Neutral: Do Car Awards Matter To You As A Buyer?

I still don’t get why so many car manufacturers think that if a car is “green”, it has to be ugly, or at least weird looking. Toyota Prius, Nissan Leaf, first generation Volt, even the BMW i3. Why is that? Did the designers say: “Oh another green car, we can go home early today”.

I think we can talk about the spirit of a thing vs. the literal, physical makeup of it. Does your Jeep retain it’s essence of you change the engine? I think so. If your vision of that Jeep was as an off-road vehicle to be enjoyed offroad, then doing things to it to make it more able to handle being offroad, then I…

Way to respond to a decent counterargument with demeaning attempts and personal attacks. I’ll award you a gold star.

I’ll end with the fact that between your attacks it appears we have some common ground. I agree leasing is a fine choice if you find it WORTH THE COST (your quote, “certain premium of money on their…

Whether you’re leasing or taking out a loan - you’re financing transportation with someone else’s money. There are lots of reasons to do so if you have really great credit - for example, if you buy a Honda, there are limits to the incentives available, because Honda likes to keep residuals strong and thus doesn’t…

The general principle is still the same. Cutting my arm off is bad. If a boulder is resting on top of my arm and cutting it off saves my life, then in that particular scenario I could argue cutting my arm off is good. But the general principle still holds that cutting my arm off is bad.

My Dad leases. good for him. He’s retired, he has a fixed income, its “worth it” to him.

wait.. “Worth it to him”? Yes. Leasing is never a smart financial move. the definition of lease is paying someone else for a guaranteed buy back.

You can lease because you WANT to, but it will never be smart. Also, buying new cars…

I am not loving this article. Show me the math. You can say “leasing works for some people.” But then support it with real numbers not anecdotes. Prove that leasing does not increase your long term financial burdens and is not a short term solution for a non problem.

Wait wait, are you saying the Ridgeline doesn’t have a full size spare and the spare is only accessible from inside the bed? I think thats two strikes against it from the “This is why I own a truck” camp.

I totally 100% completely get what you’re saying with this.

Just because you CAN do something doesn’t mean you should.

Well clearly that Mustang hasn’t left yet. Coming into the event isn’t the problem. Mustangs can only leave car events with the engine at 9,000 rpm or above. It’s in the owner’s manual. Otherwise Ford comes and takes the car back.

Yeah, except she’s probably that way because of her parents. Sounds like a shitty family all around.

wow, would i ever slap the hell out of my bitchy ungrateful entitled daughter if she pulled that shit on me, some people really don’t know how to raise their kids.

A response based on ignorance or unfamiliarity is rarely logical.

Came to make rav3 joke, I can see I’m not needed here

The thing is a truck according to CAFE rules, and has been for years. Hence, crossover.

Leases aren’t up yet

This ^^^ right here, is precisely why i’m 37 and have two porsches. Buy, pay off, sell, increase downpayment, repeat.

Isn’t the lifespan of a Chrysler minivan usually measured in transmissions, rather than years?