Does Mazda make any other hybrid/EV’s?  To my knowledge they do not so they really need those credits.

Bring back two tone trucks!

Bring back two-tone trucks

My predominate use of McDonald’s is for black iced coffee. Their iced coffee tastes good enough for rest stop coffee, is fairly inexpensive (especially compared to Starbucks) and doesn’t have anything weird in it when ordered without cream/sugar.  I would not recommend food from there.

Buick Encore. Underpowered, mediocre fuel economy, minimal interior space, and ugly.

Not brown, diesel, or manual but I’ll allow it- NP.

I’m guessing this is still a compliance car.  Mazda doesn’t have a hybrid in the lineup to my knowledge.  Every competitor across the model range has a hybrid except for Mazda.  Would love to see a hybird 3, 6, CX-5, or CX-9

Not just the size, but the packaging. In theory all of the components should be serviceable, especially the service valves (high side and low side), compressor, and the thermal expansion valve or orifice tube.

This will be an interesting maintenance item to pop up down the road.  So there are essentially all the parts that fail routinely on a home heat pump.  Are OEM’s still using R134a for refrigerant?  Or have they moved on to something better for the environment?

I think the hate on dealers is on the sales side of things which is only one element of what a dealership does. People still need a place to maintain their vehicle under warranty which 3rd party shops cannot do and mobile units from manufacturers can only sort of do. The 2 things dealerships do outside of sales are…

Not sure what illuminated touch sliders are for but I thought VW found out the hard way that people want real knobs and buttons for things. I’ve also never used a voice activated system that did what I wanted it to so all the voice control stuff is a gimmick at best.

“Modern big SUVs are manses” I had to look up the definition of manses which is “the house occupied by a minister of a Presbyterian church.” or informally in the US “a person’s house or home” 

Stay save dude.

Yea it seems like post purchase they don’t give a shit about the buyer.  And it just keeps getting proven over and over.

I hit NP because this is a good value, that being said this thing has 16 spark plugs and requires the removal of the inner fender or a bazillion 3/8" universal joints to get the the rear plugs so if they haven’t been done you are in for a fun time.

I’m going to say it may be related to the handling of the Theta engine failure debacle. I had two friends have engines fail and it took a lot for Hyundai to cover the engine. Hyundai quoted one friend for quite a bit of money and said that they would not cover it initially. After several calls to they eventually came…

Its a thing now:

“The chassis struggles to control the GT’s 5,732-pound bulk” Down under specs it lists this as 4795 lbs. How much does this behemoth weigh?

I always found it weird that at the dealer they offer “title insurance” in case anything is misprinted on the title.  As in if we (the dealer) messes this up you will have to pay additional money unless you pay this other additional money (insurance).  Now I see why this insurance exists but I’m sure that it’s a pain…

Wow really saying Titanic isn’t a good movie huh?  That’s a hot take.