The U.S. dealers don’t want these cars. There is no money in servicing them and customers don’t want a tiny Mercedes. GM is finding that out the hard way with Cadillac’s EV push, and they have way more Cadillac dealers than M-B has in the U.S. Audi managed to right-size their electric option, but they still don’t sell…

So true. My Dad had melanoma that metastasized to a lymph node in his throat and it grew to the size of a golf ball, but hadn’t gone anywhere else. Surgery to remove the node/tumor, 6 weeks of radiation, and a year of immunotherapy and he’s cancer-free. It was a horrible experience, for sure, but until Dustin releases…

Unless you’re paying cash, chances are the banks will cut you off first. The admin fees aren’t going to be cheap either.

Just because the Buyer didn’t hear/feel the busted CVT during appraisal doesn’t mean that the service department wouldn’t have found it during CQI. Unless you found the vehicle on their website later, you can probably assume that a $10k A4 went to the auction lane. I’ve purchased three vehicles from Carmax and sold…

Carmax just buys it back. I’m sure the admin fee is not refundable.

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…

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…

Considering that almost every current Federal employee technically works “in” this administration (because the Executive branch runs the country), I think it’s safe to say that 99.9% are probably not treasonous scumbags.

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…

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/03/709487222/pilots-split-over-faa-chiefs-claims-on-boeing-737-max-training#:~:text=Pilots%20can%20override%20MCAS.,on%20how%20to%20disable%20it.

I mean, according to Mercedes Streeter’s article last week, everything should have been fixed, right? Wasn’t it supposed to be the counterpoint to the hit piece you wrote on the 18th?

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...