100% agreed on the buttons. Regardless of production method (overmold, paint/etch, or pad print) it would be low to no dollars to show a JT instead of a JL.

Subaru is very very very service-rating oriented.  It works out well for the consumers, and the better they are rated apparently the more perks they get for the waiting room etc.

I also go to the dealer for my oil changes.  Subaru does full synthetic cheaper than Valvoline, and I think it buys me a bunch of goodwill with them.  I’ve had some major work done at zero cost to me.

2 Door Wrangler is a great example here - MSRP is ~$28k, but you can get them for like $25k.

“If the car wasn’t stolen, there is no reason for him to threaten.”

Oddly enough, my ‘14 Wrangler Unlimited groaned in a horrible way whenever it had to flex a bit (think pulling up onto pavement from a dirt road, something my WRX can do just fine!).  The solution ended up being to lubricate the latch mechanism, but it was a BEAR to get diagnosed/figured out.  You’d think body on…

Eat more vitamins.

The electrical compressor just refills a ~5 gallon carbon fiber air tank.  The air tank is able to let out a quick blast of air to spool the turbo up.  If you just hooked an electric compressor up without the tank, yes you are correct that it would not be of much/any benefit to the turbo.

Didn’t know this was a thing, cracking up on Google now!

“Also important was competitive benchmarking, with Louckes saying GM’s Advanced Product Engineering Department ‘provided the teardown and analysis of many of today’s modern engines from all over the world,’”

Exactly.  Would you buy a car that was limited to 80?  MAYBE if the 0-80 was the fastest acceleration in the world, but otherwise probably not.

I think it gives some extra headroom. When was the last time you hit 80 in your car? 90? There would be enough pushback from people not to limit it that low.

I want a 4Runner, and I’m good with it not being bloated, but there are a few things I want to see before I buy one:

The strangest piece of this to me is that they used a fully loaded, special $40k WRX!  Realistically a more fair comparison may have been the Base WRX for ~$25k.

Which also brings the 2 into a similar price range - Lightly usedCorvette vs. brand new Mustang GT. Being a Mustang fan my entire life, I would probably still go with the vette in that case.

This is great, until the person in front of you think you’ve been kicking the seat for the last 6 hours because it’s constantly yanking on their backrest.

This is great, until the person in front of you think you’ve been kicking the seat for the last 6 hours because it’s…

I almost got rear ended HARD by a janky van on my way home from picking up my brand new wrangler at lunch during one of these stops. I heard screeching rubber, then the van managed to slide past me in the median on the left.

Wisconsin by any chance?  These are infamous on 94 between Milwaukee and Waukesha area.

Either way, I’d rather not discover more issues like this 1-2 years in.

I had a 2014 JKU for 2.5 years / ~45k miles. You’d think that a 7 year old design / 3rd year of the powertrain would have the bugs worked out, but...