The Toyota Prime models are where its at IMO, but getting one has been pretty tough.  I think they would sell a lot more of them if they could stock dealers with them instead of making people wait years.

That’s all fine and good, and yet, CEO pay is a drop in the bucket relative to publicly held OEM’s revenue and profits.

We should also keep in mind UAW workers for the Big 3 also received record bonuses based on company profits over the last several years.

Oh man. That Kwanzaa bot image. :(

Let’s also not forget that dealers shot themselves in the foot with the ADM antics last year. Hell, up until ~May this year, the Ford dealer nearest to me was still putting 5k markups on non-GT Mach Es, and 15k markups on the GT variants.

Thing is, the average ICE car, after 200K miles, will also have lost a fair bit of efficiency, no matter how well you stick to your maintenance.

Oh yea they all look fantastic, though I must admit, I grew up with the Diablo and Murcielago so Yellow just stands out as their color to me, any other color is a bonus.

Weird. Normal people don’t want to buy a $50k car with 7% interest rates, tech that’s outdated faster than a modern smartphone, a business model that’s constantly pushing microservices, and tracks all your movements with no way to opt out or find out where that information is going?

I was surprised by the Hummer’s inclusion as well. It’s possible that dealer markups are also keeping the few that have trickled out unsold. It’s already a six figure GMC, which will limit the buyer pool, but drop a five figure dealer markup on top and even fewer people will be interested.

do people seriously buy cars this expensive with that little down?? I can understand buying a civic with no down payment or very little down. But a luxury vehicle??  

come on now, it’s worked for some fictional characters

Here’s a fun, perhaps not so hypothetical, scenario to keep you up at night.

We cruise quite a bit.  I prefer larger ships due to how bad the smaller ones react in storms.  I’ve been on a 75k ton one versus a 150k one and it’s night and day in a storm.

Oh please. You go on a boat of any size (or a plane, or in a car, for that matter) and there’s a risk that at some point there’s unavoidable bad weather. The oceans are big vast scary places. Anyone who goes on a cruise (I have, and mostly likely will again) should be aware of those facts and risks. You are not at…

The problem with Indycar is that they barely market the series. For the race at Barber, the Indycar Instagram account neglected to post when the race started. They show one commercial for races (besides the 500) on a sister channel at 1 AM the night before the race. The drivers rotate through seats so much you can’t…

It genuinely feels like if it doesn’t make economic sense to keep less popular stuff on a “one price for all you can consume” streaming services, then it should at least make sense to stash them on one of the many “it’s free, but you have to watch ads” services like FreeVee, Tubi, PlutoTV, etc.

How about its reverse order starting positions based on least points to most points in the championship. Let Max fight from the back to get up to Logan who may/may not be a sufficient road block to actually win. Would be more exciting in the years where the title comes down to the last race for points.

Actually it would be a big help if they just brought back DRS in the tunnel since it sets up the only real passing opportunity on the circuit.

How to fix Monaco (and F1 racing in general) :

When they announced the dimensions of the new Ranger, I had to double-check I knew the Silverado width. I’m looking to downsize, so I was shocked to realize the new mid-sizers are literally as big as the full-size of 20 years ago. I hope the Tacoma stays a little thinner to please the off-road crowd, but they seem to…