But reality is that most of the market WANTS all that digital crap. HUGE amount of grumbling on the VW forums that the GLI has it but the GTI doesn’t currently.

And the Mk 7.5 will forever be known as the pinnacle of Golfs and GTIs now that they have gotten rid of all the knobs, buttons and switches in favor of everything being touch screen controlled on the 2020 Mk8.

I own an SUV. I love its functionality. But lets be honest, reviews on these are a waste of time. At least with cars historically there were differences in ride and handling. These? They are all just potatoes; potato styling, potato faces, potato infotainment, potato suspensions, potato nutritional value.

You don’t…

Almost trashed a rental car and got divorced all within seconds at that corner.

The problem is that the ‘once its sorted part’ will likely mean the UK is in shambles because it is no longer economically viable to have as much business there.

The real reason for flying boats was the fixed pitch prop. Prior to adjustable pitch props you had either a climb or cruise prop, if you wanted to be able to cruise at altitude at a decent speed and at a low cruise RPM you needed a flat pitch prop. This was the equivalent of fifth gear in a car and just like top gear…

“You’re not allowed to choose odd-job!”

Fucking Oddjob.

Because I have a Lotus Elise and the locks and alarm system are stupid. The alarm will drain the battery to death in a couple weeks. If the car was locked via the fob and the battery dies, you can’t unlock it (except by shorting a sensor (after fixing the dead battery) which makes the car think it’s crashed at which…

Actually yes. Dirty car = more drag. Dirt gets into moving parts and they wear quicker, etc etc...

This is because intelligent dealerships know that the 18 year old kid with the 100,000 mile Audi will someday be making much more money who is dumb enough to buy an Audi with 100,000 miles will never make much money, but whatever he does make will end up in that dealership’s pocket if he treats him well enough.

I really liked these cars. They looked amazing. I realize I’m not chic enough to own one. I’m a jeans and t-shirt guy. My whole outfit cost ~$50 (including the shoes.) This Fisker belongs in the hands of a stylish owner, someone who’d spend $50 on a t-shirt. A fool with money. That’s the buyer for this car.

can we just “cancel” Dr. Oz?  Yes, he is legitimately a medical professional (as you say, cardiothoracic surgeon) yet he does nothing but abuse his title promoting nonsense based on stuff that is way out of his area of expertise. 

The Ford Flex gets way too much love on this site. It looks like shit, and it’s not a good car by any metric. Its only redeeming quality is being a ‘wagon’ in a market undersaturated with wagons, but nobody’s going to pay $13k for this example of the species.

I think there is probably plenty of room for everyone in this story to be the asshole. That being said...

I don’t own a crossover, but it’s ride height, AWD, ease of entry, and cargo space, the same as it always has been.

The poor don’t pay much in taxes because they have very little income. A few tax credits don’t help much when you earn next to nothing. The top 10% pays closer to 70% of income taxes based on what I’ve seen, but they also control 85+% of the wealth in the US.

i used to think NO WAY WOULD I BUY A RENTAL THEY GET TREATED LIKE SHIT. but i thought that when i was an asshole in my 20's that would have treated a rental like shit. it’s one of the reasons you can’t rent a car until you’re 25. i’ve been renting cars for work once every week or two for 15 years now and i can say…

Would anybody here be interested in more car-toy reviews?

It shouldn't be applied to anybody.