To clarify, Lincoln has a clear brand identity now: quiet flight on land. Their cars are like luxury private airplanes minus the wings. The names of the cars even evoke that. I’ve driven the new Continental and the new Navigator and they’re just effortlessly nice. They put you at ease. You’re not going to beat any…

I’d buy a Lincoln before a Cadillac, which I think says it all about where the two brands are.

Keep in mind that Porsche always under-estimates its claimed 0-60 times while Tesla tends to inflate its claims. Car and Driver usually manages to shave an extra tenth or two off of Porsche’s 0-60 claims when they do their own testing. The 0-30 times interest me as well though, as that is usually what gives people the…

Agreed. The Phantom Menace had 2 scenes that I still enjoy: the pod race and the Darth maul Fight. Those two scenes could have replaced any number of awful scenes in AOTC. Anakin Should have killed Darth Maul in Episode 3.

Unfortunately it was taken by another manufacturer in England run by 3 old men.

Multiply that by the margin you make on a truck vs a small car though and you have your bigger number.

I actually think Mach E is a pretty good name, if that is indeed the name that it will carry. It’s no “Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust,” but it fits what it seems like Ford is doing: making a cool, aspirational, high-performance electric car that isn’t just a compliance play like the Bolt or the Leaf. Mach E concisely refere…

I let pretty much anyone I know drive my Porsche Cayman as long as I’m in the passenger seat. The reason being that as a young driver I had many people allow me to drive some pretty expensive cars, and those experiences solidified my car enthusiasm. I want to pass that joy of driving on to others, so I let them drive…

GO BLUE!!!

That’s a great point. The desire to live in massive, cheaply built houses with big lawns next to a golf course is very much concentrated in the boomer cohort. It simply doesn’t appeal to most millennials.

No Fun League.

The answer is a Taurus SHO. Tons of space, comfortable, cheap to maintain and about as luxurious as a Lincoln MKZ/S, and FAST. With adaptive cruise control, massaging seats, great Sony sound system, nav, and smooth suspension, it’s one of the best long-distance cruisers I’ve ever driven. And since it is basically the…

Thank you for articulating these points, it’s exactly what I was thinking when I read this. I agree that more of these articles should talk about the “why it matters” more. All the numbers can look dire on paper, but if you’re fairly well-off you’ll probably survive without a huge change in lifestyle. Those numbers…

A mini housing bubble burst seems inevitable in most major cities in the U.S. because price increases are far outpacing wage increases for would-be first time home buyers. Anecdotally, every friend I have under the age of 30 thinks that they live in the most expensive city, regardless of income level. That tells me…

Yes! The hot car trick is like a miracle!

It’s not bad looking... just boring. It’s hard to distinguish from any other GM CUV out there right now. Anecdotally, most EV customers willing to spend lots of money on an EV want people to *know* they have an EV just by looking at it. That’s my theory for why Teslas are so much more popular than any other EV.…

What all these polls don’t capture is the fact that Trump will absolutely cheat as much as he needs to in order to win. Texas trending badly? Send border patrol to the blue-leaning polling places to “protect” the polls - i.e. suppress hispanic turnout. Michigan not going the right way? Suggest that there is an Islamic…

It’s horribly yet somewhat refreshing to hear all these conservatives admit what people have been accusing them of believing for years now.

At least in this scenario everyone will still be able to get health care, pay for things and not be saddled with massive unforgivable debt. So many people will actually be better off. You’re really only worse off if you’re rich.

Yeah as soon as the talking heads start saying “well maybe the good times will actually last forever” - that’s when the recession will come. The next recession probably can’t be avoided entirely but it can be blunted if people keep staying prepared.