My parent’s new fully loaded Outback has some of that tech in it and it’s complete garbage. You cant even physically move your head to check a blind spot without it getting pissed. The worst is when you have to stare at the jumbo infotainment to figure out the AC and it goes off.

But you don’t have a stinking clue if it was pure accident, driver malevolence, striker brushing vehicle and screaming “oh, my back, my back, I want fifty thousand dollars!”.

Welcome to modern media/”reporting”

Fuck giving wealthy upper middle class folks a discount on their new vehicle. Me and my wife drive two used vehicles and i BUST MY ASS to be able to afford them. Im not sweating my balls off in 100 degree heat working 60 hours a week so some office chuckefuck can save $100 a month on his new tesla

isn’t this just poor people handing money to rich people for fancy cars?

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No more of a deathtrap than a 60s Mustang or Falcon, because it’s exactly the same underneath the skin. 

Show me the cars of the other brands circa 1978-1986 that had rear windows that went all the way down. Not one car I was in as a child that was of those model years, from friends, neighbors, relatives, and so on had rear door windows that went all the way down. Toyotas, Mazdas, Hondas, GM, Ford, Chrysler, same story…

we are swiftly moving towards a post Peak Oil era

Don’t be ridiculous. You already imply that Apple will be manufacturing the car. If it’s an Apple car, even an authorized dealer would not be able to replace the windshield.

A Møøse once licked my sister... No realli!

I passed on the current Mazda6 as my first ever new car because you couldn’t get any options with a manual. The sales guy told me I was the 3rd person THAT WEEK that walked out because no heated seats/sunroof with the stick.

I had a similar experience at an Audi dealership once looking for a manual allroad years ago. “Audi customers don’t really buy manual allroads”.

This is a good take.

Here’s the thing about 15 minute cities: They’re terrible.

This. If you think rich capitalists are horrible people, wait until you see what thousands of greedy/desperate government, union, ‘NGO’, politician etc. public sector mobsters can do, especially when conspiring together to defraud the taxpayers.

Better known as Magical Monetary Theory.

F150s are outselling Rangers because Ford is foolish with pricing them so close together. There was a time when the price gap for a F150 and a Ranger is big enough to make you choose wisely. Now, it’s the “more bang for your buck” option.

My other problem with modern trucks in general, and every manufacturer is guilty…

Jeep never does things lik..... nevermind lol.