1st: ‘Sticker Shock’ lol. I am shopping for an EV, I am ready for high prices, and I couldn’t stomach the CAD$90k price tag on this car. It’s been said before that luxury manufacturers have a harder time than ever justifying the markup now that all manufacturers provide safety and “luxury” features in the smallest of…

The 2020 Escape looks quite nice in person, whereas this fascia reminds me of a Taurus :(

And so am I *slurp*

I appreciate you took the time to write a polite and detailed answer, but if you want to go down that line of thought, you need to ask yourself the following question: are women not interested in cars because they are intrinsically not interested? Or is it because we keep saying that women should not be interested in…

Islay is what, 20km from Ireland? We could probably rowboat barrels across and make a nice profit... I think you’re onto something!

TIL plasteel is a real thing and not just science fiction :|

I vote for COTD right away!

My boss recently bought a 80k$ (CAD) RS3, and now I have a sudden urge to buy an A45 S to see how it would stack up against its Audi counterpart. And I regularly see RS3s on my way to work, so yeah, there’s people buying those.

Lol yes, even Colgate:

The drive from Thurso to Ullapool is possibly my most memorable experience (I was there in 2010) and I want to go back! The scenery is insane and man, those single lane sinewy roads :)

I spent 5 days in Iceland back in September and I saw tons of small camping vans which fit exactly your need. One example is https://www.campervaniceland.com/ but I can’t vouch for them.

Most DIY maintenance (oil change, brakes, battery, spark plugs, belts) is eliminated with EVs, and the rest you can still do yourself (tires, wipers, lights).

Inbound Victoria bridge has a carpool lane as well, Jacques-Cartier has a carpool access ramp, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see one on the new Champlain.

I made the mistake of not taking the A30 once, spent an hour in traffic on Ile Perrot. The $2 is a joke compared to the convenience!

It’s a French book called L’imagerie des camions. It’s by far my son’s favorite book, it has lots of illustrations for the little ones, and some trivia to entertain the adults (for example how they transport A380 components from the port to the assembly plant in Toulouse).

Not that I know anything about transporting horses, but in my 4 y.o.’s book about trucks, they mention there’s usually cameras inside trailers to keep an eye on horses in case they get agitated.

I don’t understand the reasoning behind electric car designs. Why do they feel the need to make these cars look “futuristic”? (as bad as that sounds) Does it appeal to their target demographic? Does it need to stand out as a “green” car for people to buy them? I just want a normal looking car that doesn’t burn fuel...

I had the same reaction reading the conversation. He never asked if the customer could take the car to an inspection, he asked if the dealer could take the car to an inspection. It feels like we only have one side of the story.

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Soft spot indeed. My first car was a ‘90 white Camry, my friend has an ‘87 blue (probably almost identical to your dad’s) and my other friend has a ‘92, blue as well. We had lots of adventure with these cars, very reliable as well (mine was over 300,000 km and the ‘87 was over 500 IIRC), kinda slow but they got us…