I just can’t get past the fact that it’s a Buick and all I can think of is elderly drivers who are going 10-20 below the speed limit. No matter how nice their cars are/become, I will always think of this.

I remember reading something about this the other day (which I unfortunately can’t find now), and it was saying that the 200 mile EPA range is due to a 0.7 multiplier that they applied. Apparently there are a suite of tests, including performance in hot and cold environments, and if a manufacturer chooses not to go…

Kind of sad to think that there are people out there who can’t live without parking sensors.

You might be right if talking about someone who isn’t even willing to do their own oil change. For anyone who can do even a little bit of their own wrenching, do brakes themselves, etc, I am highly confident that you are wrong.

I would imagine that your average person is not going to get bled dry taking it to a mechanic because half of the things you listed can be left alone for another 50K miles before it becomes a must-fix item. The average person isn’t going to have a clue what that squeak is, or why their fuel economy seems to have gone…

I’m only 6'0", but I had a 4th gen Camaro for a while and it was one of the easiest cars to enter/exit. Mainly because of the incredibly long doors. Sure, the roof was low, but if you just sat in the seat and then rotated your legs into the car (and did the opposite to get out), it was so easy.

Sure, but Mercedes ditched them way before Audi. The last time any Mercedes was sold in the US with a manual was the 2015 SLK250, but even well before then, they were very rare. In contrast, it’s not difficult at all to find a manual Audi from 2000-2010, and even as far up as 2015. I believe 2018 was the last model…

Just looked both of them up to compare, and I think I slightly prefer the look of the S63 from the front. From the rear, I definitely prefer the S8. As for the interior, they both look nice but I like S8 better. Can’t really put my finger on what the difference is, though. And of course this is entirely subjective.

The classic “I wouldn’t pay that, but it’s a nice price.”
Soooo what you’re saying is it’s not a nice price...

“I know what I got!”

I don’t think I’ve ever been in a car that didn’t warn for ice at around 38-39F, assuming the car had a temperature display.

Why not just keep those devices on the current app version and not allow them to receive updates, but still allow them to access content? Don’t worry about new capabilities. Then everyone is happy. Sure, eventually they may have issues playing certain titles or whatever, but Netflix can just say “We ceased support for…

This is exactly why I always have some sort of PC hooked up to my TV. I may not use it particularly often, but if there is ever anything my TV is not capable of doing/viewing on its own, the PC can do it.

Exactly. They’re pulling an Apple. Minus the obscene overpricing, anyway. And like Apple, when they get something to market, they will pretend like they invented it, and point to this concept as “proof”.

From some quick googling, it looks like a gas turbine by itself, without any accompanying exhaust heat energy recovery system, will generally have an energy efficiency of 35-40%, meaning the energy generated is 35-40% of the energy content of the fuel used. This is pretty similar to regular car engines, from I…

My first thought as well. This part of the article should really be rewritten. Looking at the images, there is no way this thing is designed to use the turbine like most planes would. Mitsubishi even directly calls it a generator. This is pretty obviously a turboshaft generator used to charge the batteries, not…

Seems to be very popular with senior citizens

Nice! I just picked up an ‘02, and one of my coworkers has an ‘03 with 295K miles and still going strong. How many miles are you at?

MDX is 2 years old. Needed it, hard to drive 5-6 people around daily w/o third row.

Clearly you didn’t learn much the first time you did it.