parts and know-how may be limited compared to other models

How is that considered bad to you? These had a recall for the dash (which is now closed), so having that done is a good thing. Also the windshield isn’t anything odd at all, windshields chip over time and any car with 170k will certainly not have the original windshield.

I work at a Lexus dealership. My job is to work with customers in the service lane who want to sell or trade-in their aging Lexus. I’ve seen these, regularly, with over 300k miles and still running like new. We took one in on trade once with 350k miles, it was in good enough condition that we could put it on the used…

These are notorious for having cracked dash’s.

All you need is a VIN to join PCA!

Tell me more about that Riviera sitting there in the background, just like the farm car your wacky aunt in Des Moines once inherited.

Plus, I have a feeling that the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture might have its funding revoked

Great job Collin outlining out recent history and the scary future we are now facing.

Where they would (unfortunately) be arrested and shipped off to El Salvador for being enemies of the state.

So cool that this was preserved.

I don’t suppose there’s any connection between this sudden interest in producing cheaper cars and the large increase in sales of Hyundais and Kias mentioned in another article?

Just... pay people more?  Or we can keep begging for cheaper prices on goods while continuing to ignore the fact that adjusted wages have barely moved in 3+ decades.

the plan is for them to build more affordable cars

Oh look, they’re still missing the point.

“It’s welcome news for folks who see the average price of a new car – $49,740 – and shutter.”

Yep. And I know it’s early, but from listening to the ATC recordings it really does sound like the helicopter fucked up and failed to pass behind the plane as instructed by ATC. I didn’t catch any error by ATC, especially since at that location they’re probably under fairly intense pressure not to stop military…

I have to admit, when my wife told me that a helicopter crashed into a plane in DC, my first question was “Any chance it was Marine 1?”

It’s my opinion and last I checked those are still legal.  

Too bad it wasn’t AF1. Would have solved a lot of problems.

I engage with ATC personnel dozens of times a year. While I don’t fly myself anymore, I ride right seat in a GA aircraft probably 100 hours/year, nearly always IFR, which means a lot of communication. On the ground, I design airport projects which interface with ATC rules, and often often have controllers as part of…