“American Muscle” is a very specific style of vehicle. It does not mean “fast car made by an American brand”. 

Jeez, I hope they made those new welds extra strong.

That seems like a lot of work for only 68 extra passengers.

I bought a 1993 Loyale with 50K on it about a decade ago. True little old lady car. It did not enjoy being brought into commuter duty and within a couple weeks it was leaking oil from practically everywhere. A weekend and a $100 Rock Auto gasket set had it sorted and it was pretty flawless - slow AF but flawless until…

Buying a used rental car is a good deal. I used to work for a rental car agency, and I’d hear customers tell me this all the time. If you’re lucky, maybe, but there are myriad reasons why you shouldn’t. I’ll spare everyone the novella and list the main reasons why:

“I need a 3 row SUV because I’m having a 2nd/3rd kid.”

No. You need a Minivan. Just buy the damn minivan.

Replace HV battery.  Don’t forget the HV battery is the entire floor of the truck.  So remove seats, entire body, suspension and drive, replace battery, reassemble.  That truck will never, ever be right again. (if it ever was)

“Tesla really rushed these trucks out, what a nightmare.”

I know new cars sometimes have teething issues, but Jesus Christ this is laughable.

That is bizarre and possibly borderline fraudulent.

Yet somehow has a more usable bed.

I’m getting a commercial every 30 seconds. This is why I prefer articles.

From the insurance company’s perspective, part of the risk is of non-payment separate and apart from driving ability. Yes, they can simply drop you for non-payment, but they prefer customers who they can depend on for a steady income. There’s also the risk that someone in an accident still comes after them for a policy…

If you are bad at paying your bills, you are a risk. Insurance companies are risk averse.Their entire business is built on paying out less on risks than they take in.

Rust, rust, rust. More specifically, the worst part of owning a car isn’t the car, it’s the fact that New England states (Vermont gets a special death-glare here) insist on using 7.5 billion metric F-tons of calcium chloride on the roads each winter. They even salt if there’s 1-2” predicted that winds up being mostly…

I see that point but there is also non-driving factors....weather, falling trees, a drunk hitting your stationary car, lava, murder hornets, the annexation of Puerto Rico etc.  

Driving on the road with other people.

The definition of a “full size” truck certainly has changed over the years. That thing is tiny next to today’s behemoths. 

well people saw that and their first thought was “need to make sure I’m on that side of the wheel”

It’s interesting that they chose the Neon for this test given that it is constructed from chewing gum and chopsticks. I am not surprised that it was destroyed by the huge Navigator although even a Civic or some other decent car likely would have been pretty badly damaged. I could also see a compact car sliding under…