I’m ok with manufactures getting dinged on functional reliability for Hvac in the infotainment. In my option it should always be separate, and barring that, default to a Auto 72F mode if the infotainment computer is not functioning.

C/R really needs to split this category into functional reliability and convenience reliability. There is a huge different between your car not starting in the morning and your infotainment interface crashing and requiring you to turn the car off and back on again to fix.

I bet they got extra points for this move.

Love that the CRV comes to a full stop then Punts the guy anyway for walking in the traffic lane. Good on you Honda.

I’ve heard “brodys” as well in central Wisconsin.

IDK if it’s an enthusiast expression or just a Midwest expression but Whippin’ Shittys a.k.a. doing donuts in the snow. Usually in a car that is not capable of doing donuts on bare pavement.

I can smell it from here. A combination of cigarettes and about a thousand stale air fresheners. 

Good to know. I wasn’t seeing much reported in the LR forums about the 5.0 & S/C 5.0 so I assumed they were doing well. I’m glad I’ve got the 4.4L. Just ticked over 185,000 w/o issue.

JLR haven’t had engine issues since the terrible BMW 4.2L they put in the RR up until 2006. The 4.4L and 5.0L in the LR3, LR4, RRS & RR are bulletproof.

It doesn’t look high tech. I see mechanical HVAC controls. An actual shift lever instead of a dial. Steering wheel is devoid of controls other than CC. All modern vehicles are required to have a screen so you can’t really be mad about that. 

They almost had it. Just skip those stick on ram air scoops and its a nice little budget G65 

You’re a fucking loser. I can get behind slow drivers being annoying, but brake checks are the kind of shit that garbage humans do.

there is nothing decent sounding about a screaming 4 banger, wind whistling around the mirrors, and tiny rocks spraying against the floorboards. 

I guess it’s all relative. If you’re used to driving an economy shitbox I would bet this thing feels ok. Compared to every vehicle I’ve ever driven, this thing was by far the worst. I’m struggling to come up with anything even close to this bad. It makes a Prius feel like a luxury car.

These are garbage. I had one as a rental car to get from Boston to New Haven, CT. It is loud as hell. Zero sound deadening. It is so light and narrow that the littlest amount of wind throws you into the next lane. Passing Semis make you hold on for dear life. Maybe this is true of all tiny economy cars but this thing…

Nope.

I do not like the looks of it. It’s too round. Rovers need angles. The velar looks like you took a real rangie and dunked it in a vat of wax a bunch of times until all its distinctive features were covered in a rounded featureless shape.

Leather floor mats are gross.

Yes. Cargo cover pulls back to meet the top of the tailgate