Mostly it was because they were cheaper to buy and more fuel efficient. Now its the same cost wise if not more due to the rarity of them, and automatics are just as efficient now as getting a manual would be.

Im in a heavily red state, my hopes are basically zero Ill have a usable public transit system ever in my lifetime where my residence is located and shall have to continue my drives into the city until I retired in roughly 20ish years.

Not building and living in essentially the ocean would probably work wonders.

My stickshift doesnt make me a safer driver.  Stop it, I know its crap and you know its crap too.

wow amazing would have NEVER thought of that.

like golf clubs?  really?  come on man.

especially in my car, which its trunk isnt huge, so legit sometimes stuff has to go in the backseat and hell sometimes front seat.

Really looking forward to when I have something heavy in my backseat and I cant get my car to shut up.

Its almost like he shouldnt have killed the “model 2".

Ugh yeah, I made a bit of a dumpster fire of that sentence.  Was running out of the lab to take my damn cat to the vet so didnt reread it before bouncing haha.

I could maybe argue the point, EVs in particular truck evs... are quite heavy so hitting a pothole at speed.... ok mayyyybe could do some serious damage.

um... this speaks volumes.

a perfect shit storm of their own creation.

#savethebees?

cant wait to see piles of these at whole foods.

Its as if... the high end rich market is empty of people wanting 70k+ cars or something and most people now gravitating to things that are affordable (ish, i dont consider 45k base price cars affordable)... funny that. Who could have foreseen this?

Literally anytime Kilmer opens his fucking mouth.

You are so far out in left field you clearly start for an MLB team.

Bold of you to think you have any clue how I set my stuff or use it.

nothing less than the worst possible solution that makes him either the most money or makes him look good or pumps the stock price or all of the above.