State Farm and USAA are direct writers so I don’t know much about them, but Progressive certainly will not allow Kias and Hyundais in a certain year range along with many other insurance companies. They won’t cancel your policy if you already had them on it, but they’re not going to let you add a new one or write a…

I don’t think Genesis is part of the problem, just run of the mill Hyundai. Though I have heard of oil burning issues on the Stingers and others with the 3.3 so who knows..

No but the C240 was available as a wagon in the US just a few years before. So they were probably trying to get it in as a believable car that way.

They’re just as bad as the Kias for both theft and engines. Friend of mine who’s Tuscon got stolen last year is now in for engine replacement, and the other three Hyundais at my office have all had engine replacements. They’re also blacklisted from many of the insurance companies just like Kia is.

I was going to comment this too. Yeah, you CAN buy one of the best modern sport sedans for that price. But it’s not a Hyundai, it’s an Alfa.

They all choose their own cars to buy for the segments, he chooses to bring his own projects and uses dubious “math” to justify it being in budget. It’s annoying and I would definitely call it cheating whether it’s scripted or not, and using his own cars that are already over-drawn out on his own channel is annoying…

I’ve always been told running it really low can cause it to overheat because the fuel actually cools the pump. Not sure I believe that either with how many times my wife has run to zero miles range and have never had to replace a fuel pump in any of our cars.

Tavarish cheats on CarTrek and it got old after the second time, all he does is brings his already-done projects and then whines when they call him out on it.

Problem is, if it’s a motoring show like Top Gear and not a travel with cars show like TGT, who is going to do it? Top Gear got their trio from old Top Gear, who got there from being motor journalists. They gotta know cars well enough, and also be able to drive well. Sorry but motor journalists mostly aren’t good on…

He’s had a fair collection of classic VWs, had a 70s 911 at one point, and I believe has had a few American classics too. Given TGT is less a car journalism show that Top Gear is and more a travel show with cars I think he’d be a good fit because he’s done massive journeys on bikes. And anyone who’s done that is going…

Prices may be similar adjusted for inflation but don’t forget there’s two other factors in play right now. High interest rates and a big drop in the used car market. There’s a lot of 3-4 year buyers that got a stupid deal on their new truck in 2020, 0% interest, and a stupid value on their trade-in. Good enough of a…

As someone who is stupidly picky when it comes to cars, this is a tough one. There are very few cars out now that I actually like, most of them are one car in the whole lineup so that disqualifies them. And then there are the automakers I used to like as a whole that went along and ruined that (VW getting rid of…

The problem I see with the TG reboots/derivations is that we were all so invested in the original trio, and in the US unless you watched youtube only one of the replacements was a known entity (Matt Leblanc). So it was easy to just stop watching, and you had to actually give it a good shot to get into the new guys. I…

Around here in MN it seems it’s changed over the last 15 years from Camrys to CR-Vs, to now Subarus. It seems like every old person is driving Subarus now. They’re AWD and they sit up higher than a sedan but not as high as an SUV. Plus they’re boring so it’s perfect.

That’s the thing, it’s assumed maintenance is intensive and problems appear frequently because that’s what you hear from people posting on sites like this and on forums. You don’t hear about the people that are either not posters with no problems or not infuriated with their cars and encouraged to post. Just like…

1. Seeing rust on your beloved daily for the first time is like seeing gray on your dog’s face, you come to the realization no matter what their time is limited.

Because the image people have always associated with dirty industry is smokestacks, and until they’re educated on what it is anything coming out of a tower at a plant looks like smoke.

This kind of stuff makes me wonder. We hear horror stories about all kinds of cars, sometimes from the first owner, often from the 3rd owners that bought them cheap. But for even the unreliable nightmare cares, there’s gotta be some that have just worked, right? Bought new by someone that just does normal maintenance…

I like the look of the 300m and XLR, never expected a cross between them to look so good, but damn it does.

Mental note to avoid any car you’ve ever owned with cloth seats.