I did try out Project Stream. Played AC:O on it for around 20 hours. I have a 250 Mbps connection at my home and was hard wired. Still not nearly the experience of what I got once Ubisoft gave everyone who participated a copy of AC:O. Of all the issues I had, the graininess/fuzziness of the image was the largest…

So online required 24/7, no lending games, no used games, basically the original Xbox One Microsoft wanted to launch which then got shit on by everyone. Now the question is, will consumers shit on this, or eat it up even though they were against it years ago?

You guys get worked up over the dumbest things. Anything to throw shade at GM, though.

Nothing beats a manual for feeling connected to the car, but the Giulia is a good answer to the question. The shift paddles are aluminum, huge, and mounted to the column instead of the wheel, Ferrari-style.

if you run the other game portals THROUGH steam, you can use the steam controller, or any controller as a mouse/keyboard. This is the start of the convoluted way I run jade empire and use a steam controller.

Hahaha, so true. The Encore is an abomination and a lie.

I still wonder why Buick named a new model after a bargain dairy brand.

I think a part of the issue is loan/financing. Every industry gets price happy when loans or other debt-inducing financing comes into play. Vehicles, Education, Housing, Furniture. All of them have risen into the mezosphere on general pricing and all of them have loan/financing options. 

Kia/Hyundai reliability is quite extraordinary as of late.  They’ve definitely changed in the last ~8 years.

when buick started selling encores and cramming low performing engines into everything is when I couldn’t take it anymore. the 9 speed transmissions are for the ass performing 1.6L engines that do all their power inbetween 1-1.5k rpms.

Really?

face of a caddy, ass of a lucerne. Nailed it!

I’ll take a drab Buick over whatever the hell Acura and Lexus have been up to

The Regal is absolutely stunning, especially in person.

I dunno, the Regal looks pretty good. Especially the GS. Don’t hate on it just because it doesn’t have a gaping maw like everything else on the road. That Lacrosse looks like a Taurus from the front.

That’s a handsome looking Kia.

If you cannot afford the payments at 48 months then buy a cheaper car. There are plenty of other vehicles to pick from that you can actually afford.

The real story is wages have been flat for well over a decade. Housing, healthcare, transportation, education have all gone up faster than inflation in the past 10-20 years, but minimum wage has been $7.25 for a decade. Even with record-low unemployment, employers loathe to raise wages. They’d rather leave work on the…

This is correct...but if that new car is now beyond your budget for some folks a used car may be a more affordable option. 

The rub on switching to a used car is that interest rates on used cars are usually higher than new cars.