Exposing ones insecurities and ignorance, and resorting to ad hominem attacks isn’t making fun of something, it’s exposing ones insecurities and ignorance.

Were you insulted by being called out for your insecurities? I was trying to help you grow, not hurt you. Sorry about that. I admit, I might have approached it the wrong way, but in the face of such poorly executed strawman-building and target-moving, I guess I was a little frustrated and let that get to me.

YES! 4MPG MAKES AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE ACROSS 200,000+ VEHICLES! You’re not the only fool buying these insecurity wagons and trying to justify them with this flawed and childish logic. Aside from RAV4s, there’s millions of these stupid, unnecessarily tall vehicles with their unnecessary option of AWD that are being…

Getting heated, and/or threatening to walk away is the right response.

The Hybrid version exists.

Your false equivalence relies upon everyone buying the hybrid version of the RAV4. They don’t because it’s not the only version available which only serves to further prove my point.

You’re absolutely wrong. People will continue buying what’s available, and if 8mpg SUVs are available, morons will buy them. Crossovers prove this. They’re ubiquitous, and the AWD versions are the majority of what you see even though the majority of Americans don’t need AWD so all it does for them is waste their fuel…

Neutral: Of course I care. Not only do I not like spending a lot of wasted time at the fuel pump, I also don’t like spending a lot of my money on fuel, nor do I like the implications of what kind of world my son will inherit if I don’t care.

Ahh, now see why you think I’m the enemy. Just to clarify, no where in my original comment was I trying to argue against physical buttons, but as a realist I accept that we’re moving towards a future where most people are already starting to see them as outdated. Manufacturers jumped at that and went overboard with…

Yes, assuming the “wheels/sliders” were always in the same place no matter which menu I was in, I’d at least be able to with less attention taken away from the road than is necessary with everything being in a sub-menu and single-touch/hold buttons instead of sliders/wheels.

The chances that touchscreens will evolve far enough to be 3d adaptive with haptic feedback before all cars just go fully autonomous are slim, but I’m crossing my fingers that it happens before I’m too dead inside to care anymore.

Neutral: I just bought a new-to-me car in February. This whole COVID thing sucks, but I may just be able to refinance into a much lower rate because of it, so there’s at least that.

I hope you’re right. And I hope there’s a vibrant mod community to help eek out another pony from that engine without having to go to extremes.

I hate to say CP because it looks like a lot of work went into making this thing, and the results look amazing, but my inner skeptic is telling me that this guy could only be selling because there’s some issue he’s not willing to live with and can’t figure out how to fix. 

1st Gear: My current car note holder was kind enough to offer up to 3 months of waived payment requirements, but in the fine-print they stipulated that interest would still accumulate on the balance. This is shady as shit in my opinion because the obvious wording came across as if they were planning to freeze my…

I know that as a car enthusiast writer, it’s against your nature to bring it in to the dealer to have the fix done, but for your wife’s sanity’s sake and to protect the value of the car (even if you don’t plan to sell it, your insurance company is already looking for ways to short you on its value should the need to…

I particularly despise the current move towards more and more aggressively raked rear hatches. It screams “Form over Function” and wastes space, not to mention makes it more likely that adult rear passengers will rub their hair, or even their actual head on the headliner. We’re not all teenagers who have tiny friends…

All that, plus these are notorious for shitting their turbos (and timing belts iirc) right around this mileage marker. Without detailed maintenance logs showing the engine was properly maintained, I’d avoid this thing because there’s almost certainly a couple ticking time bombs just waiting to go off under that hood.

This was back when America was Great; don’t you get that!?!

This was back when America was Great; don’t you get that!?!