I’ve never had a bank question the price of a vehicle and I’ve bought almost 10 of them, new and used. Back in the day, I bought a 98 Cobra that was modded to hell for way over KBB. As long as I was approved for the amount I was paying, they didn’t care what car I was buying.

If I was buying a new car for MSRP and the…

As for the styling, I love it. Not the sportback shape, but the front end and interior design.

I don’t want my SUV to be electric. I want it to be able to carry a bunch of people and our gear (weight) and tow occasionally (more weight) and not all of a sudden only be able to go 100 miles between charges on my 500 mile trip.

I know I’m not in the majority with that use case, but I find it odd that Audi/VW…

You don’t mention the big reason to buy from the dealer: getting all the mods financed with your car. I can easily afford a $32k car and even more easily afford a $25k car, but I can’t just whip out $7k cash to drop on a turbo kit (or at least can’t convince my wife that’s a good idea...)

Man, this was really a “Put up a click-bait post about it and figure out the real details later” kinda story, eh?

The same can be said for the Jeep Grand Cherokee 8spd shifter...

The last flight I took was on American on a small 2x2 plane. When everyone finished boarding, all four exit row seats were empty. A couple that wasn’t seated together grabbed two of them and the other two were still empty after quite some time. The dude I was sitting next to (had a prosthetic leg, looked like a…

My last United flight was in Economy Plus and I enjoyed it much more than the previous flight in regular coach. The legroom gain was quite large and free booze was nice. The only reason I upgraded is because it was $60 extra, as opposed to $150 extra on the first flight.

My first thought upon seeing the truck cab: Stormtrooper head.

“I can’t prove you wrong with facts, so I’ll just call him stupid.” Nice job...

I make ordnance for the military at an R&D/production facility. Thinking about what goes into making almost 19,000 lbs of high explosive alone, it’s not that bad of a price. The ingredients are not cheap, the mixing labor is certainly not cheap, the overhead on our facility is insane due to the complexity of the…

My Jeep is the same length as my wife’s accord and far more maneuverable due to it’s tiny turning radius. Plus I have a reverse camera and front and rear parking sensors.

I guarantee you a SRT Jeep is more fun to drive than any generic sedan or compact car you could think of, and equally as fun as a GTI or other tiny…

That’s because a majority of Americans don’t live in big cities where they need pointlessly small cars to get into tiny street parking spots. And they don’t need great gas mileage because they only drive 10 minutes to work. But they do need to haul mulch for their yardwork or tow their boat to the marina and back. My…

Exactly. My wife’s ‘07 Honda Accord has nearly the same footprint as my ‘14 Grand Cherokee. Except my Jeep is much more maneuverable because of the greatly superior turning radius. Plus, parking sensors front and rear make getting into tight spots a breeze.

Aston Martin already owns the “stick random bright colors on the outside in random places” market.

Those seats look like they are from a special edition 370Z. But I guess as long as they build a limited quantity, rich fan-boys will be begging to get their hands on one no matter the colors.

Not a fan. Back glass is a bit too sloped, like they threw a leftover Macan hatch on the back of it. I’ve never been keen on the Panamera and this doesn’t help matters. Then again, I can’t afford one anyway.

I drove a 04 WJ for 2 years with the very basic mechanical PRNDL linear shifter. Then traded that in on a 14 Wk2, which I just surpassed 2 years of driving. So yeah, I can accurately compare the two.

“monostable shifters that did not provide a reliable method of determining gear placement”

Like the gear indicator on the shifter itself? Or the one in the dash display? Or the chime and warning when you opened the door telling you the vehicle wasn’t in park??

“and did not include any safety-override to prevent…

So like every other shifter before it, you push the button on the shift handle and pull all the way back. The Jeep is now in drive. How the bloody hell is that complicated? If you weren’t in drive before, you are now. If you were already in drive, it stayed in drive.

I don’t think buyers want an alternative. I bet half of Escalade sales come because people want blingy 24's standard on their luxury SUV. If these are the standard Navigator wheels and they have a large, chrome, 7 or 9 spoke wheel as an upgrade option, they’ll be good. But you better put those wheels in some of the…