$20k in 2019 dollars. Would buy you a nice Renegade or Compass.

To be fair I’ve seen some dealers putting them on as dealer options new. So maybe your local dealer is one of those. Not that I can imagine a douchebag car dealer...

I believe it was a Jalopnik article where I once read the design brief for the Avalon was: “Old people need to buy cars too.”

I was surprised how excited I was to see Matthew Rhys again. My mancrush has been awakened.

Counterpoint:

I feel sorry for people who have nothing better to do than be snarky in internet comments. I feel sorry for myself.

If a woman likes animals in general and enjoys caring for a pet or pets, she’ll probably take great care of you too. If, however, she generally isn’t into pets except for *her* pet, then you’re probably going to be second fiddle to her in more than one area.

(This comment makes me feel like the old white hetero male…

“Take a deep breath and reassess.” ... yes, this is good advice.

Yes, I’m looking for net-net on NOx, the extra CO2 burn is just a bonus. The 40x was also an extreme number that didn’t apply to most of the recalled vehicles. In my case I have an EA288 which came from the factory with a urea system.
So: How much NOx per gallon was it putting out before, and how much now? Then…

So let’s say it’s only a 6% increase in fuel consumption instead of the ~12% I’ve seen and that is anecdotally reported (TDIClub, etc.) 6% increase over 12k mi is ~22gal/yr per car. Let’s suppose 10,000 EA288 TDIs were fixed. That means those 10,000 cars are using about 220,000 gallons more fuel per year than before…

I’m still curious if the ecological spend on the repairs AND the loss of ~5mpg per car is actually adding up to a net reduction in emissions. We are religious about recording mileage (fuelly.com is great) and saw our average fill up go from ~45mpg to ~40mpg. Best ever was 50mpg pre fix (with many many 47+ if we were…

Is there a special COTD category for “Pedantic Thread OTD”?

I cannot see the $10k difference between this and the Mahindra Roxor. In fact, if the prices were reversed it would make much more sense.

Chipotle serves delicious chorizo that no one orders: “Oh well, we tried”
Chipotle serves horrible queso that no on orders: “You. Will. Eat. This.”

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This feels like NDT explaining how NASCAR cars fly off the track at every turn.
Plenty of redneck wheeling in $2k rigs up slopes this steep.

To the articles point, about 50% of all Seinfeld episodes are unwatchable now. “Just, fucking, call them” would solve most of their contrived sitcom plots.

It’s all a setup for Dom to beat Hobbs to death with a socket wrench when they return to the F&F main throughline.
Could you imagine the cheer in the theater? (if the theater was filled with true fans, which it won’t be... now i’m depressed)

“Let’s hope they’re angling more for cheap Ferraris and not expensive Chryslers.”
What’s a Chrysler?
Unless they’re retooling the Pacifica or 300 there just isn’t anything to build from. Those are it.
And, personally, I kinda hope the 300/Charger/Challenger goes on for another decade. Big, quiet, powerful, rear wheel…