two years, usually three, and you’re on your own for insurance and often maintenance as well. For rental cars, you’ll spend a month’s subscription fee in two weeks, maybe less, and insurance may…

Going by the painted lines, although imperfect, seems the most practical for a couple of reasons.

Tesla was smart to release the information. While the NTSB conducts the investigation, Tesla is being tried in the court of public opinion. News outlets, lacking facts, jump all over stories about the scary robot cars that are out to kill people.