Once upon a time, I sat next to a total stranger on an airplane. Without any conversation with us, somehow naturally it worked out that we shared the armrest, me taking the front half while her elbow used the rear half.

All the above comparisons have shown me is that the Ranger really makes no logical sense at all. It’s longer than a F150, only two inches narrower, and gets worse gas mileage. Sure it appears cheaper but I bet there’s more incentives on the F150 (normally at least). 

I bought a house in December of 18, it’s now up 100%. I bought a cheap used car in April of 19, it’s…well, probably still not worth anything but at least I’m not trying to buy a car now. Every day I thank my stars I’m as fortunate as I am. 

Yeah but had they kept more cars, they could have gotten $200 a day on TWO Maximas 

Along with that - door handles that act as a space to hold stuff. Been great for stuffing masks in them. 

My takeaway from this article is that Europeans buy a truck if they need a truck, and only buy the truck they *need*, not the one they want for the once every two year caravaning trip. 

Do you really think the 2.0t will be the one most people buy? There’s this huge assumption around here that everyone will want the towing / AWD and I just don’t think so. I’m picturing the Maverick being a replacement for people who want the utility of a small CUV without the stigma of driving a small CUV, like me.…

Just time and again the question is: What the fuck are cops thinking?!?

In one product cycle, GM will flip the script and start charging $50 for the “stop/start delete” option. 

Looking at the videos, I’d want the Hybrid with just a slightly nicer interior (fake leather would be nice, plus some type of cold weather package). Hopefully that comes in about $25k. 

That looks…not quite right 😆

This is the absolute perfect truck for most people who buy trucks. Therefore Ford will sell about a dozen of them and they’ll be discontinued in three years. 

I hadn’t really thought about it, but the inventory of cheap but somewhat reliable older cars is probably really, really down.

Huh. Learned something new. And yet AAA is only about $80/yr, soooo 🤷🏻‍♂️

Somehow I can obtain 21mpg highway in a Disco4 without trying too hard. I was shocked that the diesel’s mpgs were so bad, figured it could hit at least 26mpg in the higher altitude (which tends to be better for turbos). 

Perhaps anecdotal, but I had a B5 Passat and it was a common joke on the forums that everyone should drive around with an extra fuel pump in the trunk because they always failed at the most inconvenient time and place. Sure enough, mine left me stranded in the middle of the desert, 150 miles away from civilization.…

I take it the Phaeton doesn’t suffer from the frequent-to-fail fuel pump that Passats and Jettas of the same vintage faced?

Really most of those prices seem...not that bad? The $2k oil service is stupid, but who knows it may take 24 quarts of beluga whale oil for all I know.  I don’t know what a tire fit container is, but the other prices are about in line with most German car maintenance, especially considering everything needs to be…

I had a bunch of technical assumptions (like lower likelihood of being caught) typed up, but you summarized it more perfectly. People are just idiots. 

They get a lot of eye rolls, but LZB furniture is really the most durable. I have a couch from about 2012 that my big ass dogs lay on and lick every day, jump over the top of, and sometimes gnaw on...and it still is holding up. A little rough around the edges but totally mostly acceptable. I think I only paid like…