His insurance agent is going to *love* him today - hope he is still on his parent’s insurance, which was the only thing that saved my butt as a young college kid with a Jetta GLI. And it was STILL relatively expensive to insure, even scarily close to 40 years ago. A GTI would have been notably more.

He’s not “just a person”, he’s the guy that wants to end democracy in America and everyone knows it. That some people are ok with that doesn’t matter, he’s a fucking piece of shit, period.

I’m also very disappointed not to see any picture, animated or not, of an ATV driving through an ashiyu.

If you were going too fast to avoid a stopped car, you were going too fast to avoid a pedestrian. I’m good with this one.

Once they deviated from the Series+displacement for regular models and M+Series for performance models, I kinda lost the plot.

You mean my wife’s 2015 BMW 435i Gran Coupe xDrive M Sport had too long of a name?

Inquiring minds want to know...

It turns out that Dietrich Mateschitz was the glue that held that team together. I’m not sure anyone quite recognized how true that was until he died, but team management since then has been a behind-the-scenes disaster of people trying to claim the power/authority Mateschitz had. It’s no surprise the team is falling…

Your neighbor is not liberal, he’s psychotic. WTF, you think all liberals act like that?

I’m old enough to remember Henry Ford II railing against safety mandates, saying that consumers are not interested in making cars safer and air bags are too expensive. He was very wrong.

Meanwhile, China is flooding the world market with EVs. CHEAP EVs.

No, because you don’t have to buy new cars. 

Though the numbers were declining because they were well outdated, neglected, and with highly known recalls, the Fusion and Focus sold over 100k per year every year until they were discontinued. The Fiesta didn’t sell well, but few people want subcompacts in general. The Ecosport that Ford planned to replace the Focus…

Right. How do you explain the Korean and Japanese automakers continuing to produce small cars? Kia has 4 small cars for sale that start under $22k. The cheapest Hyundai is an Elantra for $22k. Entry level Japanese sedans/hatches start under $25k. They seem to be doing fine to me. The law has no blame for Ford’s lack…

When exactly did the government mandate the killing of small hatchbacks and sedans?

No, the manufacturers are run by shortsighted people who chase quarterly profits. The government didn’t have much at all to do with it.

They all thought they could be Tesla on day 1.

I agree. There is nothing particularly exciting about the Skyactiv 2.5L under the hood of my 6. It is thoroughly average in many ways. It’s the overall blend of design, features, styling, steering, handling, price and efficiency that makes the Mazda6 great.

I’m sure as an owned vehicle, the way you interface with the car is better, especially once you are logged in to each of your apps and use your phone as a key. However, given that each of these things is relatively cumbersome to setup and you can’t set your phone as a key, it did make for a less than ideal rental…

I am generally critical of EVs in terms of infrastructure, cost, and battery wear. However, there is a substantial value proposition here. At 45K after tax incentives, this undercuts a BMW M3 by 30 grand, while offering greater hp and torque. Frankly, the price is equivalent to a 4 cyl Genesis G70 now. It just happens…