1st Gear: I’m really interested to see if this cheat is carried across to the other brands. Specifically, if the Q7 has it does the Cayenne? This seems like it could be more widespread than the diesel cheating if the facts all turn out to be what they appear now.

Hot Take: Producing cars in China doesn’t make a difference. The more important part is where the vehicles are developed/engineered, tested, and who is in charge of quality control. Look at quality of apple products vs. the cheap chinese knock offs. An ipad isn’t going to be any better because it’s built in the US.…

of course you did

This looks kinda like they shortened the wrangler unlimited and stuck the bed of a Ram on the back (which to be fair they may have done).

10. Alacantarrorism is my favorite by far. Why do people like alcantara interiors? Not a fan. Doesn’t seem like it would hold up over the years and suede-like stuff gives me the heebie jeebies.

Since she’s a woman she’s your fiancée not fiancé. The french are weird and think that women need an extra e on the end.

“ including one of my personal favorite new cars, the Ford Focus ST”

What? Did you mean Fiesta ST? I found the clutch in the Focus ST unfeeling and pointlessly stiff while the torque steer was a lot. The Fiesta was great, I loved it. The Focus? Not so much.

I have horsepower, curb weight, engine type (NA v. turbo), cargo space, transmission types (CVT, DCT, manual), fwd vs. rwd vs. awd, approximate price for the options I would want (leather heated seats is the big one for me), and qualitative impressions of the handling/how fun/how practical. I’m not assigning values to…

Sure

That’s fair. I think I’m probably pretty standard for an engineer though. I have a large spreadsheet that I’m populating with data and my impressions from almost all the vehicles in the segment I’m interested in.

Neutral: I’ve been car shopping and 90% of my salesperson interactions have been unpleasant. They tend to look past me to my fiance even when I’m the one talking. I was at a dealer for the company I work for and when the salesman asked if I knew any employees (pricing related) and I said I worked there he asked if I…

The guy I know who has a GT4 has a vanity plate that says “NOPDK”