I’d add Honolulu to the list. It may have been Covid-related but when we flew out almost everything was closed for apparently no reason in the middle of a busy travel day. We had to walk to the far side just to find the one general souvenir shop/convenience store that was open to get a snack. Granted it did fit in…

Yeah it’s much easier to get approved on a new car, especially if that approval is through Mitsubishi. Having a full warranty is a big plus too if buying that car is already a stretch

That definitely makes sense if the Euro number is capped at 7.7klbs due to regs. I assumed that was the Euro number based on actual limits for cooling, braking, etc. and would have been lower here.

Don’t they have completely different standards for measuring towing and load capacity across the pond? For the same reason you see compact SUVs towing camper trailers over there when they’re not rated to tow over here at all. I’d take those numbers with a huge grain of salt, I bet the tow rating here would be more…

I mean, I’m no expert in mods pricing but from what I’ve shopped around for my own car and hypothetical future purchases what would these mods cost total in the aftermarket? And I mean from legit companies that have good quality. High performance shocks and forged control arms, $2-3k? Beadlock wheels $1,500 plus a…

I’m genuinely surprised they didn’t try to compete directly with Toyota on the midsize SUV plug-in market sooner than just now. They had real success with the Volt which is saying something because it’s a pretty compromised vehicle for many buyers, with only 4 seats and FWD. If they made a plug-in Equinox or Blazer I…

Mercedes was the one that got famous for degrading but there were plenty of other makes even more recently that have lots of issues with mice being attracted to them. Don’t remember what company but I read something not that long ago that they were creating a bitter or spicy coating to deter them going forward.

No but there were plenty of “don’t make them like they used to” cars that did have the soy wiring harnesses. When you think of Mercedes and the fact that they don’t make them like that anymore, you think of the over-engineered 500E and similar, which had a biodegradable harness

Ah, stereotyping young versus old. Well just like there being a good number of people under 40 that can do their own work, there are a good number of older people who can’t either. You really think the average EQS shopper that drives an S-Class and golfs more days than not is going to either know how to do it or be…

Remember when they literally used soy for wire insulation and it either biodegraded faster than the car or got eaten up by mice?

Are you seriously suggesting that someone buying a full-on EV with an over 300 mile range that’s likely retirement age or older install electrical breakers, outlets, and a charge station by themselves, or make due with a 120v outlet that takes 40 hours to fully charge?

I really wish people would stop using the 45F temp as cold. All seasons may lose some grip below 45F but they are not unsafe at that temperature, no less safe than warm weather with wet roads. Summer tires WILL lose enough grip to become unsafe below that temp, yes. If you’re in an area that averages below freezing…

Pretty sure he meant the ones on pickup trucks. FJB-related, not campaign stickers for him.

Don’t you dare talk about Weeeeezerd that way!

He would have all my time if he actually had manual-swapped that SL55

Nope, Minneapolis. There’s a fair amount driving around, nowhere near Tesla but it’s a regular occurrence to see one. I’m pretty sure when we saw all of them at once it was a marketing thing for their dealer launch but that area does have quite a few in it regularly now.

I texted my wife about this and turns out right before she DID try it, and it was good but it DID give her the shits 30 minutes later...

Exploding 7-speed transmission in a 2014+ E350? Never heard that before...

Jeez I was thinking Mazda3 but that is NOT the one to recommend. For one, it’s at a CREDIT GUARANTEED!!!! dealer which means it’s probably not been looked over well mechanically by the seller, and it looks like the detailers cleaned the gauge cluster with a brillo pad.

No I get it that in the middle of the winter if we hit a warm spell like right now, there’s a chance the ground is still frozen even if it’s 37F air temp. You and I (in Minnesota) are in a different situation than what the south with their mild winters and maybe one snowfall or even Ohio like mentioned are. The…