While I absolutely LOVE my ZL1 part of me wishes I would have ponied up for the V-wagon back when I was deciding between the CTS-V or the ZL1. ZL1 won out because I have been around Camaros since I was about 2 days old (my mom’s DD was an ‘83 Camaro when I was born), and I love the Inferno Orange color. At the time I…

I appreciate knowing that there are less than 263 optioned exactly like mine, but I wouldn’t say that it adds to the value of the car. If anything it just adds to the novelty.

My car is one of 263 built that year with the particular paint color, transmission, and body style.

The ‘95 that I learned to drive on, and my parents still have, is black top with black mirrors. I like that look MUCH better than the body colored option. The body colored B-pillar and mirrors just looks cheap to me.

Reminds me of the devices in the 90s that could set off radar detectors at the press of a button. I’ve watched someone sit on a bridge over the interstate with one of those and just make the brake lights comes on.

These will sell as many as they care to make. This engineering also allows them to develop models and methods for stress testing more plebian vehicles.

The other Trackhawk article from this morning states that the vehicle is all-weather rated, and in no way trail rated.

My Dad is a small town auto mechanic near industry. 5500 sq feet, ~60 acres, lives 1.3 miles from his shop. The schools are rated among the top in the state, I managed a 33 on the ACT, and I know my brother was above 30. We did not take those crazy year long study courses either.

My Dad has an ‘04 (same generation as you mentioned) with the 5.4L. It has the spark plugs that break when removed, has had the transmission replaced at 90k miles, and it has a knock in the engine since around 50k miles. He only replaced the transmission because he couldn’t get a good deal on a newer truck at that…

U-Haul doesn’t have any problems unless you bring in a Ford Explorer... I went to rent a trailer to haul with my ‘03 Explorer about 3 years ago and got denied, even though a same year Mercury Mountaineer was fine, and even though the ‘03 was on a completely different chassis from the “Exploding Firestone” Explorers.

I just purchased a 2017 Acadia Limited (old body style). I went for the older version because the new one has been shrunk quite a bit to more in line with the rest of the segment. I think that is the reason the gas mileage of the Enclave/Acadia/Traverse was below average. They were much larger than the rest of the…

What year did you drive? I have a 2017 Acadia Limited and find it to be quite nice. The interior is much nicer than the Ford Explorers we looked at as was the handling. We test drove an Explorer Sport, and it had much worse handling and visibility. The “sport tuned” suspension is code for stiff springs, but the Acadia…

US Federal Law does not apply in Germany, but it does apply to products that you are selling in the US. Since the product was being designed for the US market, tested in the US, and sold in the US market, the laws were broken in the US. If I designed a product in the US, sent it to Germany to get it approved and sold…

The GM case was purely negligence with a fix being issued after a defect was detected. However, the defect was not necessarily linked to a safety issue at the time the fix was created. It’s really difficult to diagnose an issue if the entire car is shutting down prior to an accident, especially if the system acts…

I don’t know if that is even a thing. In fact, having more seats means there are more people that will need medical coverage. ;)

It took a supercharger to beat the catfish. The later 4th gen mustangs really hold up much better than the earlier ones. Vice versa for the Camaro. I think the 93-97 models look much better than the 98-02.

The HR-V and Equinox are in completely different classes. The Equniox is more in line with the CR-V.

Nissan Juke. I literally cringe every time I see one. How that design ever moved up the corporate approval process boggles my mind. It actually makes the Pontiac Aztec look good in relative terms.

True luxury if I have ever seen it.

It makes the $1500 per month Book By Cadillac program seem quite nice since you don’t have to worry about registration, insurance, or maintenance. You can also swap out cars at any time. Want an ATS-V for a fun road trip through the mountain twisties? Sure. Want an Escalade for taking the entire family to the cabin…