Right, the telescoping steering column only helps so much with keeping the airbag a safe distance away from shorter people. Outside of certain exotic sports cars, you usually have to get a large truck or SUV to get adjustable pedals. The only regular cars I know of with adjustable pedals was the recently-discontinued…

The advice I would give now that most cars have telescoping steering columns is to put your seat where you can reach the pedals with your legs extended, with your knees at about a 120 degree angle. Then adjust the steering wheel so you can reach it with your arms at about a 45 degree angle from your body, and your…

No adjustable pedals. Those are available in some cars (usually bigger SUVs and some exotic sports cars) but not very common.

Tilt/telescoping steering wheels have been common for a good while now. Adjustable pedals are less common, but especially in bigger vehicles they probably should become more common.

One thing I’ve noticed is many women, especially older and/or shorter ones, sit way too close to the steering wheel. That’s dangerous, especially with an airbag.

Came here to say this. When I first saw the eLSD was optional I was like, “WTF, NO OPEN DIFF ON A HIGH POWERED SPORTS CAR?” but then I remembered the base C7 has a mechanical LSD instead of the eLSD. 

“Plenty” is not the same as “a lot of,” and the main cargo complaint was old folks whining that a mid-engined car wouldn’t have room for their golf clubs. 

I’d make mine a 2LT (don’t want/need the extra leather of the 3LT but I do want the vented seats of the 2LT for open top driving on hot days) with the Z51 package & magneride. Elkhart Lake Blue over Sky Cool Gray with the Carbon Flash wheels..

Maybe it has a trunk, or a frunk, or both!

That actually sounds very forthright and honest to me!

Except,

Right, but according to this article it’s never coming to this gen of RAV4. 

Toyota and BMW are basically the only Android Auto holdouts at this point. It’s stupid and no way in hell would I buy a brand new car in 2019 without Android Auto. 

I have a Macbook Pro and I got my wife a Chromebook. The only stuff it can’t do that I use my MBP for is Photoshop and running a Plex media server. Neither of which she needs.

When I was a college kid at the University of Wisconsin, there was an insanely good late-night food cart called Jin’s Chicken & Fish. They sold fried chicken and fish sandwiches that were nothing more than a plain white burger bun, way too many perfectly fried chicken tenders or catfish fillets, shredded iceberg…

The problem with Acela is that even though the trains have high top speeds, they don’t have dedicated tracks, and the old tracks have turns that the Acela trains can’t take at high speeds. Acela only ends up saving about half an hour between DC and NY but costs 3x as much.

I totally agree about the current TLX but the new one hypothetically has some potential.

The Explorer turbo V6 is way more powerful than those other options, and the ST at least tries to be good to drive. Doesn't necessarily mean those high prices are worth it but there's *something* extra. 

I’ve driven a couple TLXs. They’re ok but not my jam. The chassis tuning is a bit soft, the 9-speed on the V6 is occasionally herky jerky, and the dual dashboard screens are unintuitive.

Kia’s top level trims are genuinely interesting alternatives to more expensive cars, but the dealers are still used to pushing the more commodity stuff with incentives and/or bad credit approvals.