Jeep Cherokee is derided, but German shitbox has the same thing years later and it’s great. I will never get the blind love or excuses for the overrated junk that comes from that country, be it design or engineering. No, this is pig-fuck ugly up and down in every direction. Russia would be hard pressed to design…

From watching stuff on the ancient norse language, there is a lot of influence in English by Northmen, I imagine much of the reason it differs so much from continental Latin-derived languages in terms of grammar and vocabulary.

From a former driver of two 73 hp cars that were quite fun and utterly worry free, I’m in complete agreement.

Emissions, safety (and part-related size bloat), customer expectations for NVH, power, and gadgets. Of those things, though, it’s emissions that are probably the biggest problem as they have a greater effect at all speeds and uses, particularly NOx, which has gotten much more strict since the ‘80s. High NOx comes from…

I always wondered if greater comfort in grueling long distance races could make up for a loss of efficiency in allowing the rider to run harder for longer. I have a 1912 racing bike with wood wheels and the frame geometry is as laid back as a cruiser bike with the head tube angle being something I can’t find a modern…

This isn’t 1980. Failure at 140k—especially on a low performance engine—shouldn’t be unacceptable. This is clearly a major OEM problem (Hyundai still doesn’t know how to make engines. I guess it’s a good thing they’re turning toward electric, not that I’d trust them.).

Ah, the old manual steering tire pressure monitoring system! My Subaru GLs had that, too. Simple and foolproof.

At only 140k and after a lifetime of eating oil at a rate my ‘84 Subaru GL with a leaking rear main seal would smugly laugh at?! What POS cars are you used to and why do you feel the need to defend them? Not only that, this is an extensive and well-known problem and they previously agreed to cover it.

Damn, those filters are expensive to use like that and the lack of visibility is likely more dangerous than the potential for infection (assuming they don’t have an immunodeficiency).

Kevin Costner is getting too old for this shit.

The only way I’d notice they stopped delivering mail here is by the lack of trash private companies pay them to put in my mailbox.

Comparing this to a then brand new operation with barely enough money from about 75 years ago . . . yeah, that’s valid. How low a bar do we need to set for this 50 year old tween?

Yes, and frequent total replacement due to stupid design issues and bullshit recalls that they don’t actually honor.

Looks at Macbook Pro’s chipped keyboard keys that can get jammed up by phantom crumbs even when not eating near it and reads past the shadow pixels from where he sits, stuck on his couch as laptop can’t be unplugged due to shit battery which, despite being produced during a recall period and exhibiting the exact issues…

Everything about him from this article indicates that he isn’t much of a thinker.

Yeah, he gets what he deserves. Sounds like it couldn’t have happened to a better assclown.

If VW moves upmarket, they have nothing in the US to take up the low end and they already have plenty of upmarket brands unless they just go sub-premium and replace the low end Audis. Eh, I don’t really care.

Why would an enthusiast want any of those at all? Those are just ordinary cars in ubiquitous form factors that are less reliable than most of their competitors.

The black color just means there’s more blood in this stool. ND.

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I had a mechanically inept friend learn from a salesman he bought his car from and I had to teach myself. A lot of insecure people seem to love making it seem harder to learn than it is (while helping to kill manuals by dissuading more people from learning). Yes, there are some more advanced techniques, but you can…