No lie, in 2 more years, these are going to be the Jalopnik Patron Saint of Sleepers. The R-Spec 5.0 V8s are in base 4-cyl Altima territory, still on the factory warranty. It’s nuts.
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Hell yea, the Yakuza Special!
I just did this last year. Replaced my Miata with an 06 Lexus IS. Given my current situation (engaged and needing to cart family around and doing wedding stuff) I dont regret it...except for the damn TPMS light. It’s an asshole.
God, this comment section....I agree the guy is pretty much a scumbag but sheesh, some of y’all have some ASS-TERRIBLE opinions of black people.
That’s a brilliant marketing move. It’s one of the reasons why I think that the Infiniti QX30 is going to sell something serious. They did this with the QX30 (Lifted hatchback/CUV with body cladding) and QX30 sport (No body cladding, lowered, deeper fascia).
I’m still waiting on a Buick Electra/Park Avenue, build on the Chevy SS chassis, for about 45k with a V6 Twin Turbo, or sleepy V8.
Frankly, I want Chevy to turn the SS into the new Impala, but they have already made their bed. Move the SS to Buick so we can have a “affordable” land yacht, is MISSING from the reasonably…
OMG, I’m literally crying in laughter, at my desk, from the pure awesome of this.
Most of these will probably involve lost money on cars, so I’ll throw mine out there: Having the dealership change the wheel barring on my Mazda3 Hatch. I spent $1200 (didn’t know the area I moved to just yet, and knew the fix involved a press), when an a good indie shop up the street did a friend’s Mazdaspeed for…
If Porsche, Ferrari, and other high performance brands have taught us anything, it’s that you need to charge for stuff that is normally standard. So in this case, make it the standard transmission.
Develop the car to have both a manual AND a DCT, but only sell the manual in the one off, crazy colored, 1-of-50 special…
Arlington Mazda on Glebe Road, has to be one of the best. I had a Mazda 3s and a NC Miata and every person in the service bay were kind and knew what they were talking about. I never bought from them, but I would glad recommend their service department.
Philly has tow trucks, DC has meter maids and red light cameras.
Meter maids won’t read signs for parking, or check the hours posted. They will just write you a ticket. Once that happens and it’s in the District system, good luck fighting it, as the system is fully electronic and will consistently miss sending…
Neutral: I think it depends.
Example: I drove a friend’s BMW X535xi, with the tech package and I believe the safety package (it was missing radar cruise, the uptrim leather seats, and no performance add-ons), and I couldn’t understand how that was a $70,000 car. It did nothing, or brought nothing that wasn’t inside of…
Neutral: It’s the price.
All the people who HAD to have a new one, now have them. Everyone else with ANY sort of disposable income is either waiting until it drops into their price bracket, or don’t want the hassle of having the car. Anecdotally, I‘m a young professional, who worked for peanuts during the recession and…
My mother has driven her 2005 TSX, with that sweet 6 speed, for over 230000 miles, with nary a hiccup. They are really solid.
My guess is, of course, that it moves upmarket and downmarket. Genesis gets a sport coupe to go with the new G60, and Kia makes the sick looking concept car form a few years back, with the entry level motor being the 1.6T (or some variation of it). Hyundai is left to compete with the Hondas and Toyotas of the world…
This is starting to happen in DC. I remember when I moved here about 7 years ago, there were more stations, and those stations had competitive prices. Not that there are less, it isn’t just the $5.oo a gallon stops in Georgetown and West End, I’m seeing high ass prices in Northeast. This city wants to be New York so…
Your response is basically “I Don’t See Color” which is not the best view to present. Inherit bias isn’t taken into effect and you will feel that “the best person” is the “the best person” even though you will only be presented with the “best person” as deemed by a bored of old, white guys who have inherent bias. I…
Glad to get my 2nd or 3rd ever comment of the day. I love this site and most of it’s commentariat. No one is saying that we should have diversity for diversity sake, but a lot of the time it is ACTUALLY needed....or you keep putting out the same stuff over and over and over again.
To answer you main question: No. I am perfectly capable of identifying with people of a different ethnicity. Being a black person, you HAVE to be able to that, as you are a minority and most people above you (in this country), in most socio-economic spaces and in most media, are of a different ethnicity (read:white).…