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Counter point: I bought a used Mazda CX-5 and installed a K&N cabin filter and an AEM oil-free engine air filter. If I drive the vehicle 250,000 km (which I plan on), the cost of the cheapest filters on Amazon would be $225, while the reusable filters and the cleaning solutions would be $210. So I do save a tiny…

I sat through the trailer while playing Gran Turismo 7 on PS5 to get the free car (an R35 GT-R, obviously). The trailer looked awful with lots of cliche roles.

Last month I bought a 2017 Mazda CX-5 6MT/2.0L with 102,000km (63,400 miles) for $19,995 CDN ($14,880 USD).

Cool themed story, but did you find any dually Suburbans?

I can see this issue from both sides. If F1 is providing special access for celebrities, the celebrities should provide special access for F1. Sure, Cara was a guest of Alfa Romeo, not F1, but it’s still F1's race.

It’s pretty wild that Fiat, as a whole, has only sold 277 cars so far in the US this year. The 500X is the only thing they still sell.

We don’t always get gouged, sometimes we actually get a better deal. I remember when the Focus RS first came out the Canadian version ended up being about $5000 cheaper after exchange rate and all Canadian versions included a bonus set of winter tires on aluminum wheels in the trunk. The Canadian Civic SI also…

What about the Maverick? Back in 2022 when it was first announced the starting price in Canada was $25,900, now they start at $31,100, a $5200/20% increase within the span of two years.

Brent Krishna, the Muh Sheen

That’s so weird, because I thought my truck had zero options (manual trans/windows/locks/brakes/steering, no AC, two speaker stereo, no rear bumper, regular cab, short bed, steel wheels).

Really? My 1993 B2200 was a base model and it was EFI (in Canada). I always thought 1992 and 1993 were EFI, all earlier models were carb’d.

Tacky

Same here, I’d have one in an instant if they were available. I even looked at Japanese auctions to see how much an imported one would be.

I knew the 2.5T made more power/torque on 93 octane, but I’ve never seen this dyno chart. I’m surprised that the only difference is above 4000 RPM, I thought they would have dialed back torque at low RPM to prevent low-speed pre-ignition under high loads with 87 octane. Nice to see that you aren’t sacrificing anything…

I’m 34 now, but was collecting Hot Wheels back between the ages of ~5-13, in the mid ‘90s/early 2000s, when cars were around $1.00 Canadian + tax. I had at least one of everything, and could remember every single car I already owned, so I didn’t buy duplicates. I got Hot Wheels for birthdays, Christmas and doing…

Scene: Young NASCAR fan perusing the aisles of their local game store circa January 2001, eager to spend their Christmas money

I believe Mercedes-Benz takes responsibility for crashes in level 3. So if the car has an accident while being driven in level 3, Mercedes’ insurance covers the claim, at least that’s what I’ve heard. With Tesla, if the car crashes using FSD, your insurance is on the hook.

The recent Smoking Tire podcast mentioned that Toyota can make something like 90 Prius batteries with the same number of cells as you’d find in one Tesla. I didn’t check their math, but they’re probably pretty close.