A Starion ESI-R with a bumper sticker that just says “DOPE” passes this and many other tests.

Middle of the country next, please! The iX and the Range Rover* need to meet other contemporaries.

Almost certainly.

I think the point is to be not touched and/or touched.

I can’t stop thinking it’s a squinty Ford Explorer with 2014 Forester wheels.

The current Toyota Fish Face is not my favorite by any measure but that wagon is fiiiiiine.

*Thinks to self, ‘why is this very website not called car-website.fun?’*

Tangential I-Pace gripe incoming.

Agreed on all counts. Those forums are the best. And I live in fear of the private equity pump and dump.

Same here (if there was any issue it was minor and I’ve since forgotten about it). At the end of the day, price is still the biggest factor for me, so ECS hasn’t been ruled out, but I make sure to confirm that stuff is in stock and try to avoid anything that’s a unique 325iX part (although nobody is immune to the…

Oh yeah, there’s definitely some squeaky wheel happening. I wasn’t writing long blog posts about my dozen transactions that all went according to plan. And you don’t have to look far to find an example of poor reading comprehension.

Hm, I must have arrived to the scene after it was complete. I fear that customer input can only make so much of a difference when these businesses are being bought by VC firms.

I’m hopeful that this uproar will keep them from regressing. We’ll see!

On the plus side this article has brought several alternative supplier suggestions to the fore. Keep up the good work.

Seeing lots of recs for them. Thanks!

Seeing lots of recs for them. Thanks!

My 240-owning buddy is a big IPD fan.

Sweet. I’ve been perusing the comments for other supplier recommendations. Thanks!

At least it’s not a printed catalog clogging up your mailbox.