It’s probably already a problem in Louisiana. Supercharger next to a lake that’s home to plenty of gators.

True. I’m in the market for something that size. It’s between a Flex and a Tahoe/Suburban. I’m leaning towards the Chevy’s because of the ease of maintenance. I want something I can wrench on myself, and having had experience with transverse mounted V6's, I’d rather avoid that. They’re really not fun to work on. 

Yeah, if this was a first product, we’d excuse all these problems that Cybertrucks are having. We get it. Making cars is hard. Rivian and Lucid get passes. But it’s been over a decade, 4 models, and several facelifts of the same platforms. Having that many problems on on a product that likely uses parts-bin components…

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