Trump and his butt buddy Elon will have the NHTSA gone soon enough, don’t sweat it.

I understand how these things can happen, but why are so many videos of vehicles that have broken down on the tracks? What is it about those particular areas that cars break down on? I could see how running over tracks too hard might jar something loose and break something, but even then, you’re still coasting and…

I’ve come to the conclusion that, on balance, unrestricted use of the internet was a bad idea.

FWIW, I know a half-dozzen acquaintances who would swear on a stack of bibles that it would in fact be the latter one.

My personal daily is my Mazdaspeed3, which I love to death, but at the same time sometimes its nice to be able to take my wife’s Odyssey out for a quick errand instead of deal with the hassle of everyone on the road trying to race me.  I don’t care what anyone says, minivans are awesome

It’s ok to say, I deserve to be comfortable and to be able to do a 7 hour drive without feeling like I just ran a marathon. It’s OK to say, yeah, I really don’t want to “feel the road” because the road is a poorly maintained piece of garbage. It’s OK to say, I want my partner not to hate driving with me. :)

See below. You don’t have to read the whole thing, just the updated portion from July 2019 documenting that the Ford engineers knew this thing was gonna be a problem 2 years before it went on sale.

For a lot of people, Just having A PRICE is a feature. Haggling sucks. It just does. It adds anxiety and awfulness to a process that does not need it. And it justifies the need for car salesmen. Which are 100% unnecessary. Because we have the internet, we’ve already done the research.

Everytime I hear this I pull up the 59 Bel Air vs the 09 Malibu front quarter crash test on Youtube.  Shuts them up with the quickness.

I suspect you are more in the “lucky” camp since Ford is eating a lot of cost to replace those parts when they fail.

That’s a nice street. I hope the residents there are going to be alright.

in the same way you wouldn’t drive a Jeep wrangler (purpose built as an incredibly capable off-road vehicle) the same way you drive an M3

“Priuses suck.”

Honestly, most of the dumbest stuff I’ve ever heard about cars comes from enthusiasts and is best summed up as “there’s only one way to enjoy cars, and that’s my way.”

I’m not sure I’m following the “dumbest thing that you heard someone say” about Saturn.

And for those wondering: No, the transmission had not been replaced yet. It crapped out like a month after they bought it. I told them they don’t have to run *every* car decision they make past me. They just need to at least google it and see if there was a class action lawsuit.

“Officer, I wasn’t driving that night. My car was stolen, my friend borrowed the car, etc.” Lawyer would instantly get the case thrown out. 

Look sir a modest amount of shrapnel wounds is normal and within spec.

It was only a SMALL explosion.  Inconsequential, really.  I mean, I’ll miss my wife, but what can you do?  Have you SEEN those cool headlights?

I think its EVERYTHING. speaker rattle, window squeak, caught fire...