Because it was NEVER about the actually performance. Never. Because most people cannot drive a car anywhere near the limits the current Camry is capable of, on the road.

Yeah, those look familiar. And I always get wheel and tire because the roads look like that. Also, if you get anything with low-pro runflats, just get the coverage. They’re obscenely expensive to replace, and the lack of flex in the tire tends to mean it cuts its own throat when you hit a bump hard enough by slicing…

Just a thought, but why is it necessary to kill brands if they only function as car trims?

If you look at the early days of General Motors (under Sloane, not Billy), you see that the “brands” functioned more as trim lines do now. More or less luxury, more or less economy, etc.

If it costs Stellantis no more money to…

1st/Neutral- That JD Power report must have some reporting errors.

2nd Gear: Alright, I loathe the guy with every ounce of my being; but, the “sided with Trump” is a bit much here. They sided with a single standard, and might be trying to avoid the fallout of picking a side.

And somehow I just don’t see you trading a Tiguan for an Equinox for the sake of max-fan-speed controls.... 

Luckily there are actually brands that give you a max-fan-speed option in the settings. I think even the Tiggy (might be a Touareg) in your avatar might have it. Pretty much every GM vehicle with auto climate has the setting, and most FCA vehicles. Of course, outside of Cadillac CUE, they also have redundant controls…

No worries. 

That’s actually a pretty equitable allocation. I’m glad to hear you’re being taken care of on the fixed ops side. Especially because you guys definitely qualify as “essential” services. 

Not sure what you’re asking here. 

That’s absolutely fair. And I hope they are actually tracking that percentage. But, you’ll forgive me if I remain skeptical that this is being utilized properly across the board. 

Generally (and this is a BROAD brush) with autoparks or dealer groups that are that large in number of brands, they also operate on a high-turnover basis with their salesforce. Which means the customer experience is already compromised. So, you get to pay a premium (discount aren’t typically as good from my…

This is where my worry comes in though. For commissioned employees, or flat-rate techs, there’s not a lot of visibility into management. And paying at contractual or base-hourly for both sides is going to be a major pay cut from what they’d normally be making. PPP is supposed to cover that, and hopefully it is…

Project Pinnacle.

Watching this from the Northeast and worrying about all you guys (used to live near Plano). I now know how the rest of the country felt when it was us. You can’t see any signs of it around you, and yet you hear it’s terrible elsewhere.

I agree with you on most of this; however, a lot of people are finding that they want the mobility and freedom of a car. Tech isn’t enough during Covid (are you sick of looking at me yet Dave?), and a lot of people in dense urban areas are making moves. Two moves: Move to the suburbs, and buy a car.

I think you could safely say Reuters is just really not doing well on news today. They also claimed Tesla’s Autopilot was handsfree, and that’s a subject that has been covered TO DEATH by those that know.

There have been some additional problems I’ve seen with clogged DPFs, and you absolutely CANNOT modify post-fix cars. Seriously.

As someone who has worked in positions like this, and who has a lot of friends that do; we all saw this coming. And, while there are a lot of people that are waking up today without knowing what comes next (I am in fact among this number), we also are all hoping this is indeed temporary. In fact, my current company…

Unfortunately, you’re not wrong here. The tactics are still being used because they do often work. While this is a generalization, there is a large percentage of the population that seems to feel better being lead, than leading.