To clarify, I don’t understand why US-based publications are so obsessed with diesel. I do understand it in countries with different taxes, where diesel is less expensive. That said, 20% isn’t enough - I just ran the numbers for a Chevy Cruze (chosen because I was recently cross-shopping it for my wife and had a…

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That’s, uh, not how it works? Unless you plan on actually preventing those people from driving at all, in which case this needs to turn into a discussion about how to provide better public transit for the proletariat.

5. MERGE AT SPEED. People already on the interstate have the right of way, and technically don’t have to move over for your slow ass. Match the speed of traffic before you merge.

Can we get them raised to the 85th percentile speed, then? Or at least something that reflects the last three decades of improvements in efficiency and safety?

They still have to run all the accessories and lights and things, and that’s still all standardized on 12v. When the car is on, there’s a DC-DC converter that siphons some 12v off the HV battery pack, but when the car is turned off the main pack is shut off and totally isolated from the rest of the car for safety. So…

Losing a $30k sale over $100 is actually them being a victim of their own success. You can’t be a no-haggle dealership, especially a big-name one with a reputation, and then make deals. It kills the reputation and the reason for your existence.

Sorry, you seem to have replied to your preconceptions instead of to my actual statements. You can keep your sooty little diesels. I want your kit cars and an RS6 Avant.

Everyone wants what they can’t have. You get affordable Caterhams and loads of station wagon/estate options. We get affordable fuel and monstrous engines.

That’s not a knock against the Stinger, that’s a really impressive showing from the Focus and a track that really caters to the Focus’s strengths.

Crossovers/SUV’s are literally useless.

100% with you on this. I grew up hearing about million-mile diesel engines, but I’ve driven a range of more modern diesels and don’t see the appeal any more (at US fuel prices), even in light-duty pickups. My experience has been twofold.

My guess is the Ecometer makes a correlation between RPM and throttle position. Coasting and engine braking are at the same throttle position, but coasting will be at a lower (idle) RPM and thus give a lower reading. A better gauge would use injector duty cycle, and would almost certainly give a different reading.

This is pretty much my take as well. I don’t drink much soda, and usually sugary drinks make my mouth feel horribly sticky and dry. I may have a can of soda occasionally, or a fountain drink if I go out for fast food, but I don’t find it especially refreshing and I could certainly get those calories some other way.

Patching, not victim-shaming, is the correct response to a vulnerability. Bluetooth is one of the most significant usability bonuses to a modern mobile device, is included in every device, and is nearly required for some (iPhone 7 and up). I don’t buy a new phone and disable 4G to minimize the potential for viruses…

That particular image may be of a cover, but at least two companies (EVP and Floody Carbag) offer dry-bags for cars. Both are cheaper than most insurance deductibles, and even if they weren’t, plenty of rare or discontinued cars would be hard to replace with the insurance money.

In this case, what you want is a weekend toy, not a different commuter. You’d hate traffic just as much in a Veyron as in your Leaf, and nothing that meets your shopping criteria is going to stand up to the legacy of the GTO or the shadow of the GT2 RS.

It’s too early to really see how all these turbo engines are going to hold up, but I’m not all that worried. These aren’t ‘80's cars with a turbo strapped to a stock block for a bit of extra punch. Even in the late ‘90's and early ‘00's, Volkswagen, Saab, and Volvo were turbocharging all kinds of mundane things, and…

And THIS is why most traction control systems re-enable themselves when the car is shut off.

I live in a part of the United States which averages 30 inches of snow per year. That’s nowhere near the snowiest parts of the country, but it’s on the heavy side of average for non-mountainous areas which get snow in the first place. Certainly, it’s more than enough snow to concern drivers. Yet 99% of cars I see run…