What the HELL is going on with those ill-fitting red satin trashbag seatcovers, laptop and flight case, and wires everywhere? This is supposed to be a promotional video for an aspirational product? Maybe tuck that shit away first? God, I swear. Why is high-end car shit always tainted by these amateur production values?

The problem is new exotic car buyers ARENT ordering manuals. Theyre looking for boulevard cruisers with the right badge. Its the second hand market that wants them.

4th: india is also pushing for electric motorcycles to try and squeeze the small 125cc bikes out

BROWN MANUAL WAGON QUATTRO.

You’d be surprised. I remember a study from a few years ago found that rich people most commonly owned a Ford.

In my profession (real estate broker for developers) I spend a lot of time directly with some pretty wealthy people. The type of people who need to pay a couple of CPAs to do their taxes, have a personal assistant who follows them around, etc. Private jet territory.

$4k in repairs over the last 4 years is still cheaper than even a cheap car payment.

Most “fixes” are scams designed to separate you from your pay check. They want you to pay hundreds for new tires because yours are “bald”? Please! That just increased your traction in most conditions. Your brakes need to be replaced because they’re squeaking?!? Really? A liberal application of WD40 will take care of…

You know what costs more than maintenance on your Explorer? Buying a new car. Good on you.

Gotta go with you on the a/c repairs. When I was just a wee lad in the early 60s, my mom declared we (she) would never have a car without air conditioning. I guess it’s like “eat your peas” (blech...thankfully my parents never made me do that) or “don’t cross the street without looking both ways” (no cell phones in…

Anytime I see a mini-spare that’s clearly been driven for a while, I think to myself this is why I’m fine with automakers not really including spares at all anymore.

Tires! Fix them! Stop driving around on your donut space-saver (I see this way too often). They are literally the only thing keeping your car stuck to the road.

Also, brakes. Fix your brake leaks or you and others may die. I don’t see this often, but worth mentioning.

Anything beyond that, you do you, man.

Boy would that be quite the engineering challenge, because each pack must last at least 6 hours to 7 hours while consistently outputting speeds of about 220mph and propel the car to over 180mph in 2 seconds on exit at, say, out of Arnage or past the Dunlop chicane.

That being said, I can understand the appeal of a Rav4 hybrid over a “Corolla” hybrid hatchback.

After the morining I had getting my daughter to school, a divider so I don’t have to hear her screaming at full volume. NP!

The out-of-place digital screen distracts me completely from the wheel.

Yeah, but Nissan does sell a lot of the damn things, proving that Americans will happily buy them. 

You do realize that they’re in the alliance because their pre-alliance form almost drove them out of business, right?

Au contraire:

Neutral: The US just broke the record for dividend payouts and yet still can’t seem to keep afloat without cutting their workforce. Automation and Electrification are easy scapegoats, but the reality is corporate America’s priorities don’t lie with the company itself, but with shortsighted profits for their investors.