You forgot the healthcare. While I think the American healthcare system is a disgrace and I support single payer, government run healthcare, we currently have to live in the system that exists today. UAW workers pay something like 3% of their total healthcare costs. I’m a salaried employee at one of the D3, and I’m…

The question I ask is not ‘who has a pension anymore’

As an employee, wouldn’t you want those things? Heck, my dad hasn’t had to touch his 401k since retiring [in ~2019?] because he & his colleagues went on labor strikes multiple times throughout his career to guarantee, among other things, that they get a pension.

The initial proposal you outlined above isn’t reasonable. And the counter offers from the automakers were also not reasonable. The point is they need to meet somewhere in the middle.

if i had a union in this high inflation environment, even i would strike. Prices are out of control and wages need to follow to sustain families.

So let me get this straight. The big 3 are spending billions on getting EV’s setup and running. The execs are making record salaries. The moment the people who actually make the cars ask for more than just crumbs, all of the sudden the company is going to go bankrupt.

Any Mazda RX-8 with an automatic. It really sucked any possible joy out of those cars by lowering redline to 7k and further reducing output of an engine that was already somewhat anemic. They also accelerated engine failure by using a block with 2 fewer ports that couldn’t burn the carbon out, plus only a single oil…

The Chrysler/Plymouth Prowler.

Why would someone pay 20K for a used 20-30,000 mile bolt that’s about to run out of warranty when a brand spanking new bolt starts at 26,500 with 7,500 in tax credits to get back?

I mean....for about 5-10% more, I could get a brand-spankin’ new one, with a full bumper-to-bumper warranty, the latest features, latest styling, fresh tires, fresh parts, fresh interior, fresh exterior, a lot of the gremlins fixed, be the original owner on a car with less miles and 5-6 years newer meaning that I…

I still don’t really understand the used pricing on these. Sure, <$20k EV using the $4k used EV tax credit is great. But a 2023 Chevy Bolt EV brand new for <$20k using the $7500 new EV tax credit is even better, right? Unless you don’t have enough tax liability to go from the $4000 to $7500 tax credit, I don’t know…

Try to stay with the 2020 model or newer. The 2019 and older were the ones with more issues. 

It would have made so much sense with a rotary range extender, as per the original plan. Without it, it was useless.

Generally Mazda and Subaru have been pretty good. 

My Mazda dealer was legit honorable. No shady tactics or markups on the CX50 I got last year.

For sure...we find them all the time. It just takes a bit of work. 

Just recently bought a new car and experienced this. Negotiated fair price ahead of time, thankfully had it all in writing for a specific vehicle and vin, get to dealership and they bring me the paperwork with $6k of already installed “accessories” that they said I have to take, like Lojack, the paint protection plasti…

Dealerships be like:

Considering how miniscule the revenue of selling old trucks is compared to Fedex’s overall revenue it’s kind of stunning that they would risk getting caught breaking the law this way. This seems more like some mid-level fleet manager quietly trying to goose his/her numbers to get their annual bonus increased a bit…

not everyone is in a position to go full electric.