Europeans also tend to get lower specced cars with manual transmissions and put fewer miles on them. They’re also comparing the reliability of German cars against British, French, and Italian competitors while Americans are comparing them against Japanese and Korean ones.

Firestone is Bridgestone’s second-string brand.

In the US passenger car market, Dunlop is run as a second-tier brand by Goodyear (same as BF Goodrich is to Michelin or Firestone is to Bridgestone).

Do those used cars come with a 10/100 powertrain warranty?

Two bathrooms always seems like an indulgence until a bout of norovirus rips through the household.

I mean, they did have Japanese actors do the Japanese dub...

I will admit to rolling my eyes at the Peter Stormare, the Swede, doing a thoroughly unconvincing portrayal of an Italian-American mobster in Prison Break.

Because Sucker Punch is located in Washington State, and the primary language that the game was written in is English. I guess they could have looked for Canadian actors and actresses as well without making the logistics too much more complicated. The Japanese vocal track was done by Japanese performers presumably…

There just aren’t that many Japanese-Americans compared to Chinese-Americans, Korean-Americans, and Filipino-Americans.

When trucks reach a certain point on the depreciation curve, someone will haul it south of the border which puts something of a price floor on the market. If you ever head southbound on I-35 you’ll see tons of clapped-out beaters towing other clapped out beaters towards Laredo.

For Chinese migrant laborers, company dorms are actually considered an important benefit.

Yes, but the animal still needs to be trained to perform specific tasks with regards to the psychiatric issues, e.g. “Detect and interrupt an impending attack and find assistance if it incapacitates me” would fly (no pun intended) while “provides emotional support” would not.

Except a service animal, per the definition used by the regulation, must be a dog, and must be trained to perform a specific task or tasks. “Provide emotional support” would not meet the standards of the second part.

I thought the Regal still had one one more year. Buick still lists it on their site with a 2020 model.

The incentives were huge. You could easily get that car for $10k off.

Baby boomers are getting up there in age. I think it has more to do with their aged backs and aftermarket hips not wanting to have to lower themselves down to sit in a more traditional car.

I mean, the RAV4 is built on the Corolla platform after all... It’s not surprising that it has a smaller footprint than the Camry.

If only there were an article posted elsewhere on this site that explained the difference between European and US tow ratings....

And for the nondenominational truckists you have Trucktober, Truckvember, Truckuary, and even Trarch.

Bigger issue, the kind of gearheads who would be interested in one just don’t buy new cars. Maybe they say they’ll pick one up in used 5 years, but that doesn’t move the metal now.