VAG has been on a cost-cutting spree and these lack of physical controls, from the touch screen to the window switches to the steering wheel, 100% exist to save them money, not to build a better UX/UI. I don’t blame VAG for cutting corners, Diesel Gate wasn’t cheap, but this isn’t the way to go about it.

The new Ford touchscreens kinda/sorta work this way. The volume knob is literally glued on and under it are tiny strips that interact with the touchscreen as if it was touched by a finger. When the knob is twisted, these strips drag across the screen, tricking the system into thinking a human is controlling it.

Interesting take, I never thought of this but makes total sense. Though I don’t think this is intentional, at least for Mercedes; I thought the letters are just German abbreviations for Sonderklasse (special class), Geländewagen (off-roader), etc?

Vistiq sounds like an erectile dysfunction medication.

I’d hope Dodge is relatively reliable, considering their entire lineup has been more/less the same for over a decade now.

To be fair it does serve a purpose - to have cavernous trunk space

Knowing this is how everyone else currently feels is the only thing that brings me some sense of sanity and peace of mind every day. And I’m only 32.

I’m sure if any manufacturer with a decent suite of active driving systems decided to loosen the systems parameters it’d perform similar to Teslas system.

Pretty soon the electronic industry’s “right to repair” law is going to trickle down to cars...

There’s no way they copied Tesla. They probably approved that wheel design a year ago before the Plaid was even revealed.

Geez who hurt you? Im not comparing Acura to Buick; I just said I wish more manufacturers wouldn’t be afraid to simply embrace comfort and stop pretending they’re also sports cars… such as Buick

BYD has had rotating screens for a while now. We already copying China?

Good luck finding a Rav4 with that interior for $26k. And a Carnival for $34k looks like a cheap Hertz rental car. I’d argue a Mazda CX5 makes more sense in terms of similar luxury for far less $$

I’m so tired of FWD crossovers chasing “sportiness” in pursuit of luxury. It’s a lazy template at this point. You can have a compliant ride with good steering/feedback and body control without pretending you’re in an F1 car full of faux carbon fiber and gimmicks. The only brand seemingly leaning into comfort and using…

If you list it on AirBnb it’ll pay for itself in like... a year!

However, this vehicle is being marked up all across the West Coast.

I somewhat understand that logic on a surface level. However taxes are taxes, just because they create jobs does not mean they should escape paying their fair share. Employees should not be paying more in taxes than the man making billions off of their work. 

Oh God have I been debating with someone about economics whose comment history is littered with racial slurs and bigotry? Peace out ✌️

The amount the average billionaire should be required to pay in taxes, let alone the richest in the world, is enough to drastically improve an entire state’s education/healthcare/housing/transit/infrastructure. So what I’m hearing is that you’re OK with Bezos and Elon hoarding taxes that would benefit millions of…

I’ll also be leery of any used vehicle in to 2021-2022 year range down the road as who knows what it’ll be missing