This kind of anecdote is my favorite response to the malaise-era boomerisms about how Japanese cars were all crap that was trying to undercut red-blooded US automakers. In reality, basically everything coming out of Japan during that era was so far and ahead of the US automakers that it’s unfair to call them…

Dodge Caliber, got a rental for a trip to Nova Scotia. As a owner of multiple Neon’s at the time, I was excited to try its replacement. I realize the Neon was not a great car, but it was cheap fun. I was so disappointed with every aspect of the Caliber. The hatch couldn’t hold more than two carry on luggage, my poor in…

As much as I loved my first car, a 1988 Ford Escort GT (the American version), my first time at an HPDE in 1994 at Road Atlanta had me worried, especially when trying to get through Turn 12 with 2.5 degrees POSITIVE camber. Suspensions mods followed immediately after that event and all was fine from then on. This shot…

Why am I not surprised that ex-LAPD’s first response is to threaten violence.

In 2013 I bought a new Xterra Pro4X. Within a few weeks I noticed there was a small leak coming from what I assumed was the OEM roof rack. I took it to the dealer and they said they couldn’t re-create it. It kept leaking. I do the bare minimum investigation and see the grommet to the factor lights on the roof rack is…

Plus I’m sure it will be fine from now on. This seems like a fluke on an otherwise very reliable product.

laying off entire teams of several hundred because the team manager didnt respond to your emails in a timely manner isnt normal. especially with a ceo who thinks he deserved a 50B$ paycheck when his company only has 25B or so on hand.

Every time I’ve bought a new car, it came with a full tank of gasoline. Do they not fully charge cybertrucks as part of delivery?  The guy’s first drive was to a charging station 35 miles away...

He’s likely already fully stocked on the kool-aid since he bought his “beast” to begin with (why do they keep calling them that?). But yeah, I’ve never seen someone so proud and happy after just having their 35-mile-old vehicle dumping out coolant. This is just weird.

Sounds like they gave him a glass of Kool-Aid too....

They were killed off because every company Bob Lutz has been an executive at eventually runs into serious trouble because he’s an idiot. GM, Chrysler, Exide... you know what all three have in common? Bankruptcy and Bob Lutz.

My best memory about Saturn was their no hassle sales tactics at the dealership. “If you want to talk someone, come inside. Otherwise, we’ll leave you alone to walk around the lot.”

My dad had either the 9-3 or the 9-5 Turbo in the early 2000s. I remembered liking that car, it certainly had some charm to it, but not like the Turbo 900s

GM didn’t just ignore Saab, though, they actively and consistently screwed them over. They kept giving Saab leftovers from other brands and telling them to do the most basic brand-engineering, and Saab’s engineers kept saying “this is crap, we’re gonna make it better.” The problem is that you can only polish a turd so…

Am I the only jalop that misses the days when this site always referred to him as Bob “Maximum” Lutz?

I drive it, even in winter. I don’t keep it in an air conditioned garage, covered in polish and wax, and gently ticked with cashmere brushes and kakapo feathers once a week, or whatever other bullshit that collectors are always telling me ought to be done. I ruin my car by treating it like a car, it transports me and…

More like, “i don’t know what i am doing, so i bought an Apple product”

Not really sure what she is talking about.. a quick google of “loan payment calc” would have given her an idea of what she would be paying.

Her husband got a similarly shitty loan, so what’s his excuse?

Not just the makeup, but she also has that look in her face like she’s already had a lot of plastic surgery done... like that weird stretched/filled face look old woman get when they’re clearly had a lot of work done, she doesn’t seem like she’s old enough to be looking that way.