PSA: You can call Ford and move your reservation to another dealer without changing your place in line.

Idiots will pay it is the problem.  Dealers are scum, and the people that pay the ADM are scum.  

fuck dealers

Many reasons:

First gear: It just seems so unlikely that automakers will capture the subscription revenue that will exist. Almost certainly it will be Apple, Google and maybe Amazon and Microsoft. The idea that car makers will get this money is a helpful delusion for public company CEOs facing massive existential challenges with…

I mean. you say that but it will eventually happen as it gets normalized. And you know eventually it’s going to mean that your sunroof and air conditioning are subscription locked. Ugh. Capitalism sure is awesome. 

Ya, I’m with you. A seriously dangerous trend that needs to stop now. BMW and Tesla are early offenders, most carmakers are boarding the bandwagon now. 

1st Gear: I’ll never drive a car I have to pay a subscription fee to utilize. Full stop, won’t do it. If this catches on in the industry and that means I won’t drive a car manufactured after 2025, or I stick exclusively to budget niche cars going forward, fine. But I flatly refuse to pay an ongoing subscription on my…

Buuuut.

Jalopnik has been humping Genesis honestly since long before they bought ads. They’ve been avid Mazda fanboys since time immemorial, I doubt its being paid for.

1st Gear: Maybe if Americans had actually learned a lesson from the the last gas shortage and didn’t insist on driving giant behemoths of vehicles, this wouldn’t be an issue.

If this barge is bobbin’ don’t come a’boardin.

or the tried-and-true 6-speed manual

Let’s not forget that GM not only had to be bailed out by the government, but also had to kill off Pontiac in the process. Not really sure if he put any effort into the visuals here. Typical Boomer.

The MAGA cult is violent towards literally any change they don’t like. 

What the fuck makes brands think that consumers liken the letter Q to anything futuristic or smart? Like when Infiniti made every model a “Q—-”
It’s just dumb.

Sometimes you have to come up with something Uniq when you are a Domistiq car maker.

Cadillac service manager here. Awful fking names. Cringeworthy comes to mind when I think of having to use these names with customers. Brings me back to 5th grade French when everyone was putting on their best Pepe Le Pew accent while butchering snobbish sounding French words.

So you obviously have never extensively used a Ridgeline. You likely aren’t qualified to be giving any advice.

Ugh asking for reader feedback then regurgitating it as a slideshow.