to be fair, you could have told him to just reduce the angle of the wing, haha!!!!

Maybe after like 10 warnings, it should automatically try to pull over and tell the user that if they don’t keep the hands on the wheel, it’ll not work for an hour or something. Part of the covenant of using AutoPilot (and most if not all adaptive cruise control) is that you need to keep your hands on the wheel, is it…

inefficient how?  it’s got a 450 mile range so that’s pretty good for an EV.  It took a 200kWh battery to do that, so I guess that’s sort of inefficient...  But this has no competitors at its size class.

B6=Boxer 6.  I know, I’m no fun at parties.

I remember it but I could have sworn the Expedition NBX swapped the regular running boards for tubular ones that provided slightly better clearance and protection.

Servicing a modern transmission costs a couple grand every 75k miles nowadays it seems. you could replace the entire trans in one of these for less than that every 75k miles since they’re somewhat problematic that there’s a lot of transmission providers out there, making them pretty inexpensive.

Agree.  I’m stacking the odds in my favor damn it.

IKR, I can see it in the F150XL, the gladiator and the wrangler- less things to break when you’re way out in the boonies.

what?!? where are the details on that?

Being a 2020, it should be easy to find a clean title 3LR around $30k in the bay area but keep in mind, demand here is higher too. That yoke and salvage title kill it for me.

Of the 786, how many still live?  There’s a reason some of the hardtop M3s are 6 figures, maybe less than a quarter of them are still on the road.

you’d be shocked at the cars in craigslist. SF Bay once had a local $1.5M F40 once. tons of Ferraris and Lamborghinis, Porsches, you name it. almost 3 pages of cars over $100k right now.

How many of that configuration as a percentage of total production does Ford, GM, and Ram make? Plus simplicity is key for the price point.  That’s why Maverick is available in just the configuration it’s in.

negative.  my 2005 corolla still has roll up windows and no power locks or cruise.  In 2019 (from a quick search), the Versa, the F150XL, Spark, Gladiator, and Wrangler, and Rio all had trim levels with manual locks and roll up windows and I’d guess, no cruise control either.

makes total sense, given you couldn’t get the hybrid on the top trim levels.

let’s not forget that at $25k, it’s about 50-60% of the price of the average new car in America.  Cheap is relative.

the 2L 4 turbo has been pretty reliable for us in our c300...  our problem has been leaky rear shocks making for wonky handling on the freeway.

I do actually own a Kia, but it’s a 6 cyl. I love it greatly. Bought it used so never taken it to a dealer. Don’t plan to if I can help it. The cars themselves are generally excellent. With our stupid laws, Kia can’t do anything about their shitty dealers, but imagine if Kia were allowed to sell directly...

Makes for excellent grand touring stability, and the deal sealer for me was that my van has a rear rollbar that was not present on the minivans of the same generation. I don’t know if current Siennas and Odysseys have gained that rollbar. It made a HUGE difference in the handling of the vans of the same generation…

might be?  400lbs more, 47 fewer horsepower, a ton less torque?  Yeah, the carnival is going to be a sports car comparatively.  I’m not looking to break records but it’s nice not to hunt too much when climbing hills.