“Back in my day EVERY car had its own key. And you actually had to take the key out of your pocket and press a button to unlock your car, then stick the key in a slot to start it!”

Creative sexual fetishes.

First Gear: I scrolled through the comments a bit and most are off the mark. Tesla’s inroads into the luxury segment have nothing to do with fit/finish or performance. If you want to make a comparison, then look at the iPhone; Tesla ownership is first and foremost about being fashionable, just like iPhone ownership.…

Well, they could side with the California states, which are pushing for a higher emissions standard. Siding with the Trump admin, who are pushing for a lower standard, is literally a

You can love a thing, be enthusiastic about it, and write well about it but find it inconvenient or find a lack of desire or ability to do basic things with it, especially if it’s your appliance.

Foodies are enthusiastic about food, but many don’t like dealing with the dishes that come with cooking their own.

That was the most important thing I took away from my required econ courses. The good professors continually reiterated that the core of all it is completely irrational. It’s part of what makes it so fascinating, at least for the moment. Despite all of the algorithms and computing power around the markets and money,…

Absolutist bullshit sounds great when you’re a populist shill on the campaign trail, but it’s literally the reason we have the phrase “perfect is the enemy of the good”

It will take a lot of time and consumer experience with autonomous vehicles. Once the average consumer has had enough experience with autonomous driving in a car (with optional controls that they never, ever use) they’ll eventually get used to it and then will WANT those things removed. Because they take up space and…

#fishlopnik

That’s the thing, people don’t buy what they can afford, they buy what they can get a loan for. The allowed loan amounts should be much smaller in relation to yearly income than they are right now. The way it should work is if you want a $60k car and you make $60k per year, that’s fine, but you have to put down enough…

Dodge Rampage with an SRT4 motor/transmission and a ladder rack. Those ladders would be about shoulder height so that is nice.

The thing is, the entire premise of a lot of these questions is that the requester essentially says “I know the good, realistic choice is X. But I don’t want that.” So the authors left to suggest something more fun/interesting/weird.

You can’t really call up the used car factory and just order one, now can you?

The ONLY source of used cars is new cars.

With all of the changes in the industry, really only one thing affects us, the consumer. Affordability of the average car. I’m concerned about the unaffordability of vehicles the most. I understand why they are so expensive, but it’s a problem nonetheless. Consumers need to start thinking about what they can afford…

I’m most concerned about the rising costs to buy a new car. There are way too many people buying cars that they cannot afford with crazy long loans. This has to come to a head at some point and it won’t be pretty.

Ranked by efficiency:

Pulling through is fine, I do it from time to time, but for whatever reason, the one that gets me, is people [usually of a certain demo] who *always* have to park ass-in first. I just find that very annoying, especially in a busy lot, where you have a bunch of other cars waiting. It just feels like total posing. It’s…

Heh, if I had 200 grand to spend on something frivolous, I would give zero fucks too. The Taycan is an amazing, beautiful vehicle! It also drives really well, says literally everyone reporting on it.