22 grand to look like the hottest shit teen in your small rural town

Back when I was at MotorTrend, I almost felt bad for the Infiniti PR people every time I posted an update for my QX50 long-termer.

I’ll repeat my one and only Infiniti dealership experience:

Infiniti is such a sad, sad brand. When the G35 debuted, it was a great car and legit sports sedan competitor to the class-leading 3-series and it improved its luxury chops after the 2007 refresh. I came close to purchasing a 2005 sport and a 2009 6MT later on and always enjoyed the idea of a competent, 6-cylinder…

How much R&D went into that ridiculous, pointless VC-T engine (anybody wanna touch one of those w/o a warranty?) that could have gone toward making one halfway desirable vehicle?

Nissan makes the Z, the 15 year old GTR which still has a shit transmission, and a bunch of other rolling trash that people with low credit scores and rental fleets buy. That’s it. That is their entire lineup summed up. Anyone who says differently is getting paid by Nissan and someone needs to nut-up and tell Nissan…

Yeah, the impression I always had about the shows was it was more about getting a deep-dive into the kind of characters who would never get their own film, and then they’re in - they’re part of the MCU and free to make appearances as side characters in other films and Avengers projects.

Are any of the D+ Marvel shows coming back? WandaVision was a one-off, Falcon and the Winter Soldier was a prequel to the Sam Wilson Cap movie and Thunderbolts, Loki appears to be done, and all of the other shows seemed designed to set up Young Avengers or whatever (which seems to be in flux now that the Multiverse…

Just animate it. Harley Quinn worked fine.

Well, that sucks. I really enjoyed this show and I was hoping it would get a second season. And they can definitely do less of She-Hulk vs. Jen on screen. Like they forced her to be green at her job, when it didn't make sense.

Agreed, someone’s gonna part with $24K no sweat. And I hope they correct the footwear on this 5er - those wheels are all wrong, from the shiny finish to the knock-kneed/narrow offset, to the cheesy design.

Winner of the day...

I too would like to live in a world where the trash collector pays me every day to pick up my garbage. But then again, if that were to happen, it would probably also mean living in some sort of Monkey’s Paw universe where I have to pay to go to work. I don’t think I want to be the one who establishes the precedent and…

there was a cheat code fora PT cruiser and a Prowler and it was like the fastest car in the game. Wonder if chrysler paid for that marketing? lol 

The careful naming of the models was a nice touch:

Had Crusin’ USA. I remember you could get bugs on the windshield when you toggled views, and being able to backflip off jumps if you did a quick downshift/upshift at the right moment. Might have had World, but not sure. Had Episode 1 racer and the code for invulnerability that turned every race into a demolition derby.…

Top gear rally was my favorite n64 racing game.

How exactly were these three years of random drug tests administered? Because unless they were truly random, with no notice whatsoever, and Musk required to piss on the spot while someone watches him do it, I assure you the whole things is easily faked with synthetic urine. My stoner brother has managed to evade them…

Those seats!

Sounds like they’re just stealing a page out of the Jones Soda playbook.