300, Charger, Challenger, all dead. Chrysler has 1 product (Pacifica around since 2016 with little changes). Dodge consists of the Hornet and the ancient Durango which will either go out of production or get replaced. The Ram no longer has a V8 (and a Hemi at that) and good luck trying to market to the same people…

First gear is a ridiculous situation to see if only because it was obviously going to end that way when the Land of Forgotten Toys that is Stellantis spun itself into existence. They assumed that the money printing machine didn’t require oiling. Even Sergio (and Carlos is no Sergio) struggled with the complexity of…

@Jalopnik can you do a similar list of lowest average costs to get a vehicle to 250k miles? If you include/exclude fuel it could really alter results. But in terms of average repair costs over the life of a vehicle it would be interesting.

Am out there daily-ing a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee ecodiesel. Now at 155k. Apart from the recalls and one broken radio, nothing wrong with it. Just keep feeding it clean diesel (without the bio in it...)

1. Practical vehicles (chosen for substance over style). 2. Repairability (many front-engine, RWD/AWD + parts available for reasonable prices). 3. Hybrids (driven gently by people focused on maximizing mpgs). 4. Manufacturers willing to slightly overengineer (compared to their competitors).

My ‘07 Highlander Hybrid just hit 290k last week during a 500 mile 2 vacation round trip while loaded to the gills. I would have more miles, but my wife drove it for about 2 years after our second kid was born.

Actual combustion engineer here:

GDI is not the root cause, a bad fuel pump and/or bad injectors probably are.
If excessive fuel supply washes down the oil from the cylinder walls, leakage will increase and with that gasoline will dilute the oil which in turn increases friction in the entire engine leading to catastrophic failures.
What causes the HPFP…

Most people got into a Ram because it was cheaper than the competition, and had the Hemi engine.  They skyjacked the prices, and are getting rid of the Hemi.  Shocker that sales have slumped?

I’m going to guess one guy told everyone else it was ok, and that is turning into people claiming the manager said it was ok.

A towing outfit named “Gotcha Towing” couldn’t possibly be an ethically challenged business.

If they have never seen towing like this before, then they must live under a rock somewhere far outside of Charlotte.  I live in Charlotte and it has been a popular topic on the news for decades of how fast towing companies will tow your car if you park somewhere and even look at another store besides the store the…

Bring back three on the tree, cowards!

You know what takes up less space? A column shifter. I agree, I dislike the buttons in the current Tahoe/Suburban, but not nearly as much as I hate audi’s shifter.

But they still take up room on the console where a shifter like this doesn’t even need to be. Put it on the dash like the dodges at least. I just hate console shifters in general though. I’d rather have a column shifter and more space for junk in the console 😄

All trucks should have column shifters*

Going pre-approved by your credit union gives you bargaining advantage for sure, and you don't have to deal w/the stealership and their finance BS. The balls in your court then. 

Exactly, get preapproved through your bank or credit union before you start shopping.    Most of the time the dealership is not going to beat a legit bank or CU loan.  Usually only the rare time for new cars they offer 0% financing, which I am not even sure is a thing anymore

Also, if you get approved through whichever bank you deposit your checks at, they’ll have income verified already

ACDAB (Car Dealers) ...?