Her having work done isn’t the same as having an “addiction” to cosmetic surgery, as Kelly baselessly claimed.

You can absolutely hang your hat on the fact that whatever comes on the car new will wear far faster than whatever you replace them with.  No dealer wants to jack price by $500 to cover better tires.

I worked at Tire Rack for decades and talked to tens of thousands of people about their tires. One other contributing factor for tire wear in Florida is the road surface. They build their roads with local materials, like almost anywhere else, but in their case this means using extremely abrasive crushed coral, which…

OEM tires can be such a crap shoot. They don’t always pick the best tire, but sometimes a tire that meets a need. Similar situation with Toyota and the Tacoma TRD pro. They put junk all-seasons on it from the factory since A/T or more aggressive tires would ding MPG’s. You could always get dealer installed tires to…

I just checked the wear bars on my Model 3 yesterday. I am about due... after 51000 miles.

Because the article came from a Miami newspaper.

I did not think Floridians replaced tires until they were so worn they no longer held air. 

What would we ever do without the valiant dealerships acting in the best interest of consumers protecting us from the big evil Feds?

Back when I was at MotorTrend, I almost felt bad for the Infiniti PR people every time I posted an update for my QX50 long-termer.

I can pretty much pinpoint the exact moment that killed Infiniti. It was drive by wire or steer by wire in the Q50 in the early 2010s. This was the big thing that was going to sell their sports sedan?

Infiniti is such a sad, sad brand. When the G35 debuted, it was a great car and legit sports sedan competitor to the class-leading 3-series and it improved its luxury chops after the 2007 refresh. I came close to purchasing a 2005 sport and a 2009 6MT later on and always enjoyed the idea of a competent, 6-cylinder…

Same here. I grew during the JDM boom and this was a regular thing when people were building JDM spec cars. This was actually when the OEM+ style started to become more popular and people started to get away from bodykits and neon lights.

Disagree on the foreign market badging. A notable example is KIAs old logo was terrible in the US, but the KDM badge looked kinda cool. Who cares if non-enthusiasts don’t know what it means, it’s not for them.

LED lightbars are great off-road in the middle of the dark-ass night. But if you use them on-road, your rig should be set on fire by the cop that pulls you over.

Oddly... I was just thinking about this a few days ago.

You answered your own question in the fifth paragraph. Everyone one of these things got ABUSED.

Hah! Good luck outdoing me, billionaires! My car is my house!

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Honda of America getting ready to release the Prologue:

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