Shoot, I’m such an authority in this topic and slept on this article. As a 6'7" 350 pound man, I’ve done a lot of research on this range. You guys are particularly spot on with this one. It’s true, sedans are generally the best choice for us talls.

That’s a GREAT question.

I mean, I totally see how you could still spend a lot of money on healthcare with a single payer system, but I figured it wouldn’t drive someone to sell their dead son’s car they had intended to give to their grandson. Just sucks to hear healthcare is a crippling cost even in CA.

Also, yeah, cried pretty damn hard. I grew up going to a lot of auctions. Nothing remotely this nice ever happened at one.

Medical costs in Canada?

Florida won’t be getting much in way of storm from Florence, but even on the open ocean, these ships are fine unless their engines are out. They can easily outrun most hurricanes. If near Florida, they can just duck into one of the dozens harbors in Florida deep enough for carriers.

I bought a dealer demo with 4K miles on it. I had shopped them pretty heavily so I was able to determine that it saved me about $2600 off the lowest I was able to negotiate a brand-spanking-new one. Honestly, for $2,600 having someone else drive it for a bit was no biggie. Esp since I’m a lead foot and neurotic, so I c…

Unless SoCal is different than the rest of the country, those discounts are normally less than half than what comparable Big Three trucks have on the hood at the time. For a truck that hasn’t been redesigned significantly in 11 years, that’s crazy.

Not the sort of car that gets discounted much. One of the secrets behind Toyota Truck’s low depreciation: they never go on sale.

Yeah, my last car search finalized down to trading in my work truck and getting a Tundra or keeping it and getting a GTI. Went with the new Tundra, and mostly don’t regret it.

I learned from the fine dirt of Georgia’s dirt roads that you do not want you truck or car breathing from the road. You can choke a filter in a few hundred miles pretty easy. That’s what most snorkels are for, rarely is a car so buttoned up that it can act as an actual snorkel.

They’ll get there, but to be fair, it took the oil industry a while to get to the level of influence they’re at. They’ve also been vital to a functioning military, which have gained them a few inroads that would be hard for Lithium miners to acquire.

Are you under the impression I’m unaware of the the aftermarket car audio market?

Not really, it has much more to do with changes in tech. Software for example is seeing everything go to a subscription. You used to be able to buy perpetual licenses of things like Photoshop and Office, but now you pay a monthly fee.

+1 for Saab reincarnation.

I’ve never had a problem with the quality of VW’s warranties and warranty work, it’s just how often I’ve had to utilize it that I object to.

Given that most Subaru Outback buyers, accurately or not, are buying into its reputation for reliability, what is the VW offering that bridges that gap between the two brands’ perceived reliability. Similarly priced, what’s the main thing I’m getting from the VW that the Subaru doesn’t provide?

The difference between how a Toyota is put together to a Tesla, and similarly the difference between how you have to make a car to be the basis for a sustainable business and what Tesla is doing can’t be ignored.

Yeah, this was definitely manifested in Musk’s initial over-reliance on automation. The hubris to think you can automate something before you know how to manually do it right is staggering.

You haven’t driven one since you went right to reliability and not all the talking about how they “FEEL,” but I’d say 9 years is plenty of time, and they’ve done OK. Will they last as long as Toyotas? No, but nothing really does. I drive a Tundra, I’m sold on the long-term reliability thing, but the Maxima’s CVT is…