You are 100% correct. They just can’t admit it. People can’t see past their own lives. They think because they can’t afford to buy a new F350 or a Corvette with their minimal input jobs, they are poor.

The US is one of the few places in the world where you can directly change your status in life. All it takes is a…

It is the way things are now. It sucks, I already stopped visiting Gizmodo. Looks like Jalopnik isn’t far behind.

I’ve heard of it. I think the easy credit and ridiculously long terms have kept sales increases coming longer than they otherwise would have, but it’s still a cyclical market overall. There are factors that influence the length of each part of the cycle, but it will never be steadily in one direction or the other…

You bring up another interesting point.

I’m an independent, can we please keep our automotive news the same way? Politics is everywhere right now, I don’t come to Jalopnik for it, I come here to escape it for a moment.

Is it remotely possible to skip the politics for 5 minutes on this website? Or no?

NEW CAR HERE I COME BABY!

The stock market is booming, GDP growth is through the roof, productivity levels are crazy high. We are not poor. Even people of modest income have been seeing gains in the last few months. Retirement plans are growing because of the stock market as well. The majority of people are bullish on the economy. Excuse me if…

Giving the people who are wasting our money now more of our money to waste will just leave us poorer with the same shit roads.

Lets not forget that most SUVs sold today are crossovers, basically tall riding wagons.

Or, what if they quit wasting the tax dollars they’re already taking on bullshit and used it to fix the roads instead? Stop trying to commit more of our hard-earned money to government!

Gas is over a dollar cheaper per gallon in 2017 than the NHTSA projected it would be back in 2012.

4th Gear: Anyone here have personal experience with the automatic braking systems? How often do you get a “false alarm” where it slams on the brakes for no reason?

It’s something I’m concerned about when car shopping in the future... I have a vehicle now that gives me a warning to brake, but doesn’t do the braking for…

Ist gear:

I think the fuel economy issue is more complex than just short memory.

Right now, I get 27-31 mpg in my 07 Impreza. You can pick one of these things up right now for less than $3500 for something that can pass inspection with ease. The 2018 Impreza can get, on paper, 38mpg highway if you can stomach a CVT. For a…

1st Gear: MPG is litteraly one of the lowest priorities on my car shopping list. In fact I don’t even look at it. As long as it’s not single digits I really don’t care. And even then for a fun weekend car I don’t care if it’s single digits because the car isn’t my daily.

The government push for EVs would feel more…

3rd Gear - Nobody is ever happy. Production has long been switching to automation, since it produces a repeatable product. The cycle times are consistent, the methods used to complete the task are consistent, they are available 24/7, they don’t show up hung-over or come in late or harass other workers. So now you have…

Yeah, I have a buddy that had a CLA and is now driving a GLK, both of them were equipped with it. He shut both of them off after too many similar incidents.

4th gear: My wife has a 2015 Mercedes with Automatic braking. It likes to slam on the brakes if I coast too long, or if its sees a particularly shaped bush on the side of the road that it thinks is a pedestrian walking into the road. It is a terribly engineered system.

I prefer fuel efficient vehicles. I’m curious though how much the estimated $1,100 and $1,300 in extra costs compares to what automakers have spent on other stuff they’ve decided should be standard, but lots of people don’t need or despise.