I don’t get it. Open wheel spec racing? Like... why?

I got it for under MSRP but it’s still a $60k car once you throw in sales tax. That’s just what cars cost now.

I mean, Hyundai sells cars over $50k now, add in the 9% sales tax here and it was over $60k to start. Put $5k down, get a short term loan, that’s just math.

Toyota didn’t jump on this trend; they started it. These were originally known as “Altezza lights” because they debuted on the 1998 Toyota Altezza (Lexus IS300). 

I special-ordered my 2015 GT in June 2014, got it delivered in December 2014. I’ve put almost 100k miles on it since. I will never - NEVER - be getting rid of it, although I did retire it from daily driver duties last month.

Within 5 years we’ll see Volkswagen sell a compact crossover; Audi sell a nicer version of it; Porsche sell a faster version of it; Lamborghini sell an even faster version of it; and Bentley sell an even nicer version of it.

How smart these decisions are really depend on your income level. I pay over $1,000 / month for my Palisade, but but that was because there was a great interest rate offer from Hyundai financing and $1,000 / month isn’t really enough to impact my budget one way or another.

I had to go to 3 Hyundai dealers to find one I felt comfortable buying a $60k+ Palisade from (after sales tax). They need to revamp their sales network to catch up to their new market.

Wow, I think you may have hit the nail on the head there. 

I mean, if you take a 60 month loan to finance $60k, it's going to be north of $1,000 / month no matter how low the interest rate is.

Who keeps up with the Joneses in a Subaru?

Could be a KIA mechanic.

I am describing this exact system, Digital Key 2 with both NFC and UWB, which I have on my 2024 Palisade connected to my Galaxy S23 Ultra with both NFC and UWB. The system warns you it will not work without a 4G connection when you’re first setting it up. The few times I’ve tried to use it, it takes about 15 seconds…

Having just purchased a new Palisade, I’m glad I did, because it’s clear that the next generation model is going to have to increase prices by $10-$15k across the board to separate itself from the Sante Fe market.

Where’s the semi-analine leather, massaging seats, real stops trim etc.? I was told pickups were supposed to be fancy now.

How often are the roads changing around you that you need to update maps? Before I first got a car with navigation in 2014 (which has the original maps because I don’t want to pay Ford $300 for a new SD card), I used a paper atlas from the mid-70's to get around.

Navigation. It’s so much better integrated into cars as a native app than through Android Auto or Apple Carplay, I could never go back to having a car without it.

YouTube is for old music videos recorded off VH2 on a crappy VCR; I’m sure they’re are other things on Youtube then that, but nobody pays attention to them.

I mean, “Youtuber” isn’t a real job or qualification or anything, so saying “oh he’s a Youtuber” doesn’t actually mean anything. My 5 year old daughter is also a Youtuber, if you want to see videos of her dolls playing with each other. Nobody would trust her opinions on evaluating cars.

This seems wildly nitpicky. It’s “the worst car he’s ever tested” - since the problems were all with software and cameras, I’m assuming that means he’s never tested a car without an infotainment screen? He’s never tested a Chrysler LeBaron? Like, the vast majority of the “problems” he’s having are things that didn’t…