Agreed. It’s not a riced out Honda or something. It’s a perfectly normal SUV like half of the population drives. I didn’t buy a BRAND NEW car until I was 34, and mostly because the difference between new and CPO prices wasn’t enough to make used worth it. If it ain’t broke yet keep driving the damn thing til it…

Thank you Torch for adding some absurdity and not making me fall asleep reading this one. Especially since I pretty much consider CUVs and SUVs to be “the enemy” as an enthusiast.

No shit! Especially considering that he’s probably wearing something identifying himself as an AT&T employee and was obviously the cause of this lunatic flipping out. If someone decides to take it into their own hands that they are going to attack the vehicles of a utility company and do thousands of dollars of…

My guess is Tesla’s lawyers or their warranty department reached out to him and gave him a friendly reminder that he should retract his statement if he’d like the car repaired.

They’ve been doing this for months now with the whole owner/fan social media campaign. I agree that it is pretty silly and ironic. VW does tend to have decent enthusiast outreach though. You will see VWOA at bigger regional shows giving out swag.

Yeah I would think there’s no legitimate reason holding them back from doing it, unless it’s because of the same stubborness that makes them refuse to give the miata more power or even put the NA 2.5 in it for that matter. I’m sure a Mazdaspeed3 or Mazdaspeed6 with a more performanced tuned 2.5T would sell well.

Exactly, it’s not a Corolla or a Kia Rio! Ford is finally building an offering range of cars in the compact and mid size category that most enthusiasts would find appealing in some way between the Fiesta ST, Focus ST & RS, Taurus SHO, and Fusion Sport.
 
I set out with the specific purpose of buying a new car for a…

Autos should be the standard feature in base trims and MT an option. They could even charge more for the MT.

I’d trade in my ‘15 Mazda6 for a Mazdaspeed3 or 6 with the 2.5T from the CX9 too.....

Calling it a coupe annoys me more then the term fastback.

Agreed. I bought a ‘15 Mazda6 partly because the Accord Sport only came in 2 fucking colors and limited options! Stop assuming that people who want manuals are buying them because they are trying to be “thrifty”. It isn’t 1980; we’re buying a manual because we want the experience of driving a stick shift, not…

I hate these things. They’re for douchebags that think they’re “baller” for putting 24" wheels and underbody neon on them, or idiots that think they can actually off-road in them like the REAL Hummer H1s. I can at least respect the H1 for what it is. These are just a kit car version of them on a suburban chassis.

When…

I’m scared to think that the replacement is this stupid “Sport Utility Coupes” which are basically a bloated crossover version of a sedan. The SUV and CUV sheep are sold on the high seating position aspect. They like to sit up higher and have more visibility because most of the cars on the road now are assholes like…

There’s a couple of different ways we can gauge the integrity of a flipper.

It would be a hell of a good business model actually. Especially if you basically became a broker and promised people in X part of the country that you would find them a clean, rust free _______ in the South West and deliver it to them. Sniff them out, buy them cheap, and sell them for market value in the Rust Belt.…

It’s my personal opinion that you’re a goddamn idiot if you happen to use your business or anything you sell to advertise your political opinion. Money is not black or white, Christian or Atheist, not gay or straight, not Conservative or Liberal, not Pro Life or Pro Choice, not Pro or Anti gun. If you want to sell…

I agree with Jonvws. This is a $3,000 truck all day long without the TDI swap, and maybe $5,000-$6,000 if the swap is done properly.

If the fender wasn’t clearly a mismatched color and we could assume that the exterior needed nothing I don’t think his price would be far off. As it sits right now though it still…

Exactly, do they get to keep the whiskey as a “waste by product” since it’s not what runs the car? ;)

You would hope that at some point after tens of thousands of dollars and a denial by the state Supreme Court that it would prompt them to eventually cut their losses and give up though. A rational human being (which I agree these people are NOT) would quit and put their house up for sale.

A Mazda3 hatch with the 2.5 and stick would have been closer to what she was looking for. If she wanted a manual she should have never bought an automatic and a 2.0 either.

I own a 15 Mazda6 and I’m completely happy with it, but I wasn’t expecting it to be or looking for a “fast car.” If you came from a GTI, Audi,…