cable guy here. Rarely drove 300 miles in one day but drove more than 100 miles a day every day.  I am sure there are tons of people who can make due with a 100 mile range on a work truck but it has to be a small fraction of all of the people who drive trucks for work. 

this amount of money is a rounding error for shell. source the google : “Shell revenue for the twelve months ending September 30, 2022 was $375.229B”

Hasbro is a toy company, they want to capitalize on the (potential ) success of their new movie and make toys. I would bet anything chinese dnd toys are already being produced in china by a “counterfeit” company to be sold in the USA and Hasbro found out about it and wanted to sue and their lawyers told hasbro that…

At this point I just don’t see what the upside is of a new rotary engine / sports car. Just turbo the Miata upgrade the suspension and brakes , widen the body and call it a day. If sales are strong on that Look to go up the ladder from there.  Why build an all new sports car when the miata is already so good it just…

the concert thing is an interesting example because most/all tickets are already being sold/processed through Ticket master wich is sort of “pre-scalping” all of the tickets. then the bots/scalpers buy from ticket master to scalp the tickets a second time. The artist just gets paid the money from the original sale. I’m…

Car not optioned as advertised. car listed online as top trim model get real excited before i get there. find out it is second to top trim model after arriving. Thinking maybe I don’t need/want those features afterall, spend all day at the dealership doing paperwork and decide to go through with it and a lot of buyers…

this is the real-deal “electric turbo charger”

Things are only worth what buyers are willing to pay. Consumers forget how much power is in their hands and they let fear drive consumption. “I know its a lot of money but if i don’t buy it right now someone else will” “If i don’t buy today the price will be more tomorrow.” Don’t blame the flippers / scalpers of…

well you just sent me down a rabbit hole learning all about the rear suspension of the crosstour and the Volvo v70/xc70.

the 80s was when Unibody cars were just starting to become more commonplace and there was a lot of experimental body styles. at least in the USA most consumers preferred a 3 box design and that’s all you saw for the decades following in the USA while in europe the MPV stayed popular for a long time. Consumers are…

this is especially frustrating driving my prius! Oh no a curve time to go 10 mph below the speed limit!! Bro if my prius can take this curve at 50mph you can make it in your  camry i promise. On ramps are especially frustrating because people will drive 35-45mph until they get to the very end and either floor it…

bro have you seen how fast the Rivian and tesla model x rips down the road? 0-60 in sub 3 seconds. 

Form over function and design first engineering seems to be a cyclic cycle. Especially in the automotive space. things get very boring, practical and boxy and then a stylized renaissance happens and then back to boxy again..

I used to be in the “never a crossover” camp but tonight driving my elantra i bottomed out on a dumb dip in the middle of an intersection goin 40mph (the speed limit) and i totally get why people are driving trucks and suvs right now. Our infrastructure is total shit and you just NEED the ground clearance to get by in…

it’s also weird because Citroen is part of stellantis and it is very much in their best interest to sell as much high margin SUVs as possible. But citroen is starting to be fully dedicated to being a green , sustainable transportation company and of course ostentations SUV consumerism is the antithesis of that... It…

I was saying that the Honda Crosstour was an objectively fantastic car people just poke fun because of the styling. The crosscab is an objectively awful car that’s only selling point is the top goes down and it’s a crossover not a car i guess? If you are the demographic that wants a convertible but you want ground…

I’m still Salty that my answer was not picked: the Buick Envision. Because it is made in china! i’m guessing because I answered the discussion too late but it’s still a good reason! 

par for the course for Hyundai. you will get boring colors and you will like it! typical Hyndai color options: white, black, silver, 3 shades of grey, tannish, maybe red, two shades of blue

Buick Envision. Made in China. No other explanation needed.

for the first 3 years ...