From my experience with Lexus, this is par for the course. I’ve had my IS250 for almost 10 years now and they have ALWAYS treated me with the respect and courtesy I assumed was only reserved for big spenders.
One time I brought the car in for scheduled maintenance (out of warranty) and told them that I noticed this…

Exactly this.

But think, man, you can get the same brilliant customer care with your LFA!

Wasn’t it Bernie who said, “they thought they had me by the balls, but their hands aren’t big enough!”? They need him because there’s literally nobody left in the EU with any stones whatsoever. You can’t give the teams much control, as all they want is what is good for their particular team right now. You can’t put…

I don’t really see any similALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD.

I have a feeling that perhaps the fps here is too low for me to catch, but I’m not .... quite.. seeing the actual understeer (plowing with the wheels turned left). I’m going to hazard a guess that the driver here is just quickly taking the appropriate, correct response and steering in the direction of the skid, and is…

I’m in complete agreement with you. All we’re doing here is appealing to the lowest common denominator, lowering the bar. Screw that. Let’s raise the standard for what is expected of people. The reality is that the same incompetent jerks running this show are also people like you and I. They drive on the same roads…

including the politicians we elect, who are ultimately responsible

As I read your piece “lack of funding” is not what came to mind. Making sensible decisions about how to run a business (or regulatory agency) and getting rid of employees who don’t care about or are incapable of doing a good job are not things that necessarily cost a great deal more (and in some cases may cost less).…

Gee, another Fed agency where the employees don't give two shits about responsibility or actually doing their jobs? I'd lump 99% of the gov't in that category. All of the Fed employees I know personally are WAY overpaid, do about 2-3 hours of work per day (even that's a lot for some), and even when they do screw up no…

NHTSA Board of Directors maybe?

No, this is Usher in the age of the hyper hatch;

Everything will just wind up using the GM LS3 with an EO number. Not the worst result in the world.

It’s a good job he had his tire pressures right or this could have been disastrous...

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Possibly the most hilarious example of Honda’s unadulterated caution came when the SUV market was starting to blow up in the early 1990s.

By ‘driving event,’” he continued, “We mean that a trained Honda employee will drive around a parking lot at idle speed.