Don’t have a home or thermostat, so I can’t relate, but as I said in another comment, I only change the temp once a season.

I have auto in all of my cars, and it is either too soft or too slow to actually cool/warm compared to just manually controlling fan speed. I’m with you, though, in that I don’t get why temperature is always given priority, given that I adjust it maybe 1-2 times a season. I mess with fan speed and vent direction far,…

We’re pissy because HVAC requires regular adjustment and the Auto function often doesn’t work well or fast enough to keep us comfortable. Other than the steering wheel and turn signals, I’d wager I interact with HVAC more often than I do my infotainment.

Most people don’t use the “Auto” function in their HVAC. At least in the US, drivers either don’t know what it is or get confused by how it works, so for most HVAC is a frequently- and manually-adjusted control. You can see evidence of that in how much people hated the touch HVAC controls in the latest generation of…

Peak blob generation - and always my go-to example when talking 90s styling - is 3rd gen Taurus

Especially when the shifter is all the way forward!

Honda CR-Z - Other cars have this problem too, like the old Audi A3 and to a lesser extend A4: the cupholders are under the protruding dashboard, so you are both limited by how tall of a drink fits AND this requires you to perform a particular maneuver to lift them up, then out towards you every time you want to…

Imagine getting a car this cool looking and getting it in boring ass black on black. If you wanted subtle and forgettable, buy the Audi.

Counterpoint: if you buy a early 2010s Cadillac you have to use the horrible capacitive buttons and sliders, not to mention CUE. All those silver bits are not rockers or buttons, they’re capacitive plastic chunks.

Perhaps someone at Lexus just really likes BK Chicken Fries

I’ve been in one of these a few times and despite having 4 doors, the back seat space is extremely tight both for leg and foot space. I honestly wouldn’t consider this a usable car for anyone older than 16 is planning to sit in the back. EV range/issues aside, I wonder how much depreciation is due to how impractical…

Disagree on the Miata - a small electric roadster would be a hoot - no more wringing out a tiny ICE powerplant, just punch it and go. Battery and motor tech has come a long way since less successful small electrified cars like the Honda CR-Z 13+ years ago; you easily get 150-200HP from a single motor today and still…

Volkswagen in the last decade or so continuously filling their ads with cars they either no longer make or long ago stopped selling in the US to provoke nostalgia for the brand. All I take away from them is “hey remember when we sold anything interesting? Too bad those days are gone, here’s a bloated Jetta”

Small, practical, efficient, 2-door, no need for back seats, fun, can be had with a manual, under $30K, and still feels/looks new? My friends, you need a 2013+ Honda CR-Z.

Fiat is officially bringing the all-electric 500e to the U.S., a country that isn’t exactly known for loving either Fiats, two-door subcompacts or low-range electric vehicles.

Dodge Wants Electric Muscle Cars To Rumble Like A V8 Monster

Fair - then the 2-door 626.

I’d much rather we give the Pokemon devs a year off both to rest and to give them more time to work on whatever comes next. There’s plenty of content to hold us over until Gen 10

How are we already talking about next-gen consoles? Series S|X has only been out 3.5 years! XBone and 360 both got at least 7 years before they were replaced.

Thunderhead, meanwhile, is not only satisfyingly enormous, but feels like it’s answering the question, “What if Valhalla was actually a good map?