Not sure I agree with your statement. Paying in cash will always get you a worse deal at almost any dealer, especially shady ones. Nowadays, your average Dodge or Nissan is sold at a loss, because the dealer makes thousands on financing after the sale. Saying “I’ve got cash” is like telling a dealer “I’ve got crabs”.…

Buy-here-pay-here scammy dealers often refuse to deal with cash or people who are credit-literate. They’ll sell a used, salvaged luxury car for a few grand below market to sign some wannabe sucker up for exorbitant interest rates, where they will make that loss back 5 fold.

The series of mental rationalizations and compromises that lead to this must have been like:

Jesus, how did nobody suggest Miata? Miata is always the answer, but in this case its actually the right answer! Super fun, affordable, fuel efficient, reliable, cheap to run.

It looks like a very not cohesive Navigator knockoff 

I noticed there were zero visible JEEP logos. Weird for a brand that relies purely on its name recognition for most of its cheaper vehicles.

I disagree on the grill. In a world where every luxury SUV requires a comically large grill (hello, X7) I like that this is more restrained. It also does a good job evoking Grand Wagoneer vibes. The light bar that cuts below the center hump in the grill made me instantly recognize it as a successor to the Grand…

It makes a wonderful rental car. Lots of luxury features, comfortable, easy to drive, good power, acceptable fuel economy and cavernous trunk. For the price of a middling Escape (out the door) , you get a very smooth and nice looking sedan with a V6 and lots of luxury gear. Seeing as models with leather and panoramic…

Keep the BRZ and buy a set of blizzaks for $800. It’ll be a better winter commuter than any AWD car on all season tires.

American beers have a cool image in China. Kinda like how rather mundane and commonplace Mexican and European beers (Tecate, Modelo, Corona, Heineken, Guinness) are consider cooler than Budweiser in the US. But in their homelands they’re just a fixture, like Budweiser is here.

I think more people will be convinced that IFS is superior for their needs when they drive each on the highway. The new Wrangler is still a mess to drive on the street and I hope the Bronco is at least somewhat better to drive on road, which is where 99% of these spend 99% of their time.

Yes, this site is a technical nightmare. Navigating it on mobile is downright infuriating. I’ve actually given up commenting on mobile because its just so damn glitchy.

I think you can/could get 21" wheels on the E63S AMG Wagon. Even midsized sedans are starting to come with 20"+ wheels from the factory. It’s ridiculous, but its the design trend of today.

Definitely way over budget, and I have a feeling in a year or two, these are going to be as common as a Camry (they’re already getting that way in Chicago, and they’ve only been on sale a year). But yes, they are futuristic on the inside and to drive.

2016 Cadillac ELR. They already look like a spaceship on the inside and out. Plus they’re so rare, you’ll rarely see another. They are also a plug-in hybrid that gets great gas mileage and uses commonplace Chevy Volt parts, if it needs repaired. While it looks futuristic, the running gear is pretty common and well…

I teased him relentlessly for that, when my $7,000 used Golf had Bluetooth audio at the same time. But that Panamera interior has held up better over ten years than I ever could have expected.

Everything is delayed because of Covid, except - ironically - evictions. If people can’t understand why, then I don’t feel sorry for them. I know it sucks, but 165,000 Americans are dead, tens of millions are unemployed and most companies are hanging on by a thread. Honestly at this point in time, I’m excited when…

That picture gave me a tracheotomy

Carrying around a massive battery from the well-known and totally reputable GOOLOO brand in my car? Sounds like a massive fire hazard. Half this no name Chinese crap on Amazon is completely untested and unregulated. I had a GOOLOO phone charger short circuit and ruin my phones charging port the first time I used it.…

Carrying around a massive battery from the well-known and totally reputable GOOLOO brand in my car? Sounds like a…

Maybe they just started recently (I haven’t seen one in Chicago yet), but the comment still applies. Its a vehicle that has *barely* just hit the market, so I’m not sure how the Lyriqs comparable specs are “a couple of years” behind the Model Y.