Because they want the chance to beat you up (financially), and pressure you with hard-sell bullying (upsell, paint protection, ADM, “paperwork fees”, extended warranty, etc. etc.) to squeeze more money out of you. They know they’re much more likely to succeed at that and get a buyer to cave in if they’re at the…

Well, the coronavirus and resulting economic crisis probably doesn’t help the already slim chances for a new Z-car. I would imagine Nissan will go into extreme cash conservation mode, and it might be hard for them to rationalize spending more development money on a low-volume niche car (if they were even working on a…

Many dealerships want a buyer to come in person before talking numbers because they make more money that way. Some (many?) people can be bullied and pressured into paying more. Car dealers and salespeople live for that. They want to haggle, they want to pull last-minute add-ons to the price, they want to do the paint…

If a seller is so lazy that they can’t even be bothered to take current photos of a car they’re trying to sell, you have to wonder what else they’ve been too lazy to do. Like, oil changes or any other maintenance? That alone should raise deal-killer red flags. 

This is now the great hypocrisy of the ‘American’ government and system - it’s capitalism on the way up, and socialism on the way down.

This report is encouraging, but it would be useful to evaluate the full study and specific methodology as to how all emissions were actually captured and calculated. Many studies have shown that the environmental friendliness of BEVs depends primarily on how the electricity is generated. This is in the UCS report, but…

I’m certainly no expert in the automobile industry, but I think Jim Hackett will go down in history as one of the worst CEOs Ford has ever had. I think there will be business school case studies written about him and his tenure, and not for complimentary reasons but as examples of ‘don’t let this happen to you’. The…

As much wiser people than me have said, it’s more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow.

What a polite and friendly comment, in keeping with the spirit of civilized discourse and light-hearted banter of this site. It’s certainly indicative of your level of maturity and intelligence, and respect for other people. Your mother must be very proud of you.

No, “MPG” is certainly important, especially for a daily driver. But “MPGe”, which seems to be a frequently advertised number, is based on a highly flawed calculation that I think makes it meaningless and misleading.

Or instead of the wedge, consider what you can do with curves:

I’d like it better if it had a LS3 for power, and real buttons/knobs/switches instead of a giant iPad glued to the dash. 

And nowadays most car ads tout nonsense ‘MPGe’ numbers or the ‘command seating’ and view from the throne of yet another anonymous SUV/crossover.

This is what happens when tech bros who are worth a few hundred million get together and do way too many drugs while on line.

I’m certainly no expert in military hardware, but it seems to me that the basic problem with the F35 is that it was built by the private sector. The problem with that is, in our rapaciously unfettered capitalist system (= maximum greed), the goal of every company is to maximize profits (= shareholder value), not…

A friend recently bought a new Nissan Leaf. The advertised range was 250 miles. So far this winter he has yet to exceed 150 real-world miles on a full charge.

I think what’s happening at Ford is that the Ford family wants out. They want to sell the company and be done with it. Other than Bill Jr., the rest of the family doesn’t seem to have the same commitment to the car business that previous generations did.

The only way the Ford family can get out is by selling the…

“Older gentleman”? Certainly ‘older’ (as much as I hate it), but the ‘gentleman’ part would be up for debate.

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Thank you!