You’ve obviously never purchased a vehicle from Carmax. There is no head of finance nor anyone trying to convince you to buy a warranty. The Sales Associate will tell you about the MaxCare options and show you some accessories that are available for installation (cheap stereos, etc.), but there’s no pressure to buy…
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Well, for one thing, they only made around 2 million Land Rovers over a 67 year production period. Jeep built over 2 million JKs between 2006 and 2018. The last Defender also started out at $40,000 in 1993, which is about $80,000 in 2021, but the new Defender starts out at $46,000, which is Jeep money. The cool thing…
I’m not entirely sure how my response was one-sided. I didn’t go into great detail about the Malibu case itself, but I offered no opinion about the reasonableness of the judgement itself. That said, that sort of judgement would likely not have been entered in any nation outside the U.S. because no other nation has the…
Exactly this: Non-Tesla chargers are slower, less reliable, overpriced, and you have to join a half dozen networks to have decent coverage. It’s like saying you can only buy gas at one brand of gas station--which the gas companies have tried to do with their credit cards over the years, but you still had the choice to…
Sure, but even the manufacturers have derated the tow ratings. My Mazda 5 has a tow rating in Canada, but no tow rating the in United States. If I towed something with it and got into an accident, my insurance carrier might not cover it. I think that is more to do with the probability of litigation in the US, but it’s…
So it’s fine...just fine? Cool.
You know, it’s funny, by default I’m loyal to GM. My family worked for The General for four generations, literally since the company was formed. That’s all we had when I was growing up. I’ve since owned a Ford Mustang and a Mazda 5, and I can say that the Mazda has earned my loyalty. Zero problems in 75,000 miles. The…
It’s all fine and good until you get pulled over with an Illinois driver’s license and insurance and a Vermont tag. Chances are the vehicle could be impounded for failure to pay personal property tax and registration fees in the state where it is garaged. People who get South Dakota plates for their RVs set up an LLC…
Oh, but here’s the thing—Autoworkers will become Healthcare workers once the vaccine is released.
“I thought you’d be bigger”
Good luck getting rid of the IIHS and Consumer’s Reports. Private companies that manage to convince everyone in the U.S. that driving anything other than a brown Camry will result in death or serious physical injury in every collision.
Indeed. Drive the Golden Eagle to Valhalla and send it off the highest cliff you can find so that it can rest with its brothers in a place where rust shall not take it...forever...
“Boeing used to be known for making the best Airplanes in the world. All it takes is a few moronic penny grabbing decisions by bonehead management (both middle and upper) to erode decades of accumulated brand recognition.”
The 737, 757, 767, 777, and 787 all have three hydraulic systems. All except for the 787 were developed prior to the merger with McDonnell Douglas. The DC-10 had a fatal flaw in routing their systems to converge near the rear engine and did not include hydraulic fuses. I don’t think the lackadaisical software…
On a slightly different subject, if you watch the “January 28, 1986" episode of Challenger: The Final Flight, Peter Billingsley will break your heart at the end as he describes watching the Challenger explode in person at the Cape.
He works for GMG. He’s lucky to have a paycheck, at this point.
McDonnell Douglas has been gone for 23 years and the last commercial airliner they developed was the MD-11. The 717 was the last evolution after the merger. I highly doubt anyone from that program or the ‘70s era DC-10 had any part of the MAX program.
I bet you’re a blast at parties. And Zoom meetings.