Counterpoint: As a customer, doing your part to ensure you don’t get screwed should be the minimum. You’re purchasing a car, something that’s usually the second most valuable thing you own, and you’re OK with a handwritten scribble that the dealership didn’t agree to? Would you recognize the ad for you house as a…

Right, it confirmed the order of the vehicle from the manufacturer. It does not confirm the sale of the vehicle to the guy.

Considering there are two outlets saying basically the same thing and you’re lone wolfing it in disagreement, I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and say your example was broken or something. Maybe it had one jump too many or hit a curb too fast.

And, there are guys making low 200s (~15%) with just a tune, and mid to high 200s with some supporting bolt ons. A 40% jump in power is nothing to sneeze at for what is essentially a weekend’s worth of bolting parts on.

But first you have to have an aftermarket bumper cover. If you’re starting with a...questionable body, paint isn’t going to fix much. See: Lexus spindle grills. To fix that, you’re doing some serious modification, probably with fiberglass or sheetmetal. 

Seems like an extra couple hundo on gear is nbd.

Also, if you’re replacing lawn equipment every five years and you aren’t using it professionally you need to take better care of your equipment. :-P

My electric leaf blower isn’t significantly quieter than my dad’s 2 stroke since 1) it has more power and doesn’t need to run full tilt all the time, and 2) having more power means cleaning takes less time. I halved the time blowing when I used his.

I see a lot of great reviews of the 80v stuff. The only problem is the high purchase prices of quality units. 

I even argued in the original post the Suburban (and by extension Tahoe and Yukon) absolutely do NOT belong on this list. They have always been kept up to date with modern features, amenities, materials, and general design concepts. The only things they have really carried over are the things that make them different…

I’m not going to lie. I didn’t realize the Evora GT was still in production.

It does. I’m fairly confident the base JL even has manual locks. I seem to remember reading about a lady that has to reach into the back to unlock the door on the JLU and wanting to retrofit power locks.

Now that I’m thinking about it, the base model JK Wrangler can check all those boxes. It has a manual transmission available, it uses a standard key, has manual windows and locks, and I’m fairly certain it still had hydraulic steering, but I’m not 100% sure. While it does still have a screen in the dash, the small…

That I didn’t know. I’ve seen a couple Quadrasteer SD, I don’t ever remember seeing the Suburban though. Kinda cool.

Should have a lifetime warranty. Have you tried to get it repaired/replaced?

I didn’t know that was possible. I though the warranty started upon delivery.

manual transmissions

I’ll copy/paste what I posted above:

Except the GM full size SUVs have always been relatively up to date. GM was one of the first to recognize the potential for a luxury SUV. When GM drops a new small block, it gets put in. New lighting tech comes out (Yukon Denali  had HIDs in the early 00s), the next refresh sees the adoption. Push button start, remote…

I don’t hate the Challenger, indeed, I quite like them. I think they are the only modern muscle car. Big, loud, brash, but comfortable. The pony cars are still too small and rough riding to qualify for that.