This is still my favorite:

See also: water, wet; rocks, hard.

Honestly not bad. I wish the dash was a little nicer (the Mk7 Golf was pretty good) but it’ll do. Hopefully the engine is as tuneable as the 1.8t because 158hp seems like...not enough. 

Yes and no. I bought a high mileage 5 series knowing what I was getting into, and (more importantly) knowing the history of the car. I put in ~$1200 of expected work and it’s been great ever since.

Agreed. I want to like this, but there’s nothing about an almost 12-year-old, semi-economy car with only 227hp that inspires passion, especially as the price. 

I understand your premise but disagree with your phrasing. “Much bigger” than a Corolla = Highlander or larger. A RAV4 vs. Corolla is just a rounding error. 

And that, right there, is the end of the argument. Get this perfectly acceptable EV for $48k (less a $7500 fed credit which you’ll be waiting for) or buy this equally perfectly acceptable Focus / Corolla / whatever for $24k. How many years of 100mpge vs 35mpg will it take for you to break even, hmmmm?

There’s a lot of concern over this fleet vs retail argument. As someone who has purchased several new, fleet-only Ford products (and I’m def not a fleet), it isn’t hard to find a dealership willing to make a fleet of one. If you’ve got the money, they’ve got the time. 

All of the lights burning out makes me think power surge of some type. Strange that no fuses were blown. What makes a VW, a VW...

It is both spelled and used properly. Sorry grandma. 

My only argument with what you’re saying is that BJ’s is *not* low tier and I will die on this bill. 

That’s my thought too. I take no offense to CUVs in practice (though I wish they were less boring, but the recent Corolla / Accord / Camry / Focus etc was also boring). But this sizing just seems to be filling a void that doesn’t exist. It can’t be *that* different in size or use or cost than a RAV4. 

Does anyone else feel like Costco is too bougie for comfort? I’m a manger for the cheap gas (it’s right by my house) but find myself buying from other warehouse clubs because their products are more in line with what I want / cheaper than Costco.

I was just thinking about this car the other day. Not *this* car, but you get my drift. The LS is still the embodiment of what I (when I was a teen) wanted in a car and really, still is.

A 90 minute trip is...idk, like 100 miles? Doesn’t seem out of the ordinary to go someplace on a weekend to mess around in the mountains or go to a swap meet or something that’s 100 miles away. Pretty normal for me and I live in a fairly suburban area.

I was all excited but wooow is 230 miles not that many miles. I get that these aren’t going to be used for Wildcat drivers but I’d like to at least be able to make a 90 minute each way round trip in one. 

Same logic goes for double decker tacos. Alas...

I’d jump at the chance to buy a halfway decent 80 series for $7k.  This is not halfway decent. 

My worries are more that they’re going to kill RWD variants in favor of all-AWD and might even end up with...gasp...FWD-based AWD.

What if had sent that message to a man? “I want to see you. Have dinner with me.” What would our takeaway be?