Isn’t Lexus a little low rent for the Yacht market? But hey, I love that fact they put a Volvo engine in it.

Fun fact : Pizza Hut that won the Franchise Wars in international releases of the movie.

It’s probably stolen

“Yeah bullshit you have never heard of him. He’s been the face of generic white guy rap/pop music for 4 years now.”

Who?

I think one problem with your assumption is that the “average Joe” will always have the same skillset. I mean, add a laptop and the right cable to your basic toolkit and you can suddenly do a whole lot of stuff with a modern car if you have that skillset, and a lot of young folks do. Hell, I bet the next generation is…

Hell, most Americans use recreational drugs

I’ve had the opposite experience. I was canceled flying from a small airport to San Francisco due to fog in the bay which makes it so small regional jets cannot land. I listened to multiple people use your method and get nothing but a rebooking from the agents since it was demonstrably weather and outside the…

Carry on to Hayward, son. There’ll be peace when you are done. Drop the flaps to 35. Don’t you fly no more.

This is new to me, as an American. Clarke is funny as all get out

No skinny pants though. Proper straight leg.

However, you are engaging each successive gearset completely when you “poke the shifter” - you just are choosing to engage the next set before transmitting any significant power through. The transmission didn’t skip any gears.

If I was Jeff Bezos level of rich I would buy it and announce development of an LS powered version of all Teslas.

It’s no great secret that driving around Brooklyn is a terrible way to test a performance car, or really any car.

It’s actually pretty roomy. The back seat is about equal to the Model 3, maybe even a little bigger, and because it’s a hatchback it’s got good cargo space. It may look small, but it’s actually bigger than a Bolt and most of the mini-suv’s that have been coming out.

I am not surprised at the 3 series and Prius but my theory for the Nissan Leaf -”Let me just drive around in this other electric car for couple years while waiting for the cool one.”
On that line, So I guess no one traded up from a Chevy Volt/Bolt because they are all Real People, Not Actors™?

But life is more fun if you anthropomorphize everything.

The mileage requirement is based on the footprint for the vehicle, so larger vehicles aren’t penalized, because physics.  The smaller the footprint, the higher the MPG that is required of it.

Tires.  You can mod the crap out of everything else on your car, but if you can’t grip, you’re just wasting your money.  I finally got a set of summer tires this year, a bit wider than stock, and I can take a corner like I never could before.  It feels like a completely different car.  Always start with tires.