The clock in my car is set to the correct time, and I didn’t have to change anything.  I just had to wait 8 months.

Hi, I’m a guy who works at a dealership in the heart of rural truck country.

How about we appreciate the cars for what they are, and leave your personal feelings about others’ political views out of it.  So sick of this site’s politics on their sleeves...

I test drove a Y. Was it a good car? Yeah. Would it work for me? Sure. Did I hate evrything in the touchscreen and that made it a very frustrating and potentially dangerous driving situation, at least until you get used to it? Totally. Do i still think having to open the glove box with the screen or voice command is…

Yup. Hard to take the complaints seriously when the footprint rule still exists.

Switching to the footprint model makes sense:

Went to my local dealership at the end of summer for their sale and they had a 2 door hard top Wrangler out front. I walked towards it, was looking at it and the young salesman flat out told me “oh that’s a display model, we can’t sell you that” why not? “Oh it’s a base model, no one wants the base model” I want the…

All of this just becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, where manuals die off because no one makes them. As less of them are made, less people know how to drive them, less are bought, less get made, less people know how to drive them, etc.

I like how you spend this entire article trying to blame the government, sugar lobby, and automakers for this, while burying the actual cause as a footnote at the very end

I called a local dealer who confirmed they had one on the lot available for a test drive. Went to the dealer, and they did not have one for test drives available.

As bullish as I am for the electric future, I suspect Toyota is making the smart move right now with extended range electrics like the Rav4 prime and the Prius Prime, rather than going full-blown electric like Ford’s Mustang Mach-e. These vehicles allow you to run electric day in and day out, but move to gas when a…

I’m sure you know this, but...

I’d also like to mention the trend with Manufacturers and dealerships:

Dealership: Orders everything in black, white, and gray. Pushes sales on the cars they have in stock.
Manufacturer: *arms up in the air* Hmmm, I guess people don’t want to buy colorful cars, let’s stop offering colorful cars.

Even if it’s just an advertising gimmick, I can appreciate the heck out of a brand effectively telling buyers to stop being so goddam boring with their color choices. I don’t know if it will be of any consequence, but glad someone is fighting the good fight. 

At some point it became more special to have a non-Eddie Bauer Explorer.

I wanted to see the white leather with green piping, and this is the best I got:

What about the Renault Twingo? Look at its cute and happy little face! It’s even blushing with happiness

The original Renault Twingo has to be featured. It was a revolutionary cute little car and even the hazard button was a clown nose!

The googly eyes are crucial though.

Not sure how old the OP is but as someone in their mid-40's I have very little nostalgia for GM products of this era. The interiors were just fucking terrible. As in they must have contracted with Rubbermaid to produce all of the cheap shitty switches and interior panels. My Grandmother owned a 1996 Buick Lesabre.…