Yep.  10k buys a lot of gas.

Point taken. A 10k budget still isn’t going to get much, and will just open up a new set of unknowns. I guess I’m in a similar situation- a 2010 150k Ford sedan that is starting to show its age, but is cheap to own, and there is nothing new I’m willing to pay over MSRP. I’m old. My advice to college kid would be to…

The Accord with the v6 and The fiesta are notorious for transmission issues. The Accord transmission could not handle the v6 power and was prone to failure. The Powershift dual clutch transmission in the Fiesta and Focus had so many problems and was the subject of numerous lawsuits. I would avoid both.

I test drove one and was severely underwhelmed. A car to impress a Camry driver, not a BMW driver. And you have to go to a KIA store to get one. <shudder>

I was hoping that Elon would keep his promise re: the pricing of the 3, because it would have forced the rest of the market to keep up!

I don’t mind the exterior design, but that interior is odd. A claustrophobic front seat with that high center console, coupled with an instrument panel that’s set way too low. They’d have been better off just making everything on a HUD instead.

Wild that they seem to be re-engineering their product offering to suit American tastes – even to the point of using cutesy names – and then not selling in America.

I like the story of Elsinore:

Much like in the US, conservatives in the UK believe “impartial” means “repeats conservative talking points without fact-checking or qualification, does not mention any left-leaning opinions at all.” These people are idiots.

The BBC is very good at creativity, but less good at defining the political impartiality that is at the bedrock of their output since the founding of the corporation a century ago . Most recently they have had Tim Davie, a former Tory politician, as the Director-General, and he’s been doing his best to make sure that i…

I don’t think being a nepo baby negates the on-set abuse. You can still disapprove of nepotism while condemning sexual harassment and assault.

Capitalists beg government to save them from capitalism.  “Competition will drive me out of business!”

if i want to buy a new car i can choose autonation or two other dealerships. Those three mega conglomerates own all the dealerships in town. Direct sales would INCREASE competition surprisingly enough!

“and this has also made dealers unlikely allies for buyers”

Tulips would like a word.

Yeah, while these videos are indeed adorable, I just cannot stress enough how terrible of an idea this is. Their entire neighborhood just became racoon Publix. 

My favorite part of A Christmas Story is her quiet rebellion against the leg lamp.

love her in “wong foo.” rip, beautiful, funny lady!

The next step for Carvana is to torch their own cars to keep them from falling into the enemy’s hands. 

“After viewers took to social media to express their dismay at honorees’ speeches being cut short”