2nd Gear: They need to stop referring to them as reservations and call it a waiting list. A reservation comes with the expectation of a specific time and date, like a dinner or hotel reservation. If you don’t know when it will be available to you, you’re on waitlist - even if it doesn’t sound as fancy and exclusive as…

The whole earth is a ship flying through space.

It makes sense they gave it no access to open water.

How much do we bet that it is filled with speedboats and shirtless guys drinking beer?

1st Gear: “We will now make our vehicles larger but shittier because Americans will pay more for a large car despite it being shittier. Tiguan XL with no soft touch plastics here we come!”

:)

“We’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty.”

Are you and your company deeply tied to the leader of a regime who is invading a foreign country? Is your company the result of massive graft and you were able to purchase a state owned company for pennies on the dollar? Is your wealth tied to corruption and being best buds with a maniac with delusions of recreating…

Get a new Mirage for $16k. Put snow tires on it.

Holy crap a 16 year has a 20K for a car. When I was 16, I had a decent job and my budget was 2K, what’s the inflation adjustment for that?

Wait, I just looked it up, it’s about 5K

Get the Subaru, I would just get an 11-14 WRX hatch as they offer nearly the same speed and a better ride

Steer into the slide.

Super disappointed that wasn’t a red ‘95 Dodge Ram.

I am glad this person figured out a way to fund the purchase of a replacement vehicle but hopefully he is also pursuing legal and insurance claims against the driver and whoever else was involved with this crash.

This isn’t specific to one state, and is a variant of left lane hogging. On an interstate highway with only 2 lanes in each direction, one semi driving 66 mph in the left lane to pass another going 65 mph.

i’m sure horse carriage dealers bitched incessantly 100 years ago too.

2nd:

No mention of Pat Goss passing away here? Come on. Who didn’t watch Motorweek?

“I have to imagine many Maverick buyers would find their needs met by them.”