I hate auto start/stop so much. In the Audi A4 I had as a rental in Florida I found myself wiggling the steering wheel back and forth at every red light so it wouldn’t shut off. Because otherwise the a/c would shut off with it and the car would start to roast.

I was responding to OP’s last paragraph which specifically mentioned the Volt, but you do you.

I literally didn’t know that existed. Neat.

I’m talking about the Volt. There are no fires.

The ELR was a body style that made even less sense than the Volt itself though.

Classic GM story. Create something truly innovative, tweak it and get it really right, and then kill it off. I’ve owned a 1st and 2nd-gen Volt and truly, if you dropped the 2nd-gen Voltec system into another car with more space you’d have a winner. But of course, they didn’t.

I mean, it’s lovely, but absolutely not. Also “what could go wrong?”  LOL hold my beer

The amount of drunk driving deaths per year is less than the COVID deaths from this week. We’ll pass laws demanding some as-yet nonexistent driving technology but the slightest inconvenience to prevent COVID is freedom-hating communism.

Abuse is virtually guaranteed. That’s the problem here.

Yeah I’m no gun expert but that seems like a lot of shells.

We’ve had a couple carjackers shot here in Philly in the last week. Fuck around and find out, as they say. One just last night: https://6abc.com/philadelphia-carjacking-philly-police-commissioner-danielle-outlaw-broad-street/11465068/

This is a very weird take.

I think I would have been mortified to be caught in one of these at one point in my life. Now, as a miserable old fuck, I’d probably relish being the one to kill it for the workers’ sake. Take the free coffee and throw what you were going to pay into the tip box. 

Exactly. What about the people who went to Starbucks for a short break because their last nerve is hanging by a thread? Now they’re being coerced into your reindeer games too. I just don’t get it.

The pay it forward thing has always been the dumbest thing imaginable. It’s performative charity for people who don’t need it. Want to feel good? Donate time or money to an actual cause. Or, as this article wisely suggests, tip the workers.

It kind of blows my mind that someone selling a used car wouldn’t take an hour and a $15 headlight restoration kit to remedy the cloudy yellow headlights. Particularly when trying to get this kind of money.

Actually this 2.4 + auto isn’t too bad. The 2.2 on the other hand...yikes. A world of difference.

Minty...but rusting, cracking, and peeling? Hmm.

Carnival is the absolute worst name. “Hey, let’s try to overcome the irrational stigma of buying a minivan. What should we name it?” “Carnival! That sounds sophisticated.”

Right, it kind of looks like an Ioniq. But an Elantra? Nah.