Exactly, the only people I know who own Infinitis that bought them new and don’t fit the normal mold are the aforementioned Infiniti salesperson who got a crazy lease deal on it and bought it out because he liked the performance (it was a red sport Q50) and a middle-aged guy who likes his because it’s been reliable,…

Ah yes, Infiniti buyers are one of the most easily stereotyped buyer groups imo, coming from experience selling another brand and having a former coworker who previously sold them.

Not all American cars are heavy, should have said no muscle cars. Get the best C5 Z06 you can find, not too much power but still 400 hp and 3,200-ish lbs.

At least one drive-through city (Cedar Rapids) that I know of has speed cameras on the highway all the way through town. You’ll get dinged with multiple tickets if you go 10 over through there.

I get why Wisconsin is on there. Apart from having some of the worst speed trap towns in the country, you gotta do something to get around the left land dawdlers. Usually the solution is flooring it while making some sort of gesture.

Re: the Corvette, I don’t have cargo shorts or tall white socks, but I would definitely rock a pair of New Balances if they weren’t so damn expensive to buy just to be funny. The greatest hits albums is what happens when you don’t have any CDs anymore and that’s all they had that’s palatable at Target.

The i-series are low-hanging fruit, too easy. Was going to nominate the Active Tourer 2 but that at least has function in mind. This, though, is revolting for the rear end alone. 2-series gran coupe:

Having a one year old myself I’ve definitely lessened my fucks given when I see a chubby hand holding a french fry stick out from the side of the giant car seat and lets it fall into the LATCH tether opening. A car’s rear seat is an absolute abyss of crevices and places for food crumbs to disappear forever.

Insurance companies are set up like individual businesses in each state with their own loss ratios, rates and rules filed with the individual states, etc. Means they charge accordingly for each individual risk and spread the cost of potential loss to those that are actually at risk for that loss. I’m sure they lost a…

I don’t expect this kind of thing to happen much in other states, but with the amount of catastrophic losses, auto thefts, accidents, etc. You better bet that companies are going to tighten their standards all over. I’ve seen it already happen somewhat, but mostly more strict underwriting for things that people think…

Yeah they’re never making that much profit to be able to hold onto a couple of decades of catastrophic claims worth of cash. If they did they’d be priced out of business. Insurance companies aim for around a 1-2% profit on their written premium after losses, and a lot of the premium you pay goes towards the carrier’s…

Yeah I’m sure they’re going for a different market than that, but they were with the Dart too. Even though the Hornet has alloy wheels standard, I guarantee we’ll see them three years from now with 2-3 steelies and mismatched or unpainted bumpers.

I thought I’d be able to keep my car much cleaner after going from underground condo parking to a house with an attached garage, but nothing has changed, so my car is full of:

Well Dodge along with Mitsubishi has been really the only option for a new vehicle for people with bad credit for a long time, you don’t think the Hornet is going to take the reins from the Dart and Journey as the bad-credit bestseller? I won’t debate whether it’s smart or not to buy a new car with limited income and…

This affects their cheapest car too. The base Hornet (full-ICE) starts just over $30k with the GT plus model at around $36k. The upcoming hybrid RT doesn’t have a price yet but will easily be $40k to start.

Striking? It’s literally the same generic pod-mobile that’s in every futuristic show, movie, and game.

No it’s stupid to use them in normal driving on the road in a DCT that generally picks the exact right gear on its own. But like my example there are definite uses to having manual shift-ability at least in a non-super car.

Fuck the NHTSA. Right to repair is technically law everywhere, MA is just the only state with the balls to stand up for it.

Instead of having ownership of public EV chargers, it needs to be a lease. With service written in, and at certain intervals the charging company can renegotiate the lease with the stipulation of updated equipment. This whole ownership and warranty thing doesn’t work for public, private maybe such as a car dealership…

Paddles are fun with a DCT. I like to use them when I’m getting ready to pass someone, especially on a two lane road. My wife’s car with DCT is a little slow to downshift in normal mode and sport mode hangs onto gears too long for a quick pass, so I’ll pre-downshift, floor it, get up to speed then shift up to a normal…