We, collectively, should start calling the dealer and give them bids equally unrealistic as their asking. If they are asking ~4x the MSRP, lets bid ~1/4x the MSRP!

It’s always so easy to spot the people who don’t take care of their properties in these comments sections. You must be that neighbor

You can’t honestly believe this. Any time I see someone arguing that it doesn’t effect property values I assume YOU are the neighbor with a crappy property.

it’s not like they did a whole lot to begin with

One word - deductible.

I think you are overthinking it. You are paying a fairly large sum of money for a feature that won’t hit a break even point for like 15 years, assuming nothing ever goes wrong with it (or the car for that matter). What is the reward for that risk? Would you loan a stranger $1000 for 15 years with the idea that they mig…

He wasn’t assuming anything about what you mean, he was making fun of you. You said you don’t have to do the math to know it’s worth it, but really the Risk/reward is awful. You RISK paying a lot for an option that you MIGHT break even for over the length of 15+ years. The chances of the relatively fragile roof…

I’m anti-front plate, but that is not the point of this post. I would like to comment on your side-rant. This drives me nuts. Like, I get it if it is brand new and you don’t want holes in the bumper...sure, ok I’ll give that a pass. BUT most of the cars I see with the side mounted (tow screw) plates ALSO have one of…

Think about what you are saying. This is EXACTLY what is wrong with American politics. People like you would rather see the country suffer to benefit their own identity politics than to see our country prosper and be happy with the government. You CAN disagree politically/fundamentally with your leaders and still hope…

but this is clearly a separate service and you can choose the level of service you want or simply opt out

I wonder how much it has to do with ladies sitting too close to the steering wheel, and thus airbag. Too often I see women with the steering wheel basically jammed into their ribs. I don’t even like to think about the injuries that come with an airbag deploying accident to those people.

Agreed on all points. Any time I get into anything much taller than a typical sedan, I usually have to grab the “oh sh*t” handles. I’m just under the average height for males, so I’d like to think the large majority of people in the US fit and function similarly to me. Then again, I’m not overweight, so maybe that has…

Well you could still lift it with the button, I’m sure. But even assuming the whole system fails it will be no different than any other low car that does not have a lifting system. You have to get creative

I don’t say this often (or ever?) but this would be my COTD vote

You can still hit the button to do it yourself, if the GPS signal is lost

I could never figure out why so many people seem to say this about Infiniti/Nissan, but not about any other luxury marque based on non-luxury cars like Cadillac, Mercury, Lincoln, Lexus, Audi, etc. In fact, I’d argue that the infiniti was a bit more separated from Nissan than the others were from their parent brands,…

LOL right? Of all of my modern, high powered computing devices, every one of them exhibits minor “glitches” fairly often and temporarily function-stopping “glitches” once in a while. How in the world are all these different manufacturers going to make truly reliable software for every single instance, let alone…

To be fair, I see more old people in fusions than I do in the new Volvos or Buicks...but that’s also because I have seen like (3) Buick Tourxs and (4-5) new s60/S90/V60/V90 in public, so there’s not much sample size there. Honestly, and all banter aside, you should really reevaluate your perception of cars because of…

I didn’t mean that it is a bad car, but I see how you thought that. I just meant that as far as wagons go, it is the worst.. hear me out. CUV owners usually want CUVs because wagons are “lame” and “for grandparents” etc., but they don’t realize that their CUV is really just a lifted wagon/hatch. HOWEVER, people who…

Well I’m sorry I can’t help someone who is so concerned with the idea of old people driving the same car.