Do you really think GM is charging $20 for a wifi hotspot in your car? If yours fails and needs replaced, i bet it costs a small fortune. I get what you’re saying, but we all know what you get 3rd party is going to be much cheaper than when you’re dealing with actual OEM car parts.

You’re right, but you do realize that even the simplest things cost 1000x as much when its in a car, and a factory option. There’s a reason why there is an aftermarket for this stuff. Also, that Onstar equipment isn’t free.... it might not be an added accessory, but the price it built into the price of your car. Take…

Right, so long as you’re not buying based on monthly price alone and factor in that ~$3,000 in interest. In the case above, he got $13,000 off the price, but paid $3,000 in interest. He still saved $10,000..... which is pretty darn good. You have to account for all the factors when you you look at the price.

Exactly. Like GM putting WIFI standard in all new cars.... who’s buying data for those things? really come on...... Yet I bet just to have it in the car its adding $2,000 to the purchase price. That’s the kind of stuff that needs to go, or at least become optional. The other thing that makes it tricky is that dealers…

I think they’ve offered such good financing deals for so long now that most buyers are conditioned to expect that its going to be available when they go to buy their next car too. I can there being a lot of people out there that when they see they can no longer afford to buy a new car that has all the bells and…

I’m also surprised that AWD isn’t really common in what minivans are left out there. My wife wants a minivan to replace our Durango in another year or 2, but the options are very limited if not non-existent for one that will fill out needs. Hopefully..... that will finally sway her to let me get a nice little old well…

the 2018 Honda Odyessey is 3000lbs. My utility trailer is 1200lbs empty. Put a tractor, load of mulch, lumber, etc on it and i’m at the max before i put anyone in the van..... So yes, its a very valid argument.

Try towing a trailer or boat with a mini-van. These large SUVs are useful as well, they just have different uses.

This is a small van, and my tractor isn’t fitting inside of any van ever made unless it’s a box van.

If they feel the need to install these devices, then they shouldn’t be giving these people loans to buy the car and they know it. They have a 35% repo rate for christ sake, they are just out to screw everyone they can plain and simple. Go to a reputable dealer an this won’t be a problem, but these people unfortunately…

Precisely!

The whole situation is what makes me mad. The fact they feel the need to install hardware and software that enables them to remotely disable the vehicle can’t possible be legal (which is why they are being investigated) and frankly this should make every one mad.

“ In February, it disclosed that the Federal Trade Commission was investigating its use of devices that disable vehicles remotely when payments are missed. It said it was cooperating with the inquiry.”

Yeah, thats a problem. Heck, my utility trailer weighs 1200lbs empty.... By the time i put my garden tractor on it, a load of mulch, or some lumber and i’d be over the towing capacity. Needs to be 4000lbs towing capacity for me to comfortably be able to consider it an option.

With those power specs, it sounds like the same 2.0 LTG that they’ve been putting in everything, 2014-17 Regal GS, the new Regals, ATS/CTS, Malibu, Camaro, etc. Granted they are all tuned a bit differently they are basically the same. Its the engine that’s in my car and it makes good power, but its a regal GS..... I…

The current Dodge Durango is 202.1" long and has 3 rows. While its certainly not small or compact, i wouldn’t consider it large either like a Tahoe. So yeah, the 14.3" (over 1 foot shorter) Santa Fe is pretty small. The current gen Equinox is 183.1", so this is only about 6" longer and has an additional row. I’m…

This just brings back memories of this video, still funny all these years later:

So now does GWR show up at his door and ask for their plaque back?

i would think blinker fluid would be more like something that would “complete” a circuit like mercury in old light switches, or more like brake fluid and functionally move something to complete a circuit so that the light would come on. Still a stupid idea, but i think its actually feasible compared to glowstick…

Ultimacar you say?