I would require the youths to use their phones in a simulator designed to show them how distracted driving affects their ability to safely react to unexpected situations. This might not eliminate the problem, but it would at least give them an idea about potentially fatal watching influencers or responding to texts on…

No wonder they fired their entire marketing team. It shouldn’t be that hard to sell Teslas. They just need to pivot to their new client base Elon seems to be pandering to.

While I agree that purchasing one is probably out of the question, I’m sure they could find some influencer that owns one to let them borrow it for a short test drive, even if it means doing something stupid like subscribing to their TikTok/YouTube channel for the privilege.

To say the styling of the BMW XM is controversial would be the understatement of the decade, and apparently BMW likes it that way. In fact, BMW chairman Oliver Zipse said as much: “Of course it’s a plan, otherwise we wouldn’t do it. If you want to change design, any step into the future that is perceived as new will…

Same. In this particular instance I gave him $50 because it ended up taking nearly 30 minutes to get those damn bolts out since he had to disassemble part of the trunk to get at them from behind.

If this is the build quality we can expect of a $80-100k vehicle, can you imagine what it would have looked like on the (maybe) cancelled $25k car?

My mechanic doesn’t sweat the small stuff and won’t charge me for every little thing. For example, I needed to replace my license plates with a newer version issued by my state, but the bolts had rusted and stripped to the point where no ordinary idiot like myself could get them off. I got two quotes for removing the…

It’s hard to beat Jay Leno’s collection of cars, and equally hard to pick the best. If I had to choose just one, it would be his Chrysler Tank Car. I mean, it’s a street-legal car...powered by a tank engine. What more needs to be said?

Glad to hear it was a medical emergency. My first thought was that an engineer was testing a Tesla Roadster prototype’s rocket boosters.

As a Camry owner I can 100% confirm this and fit that description completely.

So can we say that actually, finally, for real this time, that the Camry feels “grounded to the ground”?

This for sure. Plus, they have a little something for everyone: soccer moms, off-roaders/overlanders, rich dentists, and, of course, the old folks from last week’s QOTD. I’ll nab an ES hybrid someday or a LC 500 if I win the lottery.

You make some good points, and I can confirm the collision repair issue. The agency I worked for was self-insured and had their own body shop, and the shop manager basically told me as much.

Buying a used rental car is a good deal. I used to work for a rental car agency, and I’d hear customers tell me this all the time. If you’re lucky, maybe, but there are myriad reasons why you shouldn’t. I’ll spare everyone the novella and list the main reasons why:

And the generic response when you try to troubleshoot the buggy mess with their customer service:

The collective auto manufacturer sentiment:

Tesla is poised to take the crown from Bethesda for “most bugs in a single product despite a longer development time than its contemporaries”.

Once the Scion xB went out of production, they all migrated over to the Kia Soul and haven’t looked back. Honestly, it’s easy to see why. They are easy to get in and out of, still relatively analog, have enough room to pick up the grandkids and their strollers, and can be afforded on a tight social security budget.

Good writeup, and, unless I am mistaken, congrats on the new name!

I’m not wild about others passing judgement about what car I choose to own. It’s like when you reveal your child’s name to someone, and they wince and/or make comments like “that’s not what I would have picked!”*. Yeah, well, if I was your parent, I would have picked the name ‘Karen’ for you, so buzz off.