Forgot to mention as cons for the Hyundai/Kia, higher insurance costs and poorly-built engines leading you to being given the runaround by dealers while it fails.

Taste is one of the last things that matters when it comes to discussing the failings of Trump’s cabinet. They did their best to de-regulate everything they could for the sole purpose of a few benefactors making more money. Elaine Chao was literally in the exact position to affect car manufacturers and gave zero shits…

She spent the key years of Tesla growth doing nothing related to their myriad safety issues as a company, potentially putting others in danger all while hoarding money for her family. Erin called it tragic (she could have also called it ironic) which is polite given the circumstances.

Poor taste is only an issue for…

Because a 1200 dollar tune is about 3 times cheaper than replacing a particulate filter.  I'm not saying it's right, but I understand.

As long as it’s on the drawing/spec/mod list/process/etc., totally fine. If not, that’s a problem.

The dish soap itself wouldn’t bother me if it was in the assembly spec. But since it wasn’t there’s probably no paper trail of which planes got soaped up and which ones didn’t. Maybe it matters, maybe it doesn’t, but it does make me concerned about what other steps they’ve been improvising.

One of two major mistakes.  

Not really surprised by this outcome. Tire manufacturers often leapfrog one another as they learn from their competition and release new versions of their tires. The great thing for all of us is that there are several great tire options in just about every category. Last year was “new tire time” for both my current…

I agree with you for the most part, but I don’t think people will be interested in driving further because EVs are cheaper to operate. Most of us are limited by how much time we care to spend behind the wheel, not by the cost per mile, which remains negligible - as evidenced by how many people leave their ICE cars…

I want to see greens, oranges, burgundy, and deep purples. Even a bluish slate grey looks better than this.

Ive worked for GM and then various Tier-1 and Tier 2 suppliers and these cars look like primered development mules whose bodies were run though the E-coat dip tank and then shot with clear coat. I hate this grey trend.

When the head of Nikola lied about his truck, he was prosecuted and sent to prison.  When is Elon facing this?

Interesting that we’ve seen videos of tug-o-wars with Rivians, F150s Lightnings and Hummer EVs without this issue occurring.

Except, no, because it’s not like a transmission switching between forward and reverse.  Electricity doesn’t care if the load is caused by having to pull an object, versus having to go up a steep hill.  Load is load.

No, greenhouse gases caused the increase. The sulfur was just masking it.

Eating lunch while reading a Jalopnik article that drew heavily from Devil Wears Prada was not even on my *wildest* gay bingo card for 2024. What a delight, even if the paint jobs are bleak lol

One thing I will never do is buy another car in white / black / grey / silver. Cannot stand how every car looks like it’s been printed by a laser printer. Last three cars I purchased new for myself were a 2011 Cayman (red), 2015 Mustang (blue), and 2024 Palisade (green). My next car will be yellow.

Had a dealer service department tell my wife she needed new brake pads after 18,000 miles. She told them, “that doesn’t sound right”. The bag of dirt mechanic said, “yeah, I thought that was strange too.” With a straight face.

I got bullshit form the service departments also. Had one tell me that I needed new tires after 10k miles. When I asked him why, he asked me if I drove city or highway. I said I mostly drove city. He then went on a 5 3-5 minute bullshit story about “city tires” vs “highway tires”.

I totally think the vast majority of dealers are at best sleazy and realistically somewhere between scummy and shit stains; but dealer invoice can often be pretty far off the dealer’s actual cost of just the vehicle. They often get incentives to further bring that cost down after you factor in things like volume kick…