... And the G/O Media crowd goes wild!

The best part about this is that people who do want those options but also want an MT might choose an auto becuase they value the feature creep more than the MT, and then manufacturers will conclude ‘no one buys manuals anymore.’ This is another case of the manufacture making the market rather than responding to it -…

NC vehicle inspection is mostly a revenue source rather than a true safety initiative. That’s why it only took one complaint to get the ball rolling here.

Correct. He only mentioned one of the two possible idiotic sentiments.  

in the US of course. 

... and yet we can’t get one fucking wagon.  The idiocy of this market is something I will never be able to comprehend.  

So if thing doesn’t sell well, is the conclusion going to be ‘no one wants compact cars anymore’, or ‘shame they didn’t make a small truck anyone wants’?

My favorite part about the Maverick is that, somehow, a four-door car with a 4.5 ft bed is supposed to be the answer for people who long for a small pickup truck with simplicity, a short cab and a half-ton 7.5 ft bed...

It is the original protectionism... originally intended for the US auto industry, which sells the most of guess what type of vehicle.

I get that you are trying to make a point, but it seems that you are suggesting once a technology is upgraded it’s always revertable. It isn’t.

You win the internet for today.  Congrats. 

I would LOVE to test drive one of these (and have the means to pay for the car if it seems worth the money).  That said, I would be my left testicle that it will be virtually impossible to find one in a dealer, and that deal will give you keys if you aren’t considered some sort of VIP customer.

A: Nancy has a much better idea of the timing and of the breadth of future EV regulations than you and I do.

This is the correct take. I’m am fairly certain the comment section would explode if you replaced Nancy with Mitch in the article. People fail to realize the power politicians (and their money sources) have over the market.

Thank you for posting cool and interesting shit on Jalopnik.  This is why I come here. 

Good greif. For that matter, why not just print millions of dollars for each and every citizen, and simply give it them? I mean, the government can’t run out of money right?

“ If the door touches against something, there is usually no significant damage. “

“Mazda, a company with a history of making engines that spin (although it hasn’t in a minute)“

You and I are not on the same page on a car being old enough/high enough mileage to warrant a new car after losing window movement. To answer your question.  

There was only a subtle amount of sarcasm near the end, but aside from that, ‘extended’ probably isn’t the right choice of words. What I really should have said is that this type of anecdotal experince can likely be found almost anywhere else, without even looking very hard. That’s not becuase my experience affects…