You mean the one that looks like it came from the factory “pre-riced?” Even in base trim.

It looks about 500% less terrible than the previous one.

Downsize turbo is great for high elevations but they don't deliver on their economy promises in my opinion, especially around town.

This, along with the story of blaming the woman pilot who wasn’t even on the ship is another example of how shitty people can be treated by the powers to be.

I wasn’t really aiming for “better” in those comparisons. I was looking for something that would be a little outside the norm, and a more emotional choice than what the normal people might choose. ‘Everyone’ gets a Rolex, because it’s the agreed-upon gold standard, but you might step outside that norm if a Breitling…

SAAB 9-X2 Aero

That was my second choice, my first is Iso Autoveicoli S.p.A pairing with Ford and GM...

Absolutely. Even Renault had some amazingly comfortable cars (former owner of an Espace Quadra here). My current Renault is on the other end of the spectrum, though. It’s a blast to drive, but it’s a 1991 Renault 4, so comfort is not something I get from it.

No. The idea behind the C8 is that it’s a value. It’s the same way I feel about crypto-bros hoarding all the good GPU’s right now. Or the people buying up all the PS5's just to stick them on eBay.

I’m laughing way harder than I should at this. He didn’t say that it has to have cheap maintenance! lol

Mercedes: The $30k-$35k target was to buy the vehicle, not the annual maintenance bill.

Sing it with me, fellow eighties/nineties kids:

they’d have to start with an ICE that wasn’t hideous.

I have to be honest, I’m into this one.