Indycar used basically the same formula on 1.5 mile ovals for years. People loved the close, pack racing and endless passing. Then Dan Wheldon died as a product of it. Just because manufactured close racing looks cool on the surface doesn’t make it a good idea.

I’m convinced Ford has been infiltrated by internet trolls who are doing these kinds of things just to set of comment box rage.

I only autocrossed it few times, but I don’t recall a Fiesta being all that hard to launch without a computer to control it.

Or you could be someone who has kept driving the same 2003 F-150 all this time. The fuel cost now would be $18.13/100 miles (if the engine has been kept up to peak efficiency) or $4.33 more than the 2018. So $433 more per year based on 10k miles, but think of all the money you’d have saved not making a car payment all…

I use Turo a lot, but I haven’t spent that much yet. I did $200 for a day with an Alfa 4C. That’s been my max so far.

The Volvo soaks up bumps well and accelerates well enough but is less than inspiring (I last drove a Mustang race car, so nothing is going to accelerate fast enough for me), but it seems like more of a very comfortable commuter car. The quality of the interior improves the driving experience. The R-Design seats held…

Yeah, the Cadillac cost is pretty outrageous to me, but the Porsche program is even more insane (as mentioned by RatMR2). I haven’t looked in a while, but I believe the German version of the Porsche program will even let to pay by the day if you only want a Porsche once in a while. I believe is was something like…

They didn’t actually have any in stock, only the two demo models. So we were going to have to order one either way.

Lots of people live beyond their means where I live. It’s stupid, but I see plenty of people try to do it. It’s a really bad idea, but some people will try. That’s all I meant.

That’s using math like a responsible consumer. I have far less faith in people. My reasoning is that you’re the kind of person who needs an 84 month loan to get a $100k car, you’re probably living beyond your means. Even modest increases could spell disaster. But yes, from a purely mathematical perspective, you’re…

I’m not so sure about that anymore. With the available 84 month financing, you don’t have to be affluent to buy a $100k vehicle, just careless with your money.

We went to test drive the XC40 with the intention of placing a Care by Volvo order. We loved the car, but the salesman warned us not to place an order right now. He said he couldn’t guarantee if or when we’d ever receive the car. He mentioned Volvo was having trouble getting final approval for the program from the…

I was trying to spec one out, and it looks like the 6.2 is only available with black paint. That seems silly to me.

This is all I can think of.

Everywhere I travel, the Focus and the Fusion are all over the place. And they aren’t bad cars either. I get the profitability of making larger, more expensive vehicles, but has demand for those two tanked that much? I’ve seen exactly EcoSport on the road, so I don’t think that’s stealing their thunder. And I’d take a…

Is it me, or do the proportions look off? Like they took random pieces of a car and Photoshopped them together without resizing them.

Yeah, I’d never use the third row, but I love the design in general. The interior is gorgeous. I’m very curious about the EV vs plugin decision. I’m looking for something to handle my daily 65 mile commute in EV mode only while having the ability to support my weekend trips to the mountains without stranding me…

Is it better looking in person? This design doesn’t nothing for me.

I can’t believe I forgot him! YES! He repaired a lot of wrecked cars with that chicken money. I thought it was funny that he “retired” from racing at age 28.

I understand that reality. I was searching for sponsors all the time. I’m talking about the unskilled drivers with rich families who pay for them to race when they really have no driving ability to compete at that level.