Trebuchet. Check a 200 yard perimeter for deep tracks and evidence of a tow vehicle. 

I’m guessing that the overwhelming majority of the domestic non-truck brand loyalty disappeared for the same reason ours did 45 years ago:

“ICE engines run more efficiently at higher rpms. That’s why mfrs have gone to small four-cylinder engines that have greater volumetric efficiency vs running a big V8"

As much as I hate that AM radio seems to be filled with a bunch of right-wing propaganda or religious zealots yelling at me, I believe that AM radio still is a great opportunity for community radio stations in non-metropolitan areas. I’d always hoped that AM radio would become cheap enough to support this kind of…

More than once, I have said in a load voice something along the lines of “Hey, did you know that they closer you get to the carousel, the faster your luggage arrives?” I’ve seen several people take a few steps back at that point.

The Suburban is the extended version of the Tahoe. But the Escalade ESV, Yukon, and Yukon XL should be on the list as well, if not in the same slide together (Tahoe/Yukon/Escalade, Suburban/Yukon XL/Escalade ESV)

I thought the biggest problem was the transmission being herky jerky.

And most of us who actually use our trucks off road would much rather buy a lesser model and build it up the way we want it.

“Look for the new Ranger to be sitting on its roof, just off the edge of a trail near you!”

So far I don’t think we’ve seen any of the Raptors while off-roading. I just see them taking up a spot and a half in parking garages because the F-150 variety at least are extra wide.

Great write up but I kept reading “mfr” as “motherfucker” instead of “manufacturer” and I will keep reading it that way because it makes the same amount of sense.

Over 10 years or so, the VW will probably make up that $6k deficit in repairs versus a Honda. 

Hey a 4 wheel version of an Elio!

They need to have enough production orders on the tranny, from whoever makes it, to make financial sense. They also can’t over order the tranny and stick them in trucks they will languish on the lot because 95% of buyers want an auto.

Oh yes dash creaks a plenty, subpar interior materials, but the best is the weird steering noise that happens when turning sometimes that sounds like pooping bubble wrap or that noise you can make with your mouth open and just using your throat to push air out. (hard to describe but I can replicate it lol)

Exactly, thanks for putting in the work.

A very nice explanation, I guess the next step would be, how to get the general American public to ditch these sedans on stilts so maybe that AMG GT won’t be almost 200K$...This is the real reason for my comment. Dammit! I want my reasonably priced, fast AMG GT! 

Trunks are such an inefficient waste of vehicle footprint. CUVs (short, slightly lifted, wagons by a new trendy name) are better in just about every way.

A CUV is a shittier version of a wagon. Taller, worse mpgs, can hold less stuff, etc. I get that wagons aren’t in fashion anymore, but they’re measurably better at most things than a CUV is. Every soccer mom driving around in an empty Escalade/Suburban/X7/Yukon/Grand Wagoneer really just needs a wagon.

Again, the most practical, cheap, fun car you can buy is an 02-05 Civic Si: