Yep, but it’s the rare win-win where manufacturer cost cutting also results in a better product for the consumer.

Not in the US.

Quite honestly, the obsession with values among owners is the worst part of driving an expensive/rare car.

WA has.

Everyone already knows you’re a badass, you’re driving a Viper!

A quick reminder that average priced new vehicles have not been affordable to someone making the median income since the Model T. So making that comparison is a bit flawed. New vehicles have always been a luxury item, and marketing them to higher income consumers ($100K is only about the 67th percentile of household…

It’s not at all surprising that Toyota’s ordering/allocation system is set up to be friendlier to the factory than to the dealers or customers, what is pleasantly surprising is that more automakers aren’t this way.

Push button ignition is IMHO, one of the best things to ever happen to cars.

Big block V8 engines.

-Being built to a price point

now I’m stuck buying $40 five quart bottles of Mobil 1 High Mileage every month or so to keep the car topped up while I figure out what my next steps are.

I believe they are the same, but I searched for USA to find this image.

I mean 10 year old me thought banging that lever around was about the coolest thing ever, but they aren’t really a masterpiece of game design either.

Definitely this one, no feedback at all, just felt like a cheap plastic lever.

Some jurisdictions allow road use for SxS already, but adding airbags, stability control, etc to get actual NHTSA approval as a road vehicle seems like it would add so much weight and cost that you’d just end up with a worse Wrangler.

I don’t know either, but maybe some of the usual suspects who seem to delight in coming on this website to scream the same political opinions every day might have some insight.

Still, it’s rather shocking to think that a human generation’s worth of model years—more like 2 generations with respect to the underlying technology, since that powertrain was essentially around in the early 70s, as were the Conestoga-wagon aerodynamics—brought only a 4 all-around mpg improvement.

My preferences may not be entirely based on logic, because to my knowledge, the Ford Ecoboosts have been mostly fine.

People love getting mad on Twitter.

Just wish the choices extended as far as the engine bay.