Depends which continent you’re on. In the US, they’re all changing to red vs. amber.

XC90 Volvo is red, (newer models appear to be going the same route), Audis are red, most Porsche are red, most MBs are red, almost all pick up trucks are red (Ford has an amber rear on some of their F150's but not all).

I say ‘most’ vs.…

I like the whole car except the tail lights. The bit that goes ‘inward’ on the hatch is the worst part. I think they tried too hard to differentiate between the current V60 and the new V90 with the tail lights. I like the lights on my V60.

Fixing what’s not broken or improving what already works as effectively as possible given a wide audience is the cause.

Like spelling, is it?

Yay! Just what I want to do in Summer driving: block the AC vent!

Dumb as snake mittens.

Yay! Just what I want to do in Summer driving: block the AC vent!

Dumb as snake mittens.

Or she doesn’t know how the seats work...she wasn’t the first, I doubt she’s the last I’ll see.

I don’t know how people can drive those things every day...I rented one for a business trip and it was a bitch to park. I’ll take my wagon any day!

Nope-they’re smaller than this...hell just this morning, I saw a woman driving a full size SUV and she was looking through the steering wheel. I shit you not.

I need to get a dash cam...

Huh...I see lots of what appear to be very small women driving Nissan Armadas, full size Suburbans, etc. It’s all knuckles on the steering wheel and no visual on them from below the neck.

Who the fuck leases a car with 200k miles on it?

“im just here to poke holes in your salespitch and find shit to complain about..”

This is pretty much why I go with friends when they buy cars...pointing out contradictions is like shooting fish in a barrel during the car buying process.

I’m a car guy but I’d buy the shit out of one of these...

Rebel Blue is an amazing color - I wish I could have found one when I bought my car but they sell rather quickly.

TBH, the North America 2nd gen 6 was pretty ugly. The argument that they discontinued the wagon for CAFE is BS. SUVs sell better because car companies market to the fear of the Gen X helicopter parents and car companies make more money on them.

Having owned several Mazdas and test driven nearly every car they’ve made…

I was disappointed in Mazda for a short time. I used to be quite the fan (all of the DDs at my house were Mazda) but now I don’t really care about Mazda - the cars got uglier, more expensive and delivered less value, in my opinion.

It’s easy to look back and say that they were never going to bring the 6 wagon - but…

As one who loathes Honey Boo Boo, I think she’d win the popular vote because she has a personality - it’s mostly concerned with being seen and eating - but it’s a lot more than Chris Harris has going for him - he always looks like someone’s shoved a lemon up his ass, even when he’s smiling.

Overseas Delivery - special order process. It was done a lot back in the 60's - Volkswagen used to do it. Now some of the German car companies do it to a limited extent and Volvo still does it.

Add the diesel ‘anything’ to the list of things Mazda is never going to deliver to the US. They’re talking about it to stay relevant - now would be a really stupid time to bring them over (even if they did have it figured out) because people are generally sour on diesels due to Volkswagen.

The 6 wagon or facelifted…

I used to work for Mitsubishi and traveled to Japan regularly. Your narrative that highlights the differences in commute between Tokyo and the other, smaller cities, is very real. I spent little time in Tokyo proper so I only experienced the ‘pushers’ once - and as a 6' tall white dude, it was super awkward to have…

Mercedes in the front, rental car in the back...

After two friends had their oil drain bolts cross threaded and one engine seized, I stopped going to Jiffy Lube...the dealer is right around the same price for me and their waiting area is much nicer. And if anything does go wrong, there’s no question who worked on the car.