If, by that, you mean that we should get rid of the statutory requirement most states have for a dealership model for retail auto sales, then I’ll carry a pitchfork alongside ya, brother. If you mean that new dealerships should be prevented from opening, then I wholeheartedly disagree, as you cannot have too much compe…

Yup...not enough sales of Tru-Coat to cover that debt load.

Yes, this!

As I mentioned in an earlier comment, I can’t even figure out if that moniker is supposed to reference to women or gay men.

Genuinely asking, since it was mentioned multiple times in the piece: Is the “hairdresser car” moniker supposed to be a slight at women, or at gays, as the alleged target demographic for the vehicle?

And I always thought that was a Boomer thing (Gen X here).

Same reason they fail to use turn signals, drive away with gas nozzles still filling, drive with underinflated tires, etc.—laziness and overall obliviousness. It was always been bad but has proliferated exponentially with millennials coming of driving age. 

Nothing an errant key or sharp belt buckle can’t fix. Make it a regular habit and the ICE drivers will eventually “get the hint”.

Can we please get the USDOT to mandate a standardized charging port on all plug-in electric vehicles sold here? They seem to micro-mandate everything other vehicle component. How about a mandate that actually helps consumers, infrastructure manufacturers, and the auto industry, in a substantive way?

This is very simple—by law, private companies should not be allowed to tow a vehicle without the written consent of its registered owner, period, dot, full-stop. If a vehicle needs to be removed from ANYWHERE—public property, private property, wherever—without owner’s consent, because it is unauthorized to be there, th…

That’s not correct—digital odometers are everything -BUT- easily hackable. There was just an article here several weeks ago dealing with that very fact. How the mileage is stored centrally in the ECU and must match the IP odometer reading for the car to operate. Not mention that many (most?) vehicle manufacturers…

You must not live in a state that requires emissions and/or safety inspections. In states where this is required, the certified inspection station directly accesses a DMV portal where they upload the results of the test/inspection. This is linked to your registration number and VIN in the DMV’s system, thereby…

I disagree. It’s not any harder than performing the emissions tests or safety inspections that many (most?) states already require prior to renewing your registration. Simply add an odometer check to the process and transmit the mileage to the DMV along when sending the results of the emissions test/safety inspection.…

Yeah, I think he meant to reference the Bolt. As the whole purpose of the Volt is to meet all your car needs in one—EV for everyday use and ability to continue driving after battery exhaustion, without the need for a long recharging stop. 

Any ownership transfer of a Pontiac Aztek where the transferor isn’t also the payer, is a crack pipe deal all day long, everyday, and 5 times on Sunday!

This is why it *DOESN’T* “deliver the best performance possible”. It may deliver the quickest times, but performance also includes control and connection—the ability to select exactly the gear you want, exactly when you want it; to know that the vehicle isn’t going to change gears when you don’t expect it; to skip…

The reports of the ATS’ death are greatly exaggerated ;-) It is not “dying”, it’s becoming the CT4. Whether it retains a manual option or not is up for grabs, however.

Not sure I understand what’s keeping people from stealing these and hacking them for personal use.