OK, buddy.  Sure thing.  Keep repeating the lies.

The Euro market isn’t shrinking, it is however highly competitive and oversaturated. Those who can’t compete are pushed out, that’s the free market. GM apparently can’t compete in first world non-truck markets other than the US.

So GM makes shitty cars everywhere and instead of making BETTER cars that people want, they are throwing their hands up, going home and taking their ball with them.

I blame my Friday afternoon Margaritas for misinterpreting your comments.

Forgive me for my platform inaccuracies.

When you’re comparing a car that is 10 years newer from the same manufacturer, it’s going to be faster. I’m comparing a 5k RSX to a 40K ITR and I bet you all the tea in china that stock for stock the ITR gets its ass handed to it when it can’t beat a stock Miata around the track.

Um, ok. 

You think the issue is labor related, who builds it? I don’t. The issue is quality, reliability, and their impacts on resale. The quality of labor impacts this less than the structure of labor’s contract (finish early = go home, never stop the line etc), the quality of the parts you’re buying and the design of the…

I think you just proved my point. The Avalon is built on the Toyota K Platform as well as the Camry, Highlander, Sienna, Venza, Previa, and Lexus ES and RX models. All NON-LUXURY FWD models. The base Lexus IS is the first one that is can be considered a luxury platform as its based on the Toyota N Platform that…

They could give it to us for free forever and no one would want to use it because Spotify is so ingrained in the market. Also, Spotify works on ALL devices naively. Like your home theater receivers and your car radios. Amazon only works on amazon stuff, and thats why it sucks.  This is VHS vs Beta, VHS won because it…

They could give it to us for free forever and no one would want to use it because Spotify is so ingrained in the…

God, what a POS. My brother drives a 2005 RSX-S with similar if not slightly higher mileage. He actually washes his car every once in a while, the paint on his bumper matches the car, and its definitely not a garage queen, so why do people let their cars get like this? Why do they buy aftermarket wheels that are…

Chevy Cruze: 142,618 Mexico
Chevy Malibu: 144,542 KANSAS
Ford Fusion: 173,600 Mexico
Hyundai Elantra: 200,415 ALABAMA
Nissan Altima: 209,146 TENNESSEE/MISSISSIPPI
Nissan Sentra: 213,046 Mexico
Honda Accord: 291,071 OHIO
Toyota Corolla: 303,732 Canada/Mexico
Honda Civic: 325,760 Canada (coupe) OHIO (sedan)
Toyota Camry:…

So you’re saying the Tesla is like the iPhone. All status while only being mediocre quality and performance?

They should give him special powers, then have him fight Paul Bettany then call it Batman: The Priest sequel we didn’t know we wanted.

...that’s a lot of trouble to go through to make your car slower!

Its not the external linkage that is the issue, its the INTERNAL linkage on the SMG transmission that isn’t there so you have to disassemble the transmission and ADD the parts. Yes, they are the same basic castings, but machining anything is 99% setup and 1% actually cutting metal. That is unless you can source a…

I guess, but you still gotta do everything listed above from pedals to ECU. Machining the SMG bell housing isn’t for the faint of heart. I mean, if you want a shift lever to actually having something to connect to anyway. Its easier to just buy a different transmission if you don’t have the tools to break down a Getrag…

Just wait till you get a 30% ethanol mix at the quicky mart because they didn’t stir their tanks and your engine blows all to hell. That seems to be happening more and more with the turbo BMWs bone stock.

I’ll tell you what they don’t put LSs in anymore, Cadiyaks.  And that’s why they suck so bad and no one wants one.

The physical part of changing the slushbox for a manual is pretty easy. BMW has used the same bolt patters for transmission for 20+ years and there isn’t any reason for them to change. The issue will all be in software. Its very common for the flappy paddle M3 crowd to convert their cars back to proper manuals because…