It came out in the wake of a huge financial crisis and world recession. There’s a lot more money flowing at the moment. Especially from rich people.

which is why these tests are basically useless.

go sample cars that are 20 years old. take a tally of how many miles are on cars that are sold to salvage yards. what % of cars X age are still registered, etc.

Those metal pedal covers, wtf are they thinking.

my SRT4 neon came with similar pads and I hated them. Incredibly slippery when wet…

This thing is also almost indiscernible from the colorado/canyon from some angles. lol.

Depends on the design and how the vehicle is cared for. Under normal operation, keeping up with maintenance (mainly making sure it has decent oil), typically the turbo will last the life of the vehicle.

Lots of advantages, and I’d wager that nobody can tell the difference from the drivers seat.

The same strength and torsional stiffness as a box can be achieved, it just won’t be quite as light. Again, more thickness is good from a rust perspective.

C channel frame is a very good thing. The box frame trucks were very rust prone.

If you want a truck that’s reliable long term, you want a frame you can wash out and doesn’t fill up with crud

That’s true. My head was about in the ceiling of my 97 f350. I have a foot of headroom in a new one. I’m not short either. I realize the old trucks are a little cramped for tall individuals, but today’s trucks are designed so someone that’s 6’-10" won’t need to make any modifications or compromises lol

While yes i agree that the japanese brands get put on a pedestal for misguided reasions, american small cars really are junk.

i’ll still take a civic over a focus or a cruze

Surprised it has taken this long to be honest. we’ve had the technology for decades.

speed limiters have been default on heavy trucks forever. Even the old '95 freightliner we have on the farm is limited to around 65mph.

I honestly think its a great idea for towing. Very few trailer tires are rated for more than 55/65mph. You see a lot of accidents caused by tires issues, there’s just no reason to be towing a camper or boat at 80+mph and you see it all the time. It puts a lot of people in danger. a 65mph governor when you’re using trailer lights seems like its reasonable, no location tracking required.

If the gap in the plugs is stable and they aren’t full of deposits, just change them at a longer interval. There’s no reason to change them until they actually have something wrong with them.

In some very high performance motorcycles you see the ground straps fatigue and fall off, but I doubt that’s the case for a low revving, relatively low stress car engine.

A lot of smart camera phones are very sensitive to vibration and won’t survive for very long bolted to a car.

You’ll kill an iPhone camera in just a few hours mounting it to a motorcycle. Cars are a little more civilized, but they’re not going to last the life of the car.

Tail/headlights costing $1000+ is the norm now, even on stuff that isn’t “fancy”

We sit around wondering why car insurance is going through the roof. Well, a fender bender is $10,000 in damage on an economy car these days, and people won’t look up from their phones so accidents are more and more frequent.

And the fact that nobody (drivers and pedestrians) will bother to look up from their screens for literally anything