The automatic version has a bad reputation in the US due to their transmissions. I’ve had 2 friend that had their transmission go out at around 100k miles.

I had a Hyundai Elantra rental car and it was truly bad.  The Hyundai Santa Fe on my next trip was quite a bit better as far as infotainment goes. 

I’ll still judge people driving meh cars, especially if it’s a Kia or Chevy. SUV’s are needed in the extreme winter climates (MI, MN, ND, etc) due to the snow.  You really need AWD & a high ride height for when you get a foot of snow.  

In F1 and Indycar, if you hold someone up, you get penalized.  No penalty in NASCAR right now.  I think they need to separate the groups for Round 1.  Having 40 cars on track at the same time all trying to qualify is chaos. 

And pretty sure F1 drivers get pissed when other drivers hold their fast qual lap up.  

Yep, I have a 5 year loan on my 2018 Civic and made sure to get an 8 year warranty (it outlives the length of the loan).  I plan on keeping it for 200k miles.  

Well, now I despise Volvo.  The government has already crushed a lot of new car innovation by mandating what you can and can’t buy.  Volvo wants to play Big Brother and thinks they know best. It would not shock me if in my lifetime that the government would have kill switches on all cars so if you don’t pay a ticket…

Another huge factor is the lack of sidewalks in a lot of major cities.  I was shocked to see almost no sidewalks in Indianapolis.  So we had people in dark clothing walking on the side of the road.  You could barely see them until you were about to hit them in most cases.

And how is Land Rover not on there?

I live in very conservative Midwest and everyone mocks the Chevy commercials.  Even diehard chevy fans

1. I was sitting at a red light and I saw a Canadian Goose fly into the driver side window of the Ford F-150 pickup truck. It broke the driver side mirror, fell to the ground, got up and flew away. I wish I had a dash cam for this one.

That would go against tradition though, like running the Indy 500 on the road course

To those complaining about the crashes, what’s the alternative? Stop running the Daytona 500 at Daytona? Take the restrictor plates off and see the cars go 250+ mph and see 3500 lb cars fly through the air in crashes?

It’s just a part of racing at a track this big.  The new rules package for the plate tracks will be…

Mass Transit just isn’t practical in a large spread-out country like the US or Russia. Hell, California just nixed the high speed rail between LA & San Fran because it cost too much.

I did buy a new car, but I plan on keeping her until she dies (200k-300k miles) so it’ll be a good investment. I did get a 60 month loan…

I unfortunately had to. I can definitely tell that it takes its toll on energy level and phyiscal health as I have gained 40 lbs this past year.

Credit reports and loan applications determine the risk level of the loan and subsequently the interest rate.  That is different from telling people what they can afford.  

The government is not there to protect you from yourself. It is not the bank’s fault, nor do these sub-prime loans need to be banned.

It is about the consumer making a poor financial decision. The banks are not pointing a gun at people. It’s their choice. Just like it’s not the bartender’s fault if someone drinks and…

So what? The bank can still make money on them. People get the high interest rate loans for reasons good or bad.

For example, shortly after graduating college and getting a full time job, I got a sub-prime car loan since I had very little credit history and my old car was not reliable enough to get to and from work.…

Sub-Prime loans shouldn’t be illegal because in many cases young people have no or limited credit history, so they are considered a high-risk loan. The interest rate is obviously high for this. Those people need to take a high-interest rate loan like I did after college (I incorrectly chose a used car with 85k miles…

I tend to agree. Don’t blame the banks or the government for someone’s stupid decision to take out a high interest car loan that they can’t pay. That’s their own fault.