Most CUVs are essentially minivans, even when you look at them, they look like minivans with meatier tires. The Model X, is a glorified minivan. It’s called market positioning. Pontiac did it very blatantly with the Montana in the late 90s, but it was the Subaru outback that crossed people over from wagon/minivan to…

LOL. Buick!? Panamera is a sportback, I don’t think the wagon will outsell the sportback, and I’ve never even seen the Jag estate in the wild. Are any of the ones you listed high volume sellers? List one volume selling wagon in the US. The Outback? Niche car.

It’s pretty trite to use my example as a good time to rent a van, when literally the whole state was migrating at once. You couldn’t find gas, much less a van. I use the capabilities of my SUV at least once per week, and pull a trailer to get work done for the house or my cars fairly regularly. I enjoy DIY, so you can…

Thing is, CUV does those things better than a hatch. I have a hatch. It’s not that roomy. It’s better than an economy car. But not better in terms of room than a sedan. I don’t love CUVs either. But they’re basically our replacement wagons.

Hot take - SUVs are actually better for the US. Allow me to illustrate:

Lift off oversteer is a real bitch.

Agreed, we don’t need 400 variations of Sierra Nevada. Keep it simple.

Give me a break car diagnostic-dude. This is a car blog. I do my own work on 4 cars, running the entire gamut from 201X to 197X model years, from sensor replacements and oil changes, allll the way through timing belts and full engine teardowns and rebuilds. It isn’t rocket science; if you have the right tools, to see…

It would be the work of minutes to categorize codes into ranges of severity, and measure the mileage running those codes. New cars already do similar things by counting revs, or over-rev. All of that data is easily, and readily available.

Lol. What a dumb argument. The tool is totally unnecessary and you don’t need knowledge to read out the text for a code. So not only is the consumer getting ripped off, so is the mechanic.

I don’t like IPAs because I’m tired of hipster waiters and bartenders making it the ONLY type of beer they ever recommend.... “bro, we have this really good IP-ehhhh”. Just once I’d like someone to recommend the stout or porter, or even an effing Pilsner. Christ. IPAs are so trendy it’s annoying.

I mean.... there’s really no excuse at this point for the car UI not to give you exactly the malfunction in a text readout right now. The fact that you still need a code reader and then search for whatever that code is, or go to a dealer who will charge you 80 for a “diagnostic,” is borderline ridiculous. There’s not…

It’s pretty ironic for you to highlight captain jack’s temperance (his response was trite. Also incorrect). Then suggest he take it up the ass. There’s no need for anyone to require business internet without some significant volume, meaning probably more than 20 employees. A pretty steady bandwidth stream should be…

Eh. At this point internet is a fairly common need item in a house. You can argue that a ton of the world doesn’t have it and that’s fine but in many cases public school homework is based on an internet UI. And I don’t know about you but I fairly frequently work at night from home. So your response is poorly thought…

I will say this - I wouldn’t spend that kind of money on the SI - but Hondas of that vintage and older can be turned into monsters for not very much money. It’s pretty silly the kind of HP numbers you can get.

As individuals - you should ask about the choices people make when they don’t know how to be financially responsible. At the MACRO level, the problem is systemic and isn’t necessarily just due to these individuals’ choices. The system is also stacked against them. I hope you’re joking. But if not, learn to tell the…

Right? What a go-getter! A canny businessman! He worked within the system and got rich! It’s a rags to riches story! The American dream! He’s right up there with the Rockefellers and Carnegies!

Thought that was the 2019 that upgraded to digital.

I was giving you a hard time. A Golf R is a car I’d own if I could only have one car.

Nice GTI!