Perhaps. The L319 (LR3/LR4) and L320 (2006-2013 Range Rover Sport) were developed wholly under Ford, so there’s no BMW in them. Only the L322 (2003-2012 Range Rover) had BMW DNA, and even it received a new Ford/Volvo/Jaguar keyless-entry and alarm system after 2006. The alarm was present in all the Land Rovers, but…

That was the case with my 2010 Range Rover Supercharged. You had to fish out the keys to unlock the vehicle, but then push a button to start it. And there was no available keyless access, at least not in our market.

My 2018 Genesis G90—like many contemporary Hyundai and Kia products—does not remember your last audio source when using Bluetooth. If you’re on Bluetooth streaming and then shut the car off, the next time you start the car, it realizes the Bluetooth source is disconnected and then just defaults to the radio. So you…

Yes, some of the European automakers were embarrassingly late at implementing audible lock/unlock functionality on their cars. That said, sometimes the functionality is there, but turned off at the factory.

I’m sure that’s exactly what they were doing, and it’s sad that they were able to do so. Yikes.

Either way, I would say you could only realistically do this once. Once for a particular user or person looks like an anomaly. Several times for the same person is a very easily traceable pattern. And, like the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal, the more you do it and the longer it takes for you to be caught, the worse…

Which is why I’ve never taken a government contract. I’m not cheap. All of my stupid car decisions aren’t going to pay for themselves (do not ask me what it’s cost to keep a V12 Jaguar running).

As a web developer, that’s just lazy programming on the part of whoever developed this. The handoff between the payment processor and the auction site should have been handled entirely in the backend, and not some client-side process or token that a user could manipulate.

There’s not much public transportation in OKC. Just pockets of it.

I live in the Oklahoma City area. I would love to know where in the state this person lives so that I (and my own Jag, a 1996 XJ12) can stay well clear of her.

The one in my late-model X5 is good for slamming the brakes as I’m reversing down a steep driveway; I know that much.

The one in my late-model X5 is good for slamming the brakes as I’m reversing down a steep driveway; I know that much.

“I hate the idea that a 3-5 ton luxury vehicle used to shuffle around a single well-to-do douchebag is suddenly cheaper to own than the $1500 beater that a single mother of four drives to and from work”

Between these two, I would absolutely rather have the Ranger.

I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if that were the case.

Right, but it doesn’t matter how solid the contract manufacturer is when the underlying technology and engineering sucks. That wouldn’t be Magna’s fault, but I could absolutely see it happening with something bearing the Fisker name.

That’s true. But you can also ask them to reduce the price of the car accordingly, which I’ve done with varying degrees of success. I’ll say, “Okay, you want $499 for some paperwork. Can you leave the doc-fee line item in, but then reduce the price of the car by that much?” On my most recent Subaru and BMW purchases,…

“only $500, and if you’re worried about that amount, maybe you can’t afford the car”

If my (brief) experience with a 2008 Lexus LS 600h L is any indication, one of the worst things you can do is buy a hybrid vehicle that sold in small numbers and thus has limited support. The GMT800 and K2XX hybrid trucks, in particular—and you’re right that I wasn’t aware either of them existed—would be absolute…

It sucks, but I kind of see why the school would do this in the name of practicality. It’s disruptive and distracting.