I had a rental recently (a Versa I think) and had the carplay hooked up to my work phone. Joined a meeting on the 7 hr drive home from Cincinnati. It connects itself to carplay with audio only and a blank screen, so you’re just on a group call. Seems like the only thing this buys you is a bigger screen than your phone…

Agreed. And the redline is over 5 grand on these things. If you weren’t familiar with the power curve on the standard 6.2l V8, it might not seem all that strange. I think I would have found it weird eventually, but I don’t know that I would have noticed right away, especially when hectically packing for a long trip.

Devil’s advocate, if I was given an Escalade to drive for a week my analysis of the powertrain would have probably ended at “dang, it’s not a hybrid”. That’s it. I had no idea the diesel was still an option. 600D means nothing to me (seems like some BMW numbering scheme there) and the redline is over 5,000 rpm, which…

Would I have noticed? I think so, but maybe not for a while.

There’s some details that are a bit annoying that shouldn’t bee too hard to fix. Long term maintenance should be made much easier by the Chrysler engine, I imagine? Despite the mismatches, the car present beautifully and it doesn’t seem like too much money for a very unique ride. NP, even with the mustache sold…

1 of 4 silver on black W8 passats for the 2004 model year? I doubt that’s true, but if it is I wouldn’t brag about it being the color of 78% of passats out there.

It’s great that your dog loves car rides. But if you love your dog, you shouldn’t be putting it into a place that’s very dangerous for itself (and potentially you) during a collision. I don’t know why people have a hard time with that. You wouldn’t put your toddler on your lap would you? Or maybe they would but the…

The Bronco Sport is more expensive for the façade of tough and rugged for outdoorsy types (It’s the one I’d get, but not everyone wants that). It also doesn’t currently come in a hybrid or plug-in hybrid

There was an article somewhere a while back that showed that hands-free devices for talking on the phone weren’t very effective at reducing distraction because shockingly the issue isn’t having a phone in your hand, it’s the distraction of talking to someone and not thinking about driving. But they also showed that…

On top of all of the detail missing on the listing and what options it has from SLP, it’s missing the thing that makes these cars fun:

I completely agree, but you can get AWD today without the Trail package

What goes around comes around. Facebook was mostly just status updates because we didn’t have camera phones, and then we had twitter which was also just status updates when facebook starting becomeing more about photos and vidoes. And instagram was just photos, which Facebook already did. And snapchat was just nude-y…

A kitted out van is going to be $100k+, but you can DIY today off a standard Transit, so the question is why you would opt for the “Trail” model, and what the extra cash gets you.

I lived comfortably with an FRS as my only vehicle for 6 years. The difference in usability between that and stepping down to a smaller Miata would have probably been very difficult. The back of the FRS can hold quite a lot of (not very tall) stuff with the back seat folded.

There’s a lot of “optional” mentioned above that I guess adds to that $66k starting price. What’s standard on the van versus a base transit is the question.

Not sure this is a premium over a Miata unless Miata prices have started coming down.

Agree. It’s sort of a “wealthy (but not overly flashy) European playboy vibe” versus the more stuffy but stately vibe of my contemporary S-class

I will never forget going to the dealer with my dad to pick up our new-to-us used Bonneville (must have been a ‘96 or something like that, maroon on maroon) and the fucking thing dying 3 miles up the road going up a hill. Sputtered back to life and we drove back to the dealership. “oh yeah, those do that on steep…

The looks of that generation of Lancer has help up well in general. Even the lesser models (when they aren’t beat to death) look fairly modern.

The prices on V8s (Mustangs and Cumeros) have slowly but steadily crept up, which seems to have bolstered the used market. There were already those “This is the blah blah blah package the only year it was offered and 1 of 4 in this color” crazies, but the cost of entry into a S550 V8 is staying up there. This was…