Your comment is technically correct (the best kind of correct), but in this context it is based on a faulty premise. As far as I know, no automotive manufacturer is using truly water-based paints. What they use are waterborne paints. It is more precisely referred to as a suspension than a solution. The paint is not…

the most famousest of Hobbits, yes my boy

In fairness to Kenny from the Block, I don’t think he wrote the headline.

I mean, yes Ken, your expertly planned and choreographed videos have delighted millions, but, really?

Also a 22b just sold for over 300k because of Colin McRae. Sorry but Ken is nothing compared to that man’s fame and skill.

Yo, Ken, I’m really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but I just got to say that Colin McRae is the most famous Subaru driver of all time.

(It’s not)

I get that, as a car person, it is special; it’s just that (to use your example), if this car drove past me on the street, I’d think “nice Subaru”. I wouldn’t think “six figure car”.

They did it so owners don’t have to sully themselves with opening the hood and seeing all those gross mechanical things in there. Seriously.

Right? When I think “thin wheel,” I picture Mildred, age 70-ish, big, platinum blonde hair, festooned with jewelry, motoring to mahjong with the girls in her 1982 Eldorado.

I’ve enjoyed ripping into today’s excuses for styling as just iterations of Dove soap bar cars—that same areodynamic shape for cutting thru the air. After all, getting good MPG or long battery life depends on using your energy efficiently—slice thru the air—duh.

It’s in the eye of the beholder, we need to stop forcing unrealistic thickness standards on young, impressionable steering wheels.

I never understood the infatuation with a slim wheel. As a man with monkey hands, I need that CHONK to help me out. Otherwise I feel like I’m gonna brake the wheel in half.

Mercedes, where are you getting LED headlights for cars without them looking like “I got these at Pep Boys on sale”? I’ve never found a factory looking headlight that promises better lighting for a decent price.

The worst is LED “replacement” bulbs in a reflector housing designed for a filament bulb. Those kinds of bulbs may indeed fit and plug in to the back of the headlight housing, but they often do not offer near the same light pattern as the original bulb.

Headlights on = taillights on has been required on all new vehicles for many decades. What you’re seeing are people driving with their running lights on (NOT headlights) or cars with burned out taillights.

Aftermarket housings are generally a bit worse for beam pattern; LED replacements vary from a bit worse to much worse. They look great but the beam pattern is bad for traffic around you, and sometimes for peripheral vision as well.

Automatic headlights is the only right answer. And make it so that it defaults to Auto. Can’t tell you how often I see people driving around in the dark thinking their lights are on.

Disagree, there are tons of people living in warm climates which have no use for heated seats. I haven’t used mine ever. If you live in a temperate climate like Europe or US, probably standard is fine.

You can get aftermarket projector housings and LED headlight kits for many cars and motorcycles. The hardware has gotten so cheap that it makes me wonder why every new car doesn’t already come with projector headlights at minimum.