...has a bit of a water-theme going on, with its front end “inspired by rolling waves” and the seats incorporating a “waterfall” design, according to GM’s press release.

It’s funny that as pretty much every other industry has taken advantage of the internet and just in time to decrease inventory and allow consumers to customize their products exactly as they want them, the auto industry keeps moving the opposite direction.

Sure, you can special-order a car, but then you miss out on…

I think of the teenager freedom thing as less “I’m driving on a curvy country road with the wind in my hair” and more like “I’m getting out of the house and can talk to members of the opposite sex, or the same sex if that’s what I’m into”

Yeah, this jumped out at me:

I was going to say that the big news was a gas station selling gas for $1.89, then I remembered Canada and realized that’s liters, not gallons. 

Has there been any actual commitment of US government money? Because this other Hill article says he’s offered architectural and restoration expertise.  Which doesn’t really seem like that big a deal.

That was my first thought, but it’s wider on the right than on the left so it is only going to fit one way. 

It also leads to some amusing box checking to make sure they get everything they have to done. I bought my Ram at a dealer 1.5 hours away, because it was the only one on the east coast that had a Hills Green one.

Nah, the perfect SUV for a commercial is the LaForza, because nobody knew what it was.

The GTS-R - and pretty much all the other JDM stuff - are listed in the auction as “OFF ROAD/ TRACK USE ONLY: Never to be titled, registered, or operated on U.S. roadways.”

So I guess they are legal as long as you don’t try to register/drive them on the road.

The depreciation figures are often hot garbage too, because they usually look at used car prices vs. the MSRP of the new car. So for vehicles that offer huge rebates or discounts, the actual depreciation is far less than what it looks like.

I think the other advantage to Carmax is the buyer who knows exactly what they want, and it’s something somewhat rare or unusual. Instead of dealing with a bunch of dealers around the country and transportation and inspection and licensing, they’ll transfer the car and handle it for you.

I’m less sad about the fact that the Good Burger car is in such condition than that a Pacer is in such bad shape.  I’m a sucker for Pacers.

You might not care about Carplay, but a lot of people do.   Can I live without it?  Sure - I have one vehicle with it and one without.  But on long trips, having Waze on a big screen and easily listening to podcasts without a bunch of adapters is really nice. 

Some of it is probably people trading in cars or SUV’s for trucks to use as daily drivers. I did - I swapped a 2012 Pathfinder for a 2018 Ram 1500. Out the door price on the Ram was within a couple grand of what I paid for the Pathfinder.

A Suzuki Grand Vitara driving on a flat tire. I mean, so flat that the rim was throwing sparks and the car was swerving all over the place. This was on a stretch of road with very wide shoulders, so there was no reason the person couldn’t pull off, and given the sparks, noise, and handling, they HAD to know something…

Get an ex-rental Dodge Caravan. Cheap, will hold the kids and gear, and parts are everywhere. They aren’t the most fun-to-drive, but they are pretty comfortable.

I’m guessing that most of the salespeople you are working with aren’t in regards to a 13 year old pickup, though.  And you probably aren’t asking them to crawl under the car. 

Forget the driver assist technology, I’m just glad to see that Toyota finally is competing with Nissan in the important field of inflatable full sized cars.

Don’t send them to Guam, all those heavy trucks will cause it to tip over.