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And there’s something else you never get — a pic of the bottom. It’s always pics of the right side, left side, front side, back side, and inside. But never underside or overside.

“Too many people don’t seem to understand this.”

Sedans won’t hit 0.0, but their margins make them a minority market share moving forward. Most comparable CUVs can achieve in the 30s and provide more utility (perceived or real) to people, especially families. Once you’re above 30 mpg, FE becomes a diminishing return.

This is what I don’t get. Every time Jalopnik commenters tell me “They’re making what the market demands!” I just wonder if they’re forgetting fifteen years ago. We went through this exact same thing. Americans bought stupid, giant SUVs when gas was cheap, gas prices spiked massively, everyone was fucked. And now

First, and Neutral: Gas will go up. Everybody will freak out. The players who kept making GOOD sedans will be ready.  Ford’s awesome new RWD Explorer will be the right product at the wrong time.

What, you don’t enter your PIN number into LCD display on the ATM machine?

The drivers are already planned obsolescence in Uber’s gameplan...

An interior without a bunch of useless shit in it. This limits me to cars from about 2004 or older. Unless I want to go live in India, Thailand, or Indonesia or something.
I hate infotainment systems. Especially touch screen ones, you can go scrape the inside of your nostrils with a rusty spoon if you’re one of the

But what’s the most unique thing y’all look for when you buy a car?

Hooker-free trunk

Yeah. Any savings incentive for a specific purpose that doesn’t either place the money in escrow or hold something else hostage until it is used for its intended purpose is basically a failure out of the gate.

Uber drivers provide their own vehicles, so there’s not really anything Uber can actually do to make the EV swap happen

This car, at this price, is a hard would not, could not, should not.

You are not joking. A Contour SVT of the same vintage is way more powerful, handles great, and is like a 10th that price. CP all day!

“Too heavy to be FWD”

I feel like they’d be hard-pressed to have made this more wrong for their market or any market if they tried.

I WANTED to like this but that range is awful and $30k is in “you cannot be fucking serious” range.

Read the paperwork, bro. The policy was there before you got there and it will be there after you leave.

Bubblewrap, yes. Flipping, I’m not so sure.