My wife and I have decided our next car purchase will be a hybrid, but we’re not willing to consider an EV yet because the infrastructure isn’t there yet. We regularly make weekend trips that are 300-500 miles from home and it’s not range anxiety as much as it is annoyance that I can’t just stop for 5 minutes and then…

Not sure driver was an asshat, I noticed driving the canyon roads in Yellowstone this summer that every driver loves to hug the center line on turns. My in laws were scared of my driving, I was hugging the outside line because we were driving an Expedition on some narrow roads up Beartooth Pass... it’s bound to…

My wife loves to rub it in my father line laws face that our 2019 Santa Fe has more features than his 2018 Buick Enclave that was like $17k more. I’m still concerned that the interior won’t hold up long term, but it’s a steal to get a CUV that’s near luxury for $30k out the door. Just for laughs I tried to build Q5…

I have a neighbor who was so excited to buy one, I believe he purchased a 2013 or 2014 pre-owned back in 2017. I spoke to him about 6 months ago for an estimate after he got in a collision and he was cursing the car for the range. He said with AC and radio on he was lucky to get 60ish miles of range in summer and…

Craft breweries are starting to get into the low calories and Non-alcoholic beers. I’m on a “diet” while I’m prepping for a half marathon and have found Dogfish Heads Slightly Mighty IPA to be a decent replacement for my normal high ABV repertoire.

Mitsubishi Mirage and Nissan Versa are still worse due to the crap transmissions in both. I get a huge discount at Enterprise through my work so if I’m paying I’m renting a 328i for $30 a day, but if the company is paying I’m very nice at the desk and usually get upgraded to a compact... One time I got put in a…

My wife agreed to let me get a JDM 1989 Prelude for my 30th birthday if one became available close enough for me to drive it home  and it was below $10k. I live less than an hour from Japanese Classics in VA, and less than 3 hours from a few other importers, and I cannot find a RHD Prelude Si in stock. I’ve seen a few…

We have the same thing in my area. One location in the mall, one in the mall parking lot, and one that’s approx 3 miles away but technically is in a different county. All run by the same owner, although it lists a family, so maybe that’s one way of allowing you to own more than one franchise. You’ve got one, your wife…

You could hear in Bottas voice during the post race interview, he knows he’s gone. With Ocon waiting now and possibly Russell in the future, Bottas days have to be numbered. The question is, where does he go? Does Renault wait on Hulkenberg until Mercedes makes a decision on Bottas? That’s the only ride I could…

The company I work for is using the data from how much it costs to fix after a collision. While a car with ADS may be involved in less accidents, the cost to fix them after a loss does occur is a large amount more than their non-ADS equipped counterpart. I remember when Genesis came out, their radar cruise module was…

I work in the industry and some of my peers are worried about mass layoffs coming from lack of accidents. I’m not concerned for the reason stated above, until we reach a point where every car can avoid every accident we’re going to have accidents and need insurance. Even then, you’ll still need comprehensive coverage…

Yep, we keep track of her mileage for work. With the Civic we made money from her mileage checks, I’m hoping we break even on the Santa Fe. Based on what she’s getting so far we’re doing pretty good.

Agreed. It’s interesting how Ford owners are having trouble matching EPA estimates with their Ecoboost engines. My wife traded her 17 Civic 1.5T in for a 19 Santa Fe 2.0T, and I was dreading the drop in fuel economy based on the window sticker. Civic got a nice 36 MPG in her real world driving, the Santa Fe advertised…

My wife and I took Amtrak from southeast Virginia to DC for a New Years a few years ago. Took about the same time as driving, but since we were staying in the city for a Caps game it was cheaper than paying to park at the hotel for 2 days. The train was packed and it was filled with people who would never make it…

If you call almost any dealer parts dept for parts, they’ll need the last few characters in the VIN. Those characters don’t correspond to options, they’re the unique identifier for the car, which are needed to see the factory build sheet. Usually first 2-3 characters tell the OEM and region it was made, the middle…

Correct, most OEMs use the last 6-8 digits in the VIN to list the options. A few OEMs require the whole VIN to decode for parts, but GM uses last 8 and they’re always digits. Should be easy for them to simply add this to the build and make a lot of extra cash.

Every generation since C4 has gotten a little nicer and faster than the last. I can see base model starting at $75-$80k with Z06 in the $115k range and ZR-1 starting over $150k. Base model could Ben a NA V8, Z06 TT V8, ZR-1 TT V8 hybrid to differentiate. They raise the price but essentially but up the nameplate by a…

It’s not just Hyundai who has this issue. Many Asians makes have this issues, especially in areas subject to lots of sun. It’s a $30 part and the labor involved is maybe $100 to have it done by an independent mechanic, but they still work so who cares. More concerning to me is the quality of the interior materials…

Had friends there last night. A) It’s the rich white suburbs of Northern Virginia where the concert is and B) crazy weather had people not show up. Venue was well under 50% capacity. So the people who had money and time that did show up probably were mostly there for Blink, like my friends were.

I don’t find it unattractive, but I do feel the wheel should be circular for a supposed Daily Driver. Save this wheel for ZR1 models to further that model from the pedestrian C8. Unless GM has decided to push the Corvette up to NSX pricing, then go all out on the wannabe race car aesthetics.