I would say insurance is drastically less complicated than electric autonomous automaking or space travel. He figured those out. PayPal has also been doing transaction insurance for decades, so he’s not completely inexperienced.

This is actually a brilliant move. Insurers pay retail price for repairs, and the pass through retail cost of parts to fix a car (or a negotiated rate which is less than retail, but still much above cost). If the car is totaled, they pay the full market value in cash.

Predictable move. Unfortunately that concept looks like a concept Chrysler would release in 2003.

You can buy a new Accord Sport with 3 pedals for the same price. If we're talking about used cars, there's a boatload of ATS, Q50 and Giulias for under $25k

Because we're talking about it. It gets the conversation going around BMW and gives click bait mills content to work with. So here we are. 

I see Toyota took a conservative approach with the new FJ Cruiser. 

I have a friend who's a diplomat moving to Brazil. He said it's best to drive something cheap and inconspicuous or an armored car. Having a luxury car with no protection is asking for trouble 

Good hot take on a hot shit op ed. I’m a “New Urban Leftist” and John Q Homeowner! Yes, we exist! Some millennials do own modest homes. A few years ago the city of Chicago turned a major 4 lane Avenue next to my home into a 2 lane street with promenade sidewalks.

It hits all her marks for being quiet and under $25k. They come well equipped at that price. But she's giving up a lot of interior space coming from an Accord to any CUV... Especially this 

Unfortunately they mostly suck. Why do you need a crossover? Get a Subaru Legacy or Impreza sedan or hatch. They have AWD, are under budget, and are comparable in size to your Accord. 

People have been doing this with their heavily used E90s for a decade, usually with stick-on ebay LED strips. The result is the same. 

A giant wagon with a small diesel engine, 6 speed manual and up to 11 seats and low range 4WD should be Jalop enough to be given some forgiveness. 

It is hideous. But today the majority of cars sold are indistinguishable, anonymous crossover blobs... And I actually kinda admire this car for trying something different, failing miserably, but still green lighting it for production. They were clearly going for "S-class grew a hatch" and got the humpback of Busan…

I thought these were just placeholders for the store to add custom screens. The local chain near me has this model of pump (or something that looks similar) but all the screens are branded. This is probably what happens when the station owner doesn't bother to upload custom screens

My mom, who is 61 - and drives only marginally more aggressive than you’d expect a 61 year old mother to - bought an X5 M50i because she wanted a V8 after coming from a Grand Cherokee 5.7. Never mind the fact that the X5 30i is much faster than the Jeep ever was... 

“The new softails come with quiet exhausts, just like all manufacturers, because of EPA db numbers. Know what’s quiet? Electric bikes. Which Harley is making one of.”

My friend was a chemist for the EPA and even during the Obama years, the well paid doctorate-holding scientists at the bureau had to pay 50 cents for a 6oz paper cup of shitty coffee. Because providing free coffee was a luxury and taxpayer money shouldn’t be wasted on that.

It’s misleading to say this starts at $25k. The model you’re driving regularly sells NEW for well under $20k. That’s why its so cheap. You can find deals on these for $14k on the right day. It would never move off the lot at $25k. This is why they’re popular.

Nissan produces the most uninspired, middling, unimpressive, dull vehicles on the market. They cut back their build quality and design to chase a lower price point and higher volume... resulting in some truly garbage vehicles. I’ve driven the new Rogue and Altima and they feel a generation behind the Hondas and…

Everyone knows big trucks are a compensation for a small... Gentleman's vegetable. Apparently everyone is in on the joke except guys who keep buying these damn things.