Octane and this S are about 7k difference...with upgrades...about 4-5k difference. The actual question is: How badly do you want your HD dealer to be your best friend?

I’d really like to take this bike for a spin. It looks great and I’m sure it rides nice. I’m just very hard to convince that nearly $17,000 is a fair price to pay for one of these...

Yeah, there isn’t a chance in hell anyone would say a ‘04 Mazda3 is as nice feeling as a ‘13 Golf. Not that the Golf interior is made from unicorn pelts and billet aluminum, but it’s leaps and bounds better than the Mazda.

Why would use a shitload of electricity to extract energy for another source and create hydrogen while you can just store that electricity directly in a battery ? It’s just as silly as making fuel from corn.

Neutral: VW should go right back to near-premium. Every day when I hop inside my 2001.5 Passat GLX, I’m reminded of why they won almost all the comparison tests in the late 90s and early 2000s. My 15-year-old DD is more enjoyable and better built than our brand new Honda — in the same market segment and price point.…

Why does the German government need to foot part of VW’s DieselGate bill?

I am shocked the Rider survived, that looked so violent.

Encouraging road rage is safer than a lane change?

On one hand, that dick got what he deserved. What if there had been a legit reason for the front car to slow down?

As a TDI owner, I have come to the realization that this is par for the course. They aren’t going to do the right thing. They are totally going to do everything they can to screw us over. In light of this, I hope the EPA, FTC, & DOJ return the favor.

Holy fuck, what an attitude. I can’t imagine how a test drive would go with a person like that...

Dude knows he’s in CP territory, and is a bit defensive about it.

Holy shit. What is wrong with this guy? I like Alfas very particularly (says my little avatar picture thingie) and I understand that Alfa Romeos and reason are often mutually exclusive terms. And this is an exceptionally nice specimen. But nearly 20 large? This transcends crack and is well into black-tar heroin. Knock…

If for no other reason because it hasn't been raised in more than two decades and USs road infrastructure is quite literally crumbling as a result.

The best way to get people to buy electric is to raise the gas tax (you’d probably want to offset that with some sort of transportation credit). That makes electrics more competitive, but also would encourage better fuel economy in general.

The SRX, and now its replacement the XT5, is a rival for the Lexus RX 350, Volvo XC60, Audi Q5, BMW X5 and Mercedes GLE. Basically, the entire parking lot at the“nicer mall” in your town.

I’d have to bone up on the subject before I debate you, but I don’t think “increasingly belligerent Iran” is accurate. There was international pressure that stepped up when Iran was on the verge of getting “the bomb”, but that’s not 1:1 with Iran being more warlike.

Good thing it doesn’t work that way.

Sure it is. Why wouldn’t it be? I move over and let faster traffic motor on by all the time no matter what speed I’m going. If there is a huge line in both lanes, and I’m in the right, I’ll jump over to the left, speed up to the flow of traffic, and merge back over and slow back down when I can..

I guess you think this article is about other people.