Volkswagen Beetle, of course. It went from being a pet project of Adolf Hitler to being the car of choice for hippies to this, its final form (picture a New Beetle with eyelashes if the image gets kinja’d).

I had a green 1995 626 ES with this V6 and a manual in 1997. I lusted after the coupe but my 626 had leather, power everything, sunroof, and the motorized air vents that would swing from side to side to create a breeze in the cabin. It was fairly luxurious for the time.

My roommate had an Ion in 2003. I drove it once for about 5 miles, and hated every minute of it. The stupid center mounted gauge cluster really highlighted the massive expanse of absurdly cheap plastic dash.

The Mitsubishi Outlander is built on the Nissan Rogue platform. The Delica will probably share a Nissan platform that is based on a Renault and powered by a hybrid engine that evolved from the 4G63.

Remember the Dodge Nitro?

I don’t get Volvos.

A coworker managed to get a speeding ticket (85 mph!) in a rented HHR in South Dakota.

My 2005 Infiniti G35x had reclining rear seats that allowed taller people to sit fairly comfortably. I guess it was a rare option...even the Infiniti dealership I traded it in at had never seen it before.

The only time I’ve been to IMS was for an F1 race. The locals and the international crowd were equally confused by each other’s customs. My friend from New Zealand had his first corndog. I almost bumped into Mario Andretti. I think I still have a video clip of Schumaker blasting down the straight that was recorded on…

I assume that since the charge is entered in the system and that the vast majority of customers paid by credit card, the company has an accounting audit trail for every cent. Unless they were somehow able to refund the overcharges to a different payment method, I’m not sure how they could skim.

Its weird that someone in the Presidents Circle at Hertz couldn’t get this resolved immediately using their hotline. If those clowns didn’t give me an answer I wanted to hear in 5 minutes, I would have called my credit card company. Maybe the Hertz accounting department could explain to American Express why $277 was…

Fun fact- convertibles are only great if you have really short hair. Otherwise they’re a great way to get tangles and sunburn.

Years ago, I repaired a ‘lemon law’ 2005 Ford Expedition that Ford failed to fix multiple times.

The Service Bulletin posted by Tesla reveals the process has a few other required steps, including

A cheap vehicle now is far far better than a robotaxi. Target those uber drivers.

Times have definitely changed.

Engineers tend to lack people skills and shouldn’t talk to end users without a handler.

I had one as an Uber a couple years ago, and I was shocked to find than the interior design was even uglier than the exterior.

It’s fucking pathetic that Trump groveling for cash from Elon could actually work, given that the 2017 Elon that said “Climate change is real...Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world”, but now he’s a total conservative asswipe.

I haven’t driven either car, but a 2019 M850i can be had for $50k, and is probably a lot quicker and sportier than the Lexus. But no one talks about the M850i anymore, and a lot of reviewers wax poetic about the LC. The NA engine, styling, and build quality seem to make the relative lack of performance irrelevant.