2 knocks against the Flex. One, it’s TERRIBLE on gas. Being what’s basically a refrigerator on wheels will do that. Two, the water pump runs off the timing chain instead of the serpentine belt, and that water pump is known to leak. It’s going to be an expensive service if it needs doing. But for $30k, you can find a…

And it’s not even “Wagon-ish” as they suggested. It’s just a straight up wagon with a lift. Subaru never even changed the design to look more like an SUV when they dropped the “Legacy” from the Outback name. Just body cladding and a lift. 

Automotive demographics would actually be a really interesting article. As a member of the Black delegation, I absolutely see Black folks gravitate towards particular cars depending on age group and economic status. Same goes for other races as well.

Good. The gasoline powered cars just sound like lawnmowers anyway. 

Correction, it was Carlos Ghosn that killed the fun at Nissan. De Nysschen wanted the IDx put into production, and Andy Palmer (of Aston Martin) wanted the Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge made. 

No market for a small RWD performance car? The Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ were already killing it when the IDx was teased. And I was wrong. De Nysschen wanted the the car made, it was Carlos Ghosn who killed it. 

There’s 2 for me. I don’t know if the first one even counts as a “failure” since BMW said from the outset that they had no plans to make it, but they should have absolutely put it into production.

Thank Johan De Nysschen and his OBSESSIVE cost cutting. 

It’s been 10 years, and I’m STILL salty about the IDx being cancelled. 

This is the most correct answer, and I'm disappointed that I had to scroll so far down to find it. The second most correct answer would be the V8 Vantage of the same generation. 

That’s what pisses me off about Nissan/Infiniti in general. We KNOW Nissan has the knowledge to build awesome sports cars. They could be (and were at one point) a legitimate alternative to BMW in terms of driving dynamics on a budget, and the designs of Infiniti have been pretty solid for the last decade. Even the…

For people like us, troubleshooting and a trial-and-error approach comes as naturally as breathing. Figuring shit out, tinkering, and customizing are necessities of life. Having worked in IT for over a decade, most of it in help desk services, I’ve seen firsthand just how tech-illiterate and/or impatient people are.…

You’re absolutely correct on all points, and for myself, I’m right there with you. I’d never even CONSIDER an Apple product for myself, but most people just don’t want or need better options. They’re willing to pay extra for something that just works. For the average person that doesn’t know how to properly maintain a…

A few years ago, you’d be right about iPhone prices. Nowadays the Android stuff is just as expensive. I have a Galaxy S24 Ultra that’s the same price as the equivalent iPhone 15 Pro Max, and the benchmarks are VERY similar. If you just look at it from a hardware capabilities perspective, yeah, it’s hard to see why…

As a devout Android user, I recommend iPhones to people all the time. It allows for pretty seamless communication for those who aren’t very tech literate. Would I ever buy an Apple product myself? Absolutely not. Their peripherals are overpriced, and as a power user, iPhones/Mac computers wouldn’t fit my needs. 

My wife is on my mother-in-law’s membership, so I just scanned my wife’s card into my digital wallet to store the barcode to use at the food court

To your point, I think the Model S/X have been around so long that they probably don’t cost that much more than the Y/3 to produce. But the S/X make up probably 5% of Tesla’s sales right now. Across the board I think their profit margins now are something like 15%, but they were around 30% before they started making…

Normally I’d agree with you, but Tesla has been dropping the costs of their vehicles steadily as they bring production costs down. Ugh... praising Tesla feels dirty.

On the cost front, there’s NO reason why LED headlights need to be as expensive as they are. LEDs are cheap as hell, durable, and the lights should outlast the life of the car. 

My sister-in-law had a minor frontal crash in my 2018 Mazda 6, and it cost the insurance company nearly $10k to repair. New parking sensors, radar, and LED headlight that swivels and self levels. The headlight on its own was over $2000.