Yes, I’m sure GM will be profoundly successful—in just 10 short years—in transitioning everyone from gasoline cars that are very popular to EVs that no one wants and that are rotting on lots. Never mind that their money-makers are all large gasoline trucks and SUVs for sheer profit-per-unit and smaller gasoline crossov…

Hopefully he gets convicted by Halloween.

That seems about right for a mid-aughts luxury performance car, 18 MPG. It’s better than my Bonus Mom’s 2006 Cadillac STS-V, which achieves 14 MPG on a good day. That’s why she has a 2018 Lexus RX 450h as a daily.

This definitely seems dubious. Crucially, I wonder what the opportunity for arbitrage is. If solar companies are having to pay inordinate amounts to compete for a dose of sunlight on their panels, how will they make money selling that energy? And this is still as susceptible as normal sunlight to things like cloud…

🎵 I know you’re [distracted (Distracted)], ‘cause your lips are movin’ (Movin’); tell me, do you think I’m dumb 🎵 — Meghan Trainor.

And which could also be had with a 6MT, at least through 2018. A friend of mine taught me to drive stick on his HR-V so equipped.

At least you’re not like my partner, who--at a robust 6'5"--convinced himself that what he really needed was a Smart Fortwo...and would have purchased it, had the price been right.

Eh, perhaps. But, who knows, this person may be insured to the point where that would be a favorable outcome.

My heart aches.

My understanding was that the current-gen F-150 offered massage seats on models with the multi-contour seat units (King Ranch, Platinum, Limited) through MY2021. At some point in 2022, citing a parts shortage, that functionality was cut. So was a lot of the adjustability on the multi-contour seats. I’m not sure…

I just bought a 2020 GS 350 F Sport RWD for exactly this reason. I wanted something that would be nice and last. I love the Rioja Red leather, and the Mark Levinson sound system is quite good.

Yeah, they certainly weren’t in car seats. And even then...the Wrangler is really bad at being a family car. It’s a solid-front-and-rear-axle truck with terrible handling capabilities, high rollover risk, horrible noise insulation, bad fuel economy, and a compromised loadspace. And, hell, it didn’t even have rear curta…

Correct. Or even, generously, that the seller truly thinks the fix is that easy and genuinely is just too lazy to attempt it...but that they therefore have a gross misunderstanding of the solution. A/C doesn’t blow cold air at all? There’s probably a leak in the system. Sure, you might try recharging it, but it may…

You don’t want to buy a camero with new breaks?

I have a theory that certain desirable models simply change hands from defeated owner to soon-to-be-defeated owner, racking up owner records on the CarFax all the while. There’s simply no fixing them permanently, and it’s stopped me from even trying to buy those cars. Chiefly, I’m talking about the W140 S 600, Phaeton…

Often times, when you see a temp tag on a car, especially one on FB Marketplace, it’s because that person is a flipper. They’ve just bought the car at auction and are trying to make a quick buck. Caveat emptor, because the seller has done absolutely nothing to the car in terms of repairs or reconditioning.

To summarize, if it “just needs a” and they didn’t do it, they’re lying. Why wouldn’t you do a cheap fix, if it would substantially increase the value or usability of the car.

Yeah, no worries. I thought it was a foolish decision on Land Rover’s part, but that’s what they chose to do.

That’s true for 2010-2013 models. In those instances, the full-size spare and the two-speed transfer case were standard. However, for the update in 2014, those became optional and bundled with the HD package, which the majority of them do not have. On the 2014-2016, the easiest way to tell if it’s got the HD package…

What about vehicles that are offered with both? My LR4 was available with full-time AWD, but mine has the HD package, giving it a two-speed transfer case, a locking rear differential, and a proper full-size spare.