He was just looking to get his economy car into the 14's.

I took that position with the manual transmission CTS-V wagon, and it’s not gone well. Stick CTS-V wagons seem to be the only vehicle they sold recently that is immune the “60% depreciation in 2 years” that comes standard on most Cadillacs.

Our 5th gen is a 2016 Trail, non-premium, non-KDSS. The Trail became the TRD Off road 2017+ I believe.

Infotainment/climate control awfulness aside - the GX460 is the same platform but with the bigger (better) engine, and the trans has one more cog than the 4Runner’s 5-spd box from the early 00's. And if you opt for the 5th gen 4Runner that has the luxury of the GX460 (4Runner Limited), you’re probably paying more than…

Yikes, I googled the Lexus version “Enform” and its the same basic UI as the Entune in our 4Runner... but with climate. Nasty.

To be fair, it’s not like anyone was buying them anyway.

Camaro & ATS are on the same platform. Camaro has a convertible. Wonder if these guys dissected one of those to assist them in the design process?

I’ve only experienced Entune in the 2014+ 4Runner, 2016 Camry, ~2015 (?) Prius rental and a 2013 Land Cruiser. In all of the above instances, Entune has been garbage. No capacitive touch, low resolution, features aren’t great, response time sucks, unstable interface, etc. All of the above are a pretty old version of…

That’d be a negative. I’m in middle America... isn’t an Alfa dealership within 6 hours of where I live. What’s so bad about the Stelvio’s infotainment (asking b/c I genuinely have no idea b/c I’ve never been in one)?

Do those buttons on the steering wheel allow you to navigate the interface menus to drill down to, say, the heated steering wheel controls? Or is it strictly a touchscreen-only affair? I guess the one positive about Entune is that you can for the most part navigate through basic stuff with the steering wheel mounted…

Worst interface you say? Haven’t spent much time with Toyota’s Entune recently, have you?

The 924... isn’t that the one with the van engine? (j/k, from Top Gear, S5 E6).

924? 914?

Yeah I saw the ‘civilian’ Fusion as RWD or no-wheel-drive and the stock car variant as FWD. Someone ought to tell these wiz kids that when you’re trying to “highlight” something, it would make sense to, you know, make it lighter, and not the other way around.

Yakety Sax, East Bound & Down (anything by Jerry Reed, really), anything by Cake, Turn the Page (Seger), Kickstart my heart, Mississippi Queen, Slow Ride (Foghat).

Anecdotally, these massive things do the same or better on observed, real-world fuel mileage than all of the smaller SUVs I’ve owned (1st, 3rd, & 5th gen 4Runners, XJ Cherokees, WJ, WK & WK2 Grand Cherokees).

TIL Raph can’t count to 8. The wheels are 8 lugs on that HMMWV. The other nuts & studs are b/c its a multi-piece rim.

Cold, real beer. Not that near beer crap.

That lead in image says “I want to commune with nature without actually touching any of it.”

Miata Is Always The Answer (MIATA).