The short answer: Minivans evolved.

I’ve been a part of several ‘car cultures’ over the years: Mini trucks in the 80’s, lifted trucks in the 90’s, tuned Volvos in the late 90’s, Air Cooled VW’s pretty much my whole life (both stock and modified), and muscle cars on and off for years, among others.

I’m all for people doing whatever the fuck they want to…

Sweet cream at ColdStone is disgusting - no matter what you put on it...adding other stuff just makes it worse.

Mitsubishi, of course.

Fun car to drive if you don’t care about comfort. I’ve been on go karts with more comfortable seats.

We had an MR as a company car for a few years...someone got a great deal on it when it was returned.

I agree but I’d take it one step further: When they do get something right, the bean counters take it back a couple of years later. Case in point: The new Camaro - the retro styling is getting uglier as they engineer cost out of the base components.

They really are ‘disrupting themselves’ but not in the right ways.

My brand loyalty lasted for two vehicles: Mazdaspeed3 and CX-7 - both purchased within a 12 month span. The Speed3 is gone (replaced by a Volvo V60 R Design) but the CX-7 will stick around a while.

I’ve owned a very wide range of vehicles over a wide range of model years. The only ‘brand’ loyalty I can claim: Honda…

I agree although I was implying cynicism/sarcasm in my post.

I hated it in the V60 Polestar...all of those other super nice upgrades and this shitty material all over the seats and steering wheel. Blech!

Maybe I should have used this: /sarcasm

If this lawsuit doesn’t work she’ll go after the tire manufacturer.

Denial can get you to spend a lot of money...

The #1 on that list wasn’t an actual ‘recall’ - Ford sent f-ing stickers to owners - they didn’t fix anything.

I learned quite a bit about ‘how money works’ when I didn’t have two nickels to rub together. One thing I learned real quick: Figure out the total cost of acquisition - that’ll tell me how much the ‘thing’ really costs. Then decide if I need/want the ‘thing’ enough to pay that much. Once I started doing that, the…

I hear you...but I actually know my credit score and I’m more interested in the total cost of the transaction. People hyperfocused on the monthly payment probably can’t afford whatever they’re trying to buy. People who can afford it are generally more concerned with the total cost. At least in my experience.

The whole premise of ‘monthly payment’ is a sketchy way of getting information out of a potential customer. You give me the price and I’ll let you know whether or not I’m a customer. They don’t need to know my credit score. I provide a narrow-ish range - if that’s not good enough, I leave. They need me, I don’t need…

I spent my first 30+ years in California. I never paid attention to door/roof design until I moved to Illinois. It’d only really take two inches of snow...easy to do if you’re driving around in the snow.

I don’t know about NY but 99% of IL people don’t bother to clear the roof of the car - they just drive until it…

Shall I list out all of the assumptions the auto industry has made that turned out to be wrong?

Just look at the design and ask yourself: If this thing sits in a parking lot for an hour during a snow storm...will I get snow dumped on my head if I open the back door? The answer: Definitely How about if you’re driving…

Tesla assumes that people who live in snowy regions are not buyers. Nothing more ‘awesome’ than opening the back door and getting snow dumped on your head.

“Sweet doors, bro! Too bad about the snow on your melon!”

As soon as the deal starts to get sketchy with unannounced add ons, I get up, thank them for wasting my time and leave. As long as people accept it, they’ll keep doing it.

It’s too bad he’s still alive.