I like this take a lot. Learning to enjoy cars for what they were intended for is still being a car enthusiast. We like machines with oily whirly bits. A truck or a van can be just as interesting as a sports car if you approach it like the machine it is. 

in the same way you wouldn’t drive a Jeep wrangler (purpose built as an incredibly capable off-road vehicle) the same way you drive an M3

Adding on to the Saturn angle, I had some idiot at one of those shady buy-here-pay-here lots try to sell me on a Saturn L100. He said they were “reliable because they were built by Toyota”. 

CPO Mazda 3 is the correct answer here. The very DEFINITION of “luxury-ish”. Even the turbo ones have decent fuel economy. The hatchbacks aren’t the EASIEST to park because those C-pillars are enormous, but that’s a small price to pay for such a complete package. Maintenance and repairs should be pretty reasonable…

For the students starting in the 2027 school year, I think it’s going to be a requirement, replacing the old Econ class.

It’s actually gonna be a required course for graduation here in California, replacing the regular economics class. You have to do 1 semester of civics/US government and 1 semester of personal finance to get your diploma

Toyota are moving more Tundras than they ever have, and the only engine available is a V6, and I think something like 80% of F-150's sold are non-V8's. 

The GTD seem well planted and certainly not twitchy, but the driver certainly seemed to be taking it “slow” in some sections. Thats just me being an armchair driver though.

For this one specific instance maybe, but a lot of people would’ve benefitted from a single semester of personal finance/financial literacy in high school. How to file taxes, how credit works, budgeting, insurance, how taxes work, savings accounts, financial aid for college, mortgages, etc. 

Kias have a 10 year, 100k mile warranty. Seems like a pretty rational decision. Should go the distance before it starts burning oil. 

True, but you’d get at least SOME people who’d absorb and retain the knowledge, which is better than what we have now. For a good chunk of Millennials, Computer Literacy was a REQUIRED class in high school (at least it was for us in California nearly 20 years ago), which has helped build a solid foundation in the…

If they can afford the maintenance/repairs, this is a GREAT suggestion. I’ve always liked the looks and sound of modern Maserati’s, just not the combination of Italian and Chrysler reliability. I don’t think FCA touched the GranTurismo until 2018, though, so I’m not sure if it was actually better or worse before that. 

The NHTSA is probably getting their data from insurance companies, because a lot of them DO ask for mileage. I know Geico and Mercury do from personal experience. It’s not concrete data. They’re probably just extrapolating from available information. 

Yeah, for the most part, I don’t think this list has to do with the safety of the cars in question. Teslas, for example, have some of the highest crash test ratings outside of Volvo. It’s more down to the sheer number of these models that are on the road in some cases, and HOW they’re driven.

Guys... GUYS... HEAR ME OUT for a second here... How about... A Buick Cascada?

Audi wasn’t making convertibles in the 60's, but the A5 convertible ticks almost all of your very disjointed boxes.

Yeah, I forgot about the incomplete combustion. Since the “combustion chamber” effectively moves as the rotor turns, the flame front is always chasing the air/fuel mixture, so you get a bunch of incompletely burnt fuel in the exhaust along with the oil that’s squirted on the rotor face. 

I wonder if something like a diesel particulate filter and/or diesel exhaust fluid would work to clean up rotary emissions?

What they should do is just copy what Hyundai did with the Ioniq 5 N. Paddle shifters, speakers under the hood and trunk to mimic induction, engine, and exhaust noise, artificial gears/red line and engine braking. Hyundai has shown that EVs can be genuinely fun for traditional enthusiasts if you lie convincingly in a…

The AetherSX2 PS2 emulator. More specifically, running Need For Speed: Most Wanted.