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I suppose it's like anything else in life, the more you do it the more comfortable it will be. FWIW, now that inventory is a lot more scarce I've found salesmen to be a lot less pushy. At the moment they are comfortable letting people come to them, they are not nearly as aggressive (as a...

You don't know until you try. It's FUN to try. Go for it. Don't go when the dealership is super busy. Go in, sit in a few cars, take your time. Say, "This one feels good, I'd like to see how it drives." You say "execute this advice" like it's hard. It's not. Worst that happens is they say...

Totally disagree. I disable both immediately, change settings whenever possible. Automatic headlights just blind people unnecessarily, they suck. They hold brights much longer than they should, blinding oncoming traffic, and don't switch back quickly. Much safer to do manually. I turn on...

"If you're not getting a Mustang now, what are you doing until then?" Passed on S550 Mach 1. Bought some other vehicles that were available before S650, although they also took a long time (Bronco, Blackwing)! Working to convince a friend to buy the Dark Horse, w/Tremec manual, so I can try...

Perfect example of what I was talking about in another thread. Sometimes buttons are just better. Why should heated steering wheel control be buried in a menu, two deep? Instead of being (this isn't that hard), as you say, ... a button on the steering wheel! Tacked on screens aren't the...

It is funny, yes, but.... 1) Arguing is what internet fora (toss in the Latin plural, so we can argue more!) are for. 2) We can clearly see the pictures, so we don't have to wait to use any of this before commencing arguing. :) Having said that, there is no black and white here. I think all...

1. Sometimes years, if you want to know what's happening in the market. Sometimes never; some vehicles are just not available to test drive, period. Example: High end versions of certain cars, sometimes all you can do is drive and/or sit in lower versions to get an idea of ergonomics, then you...

Need some fancy AI programming so the Drone knows how & where to fly on its own volition when signal is lost. Tell it to hover near/above the electrical bus ducts in the manufacturing line. Nobody will notice. :)

They drove Barry Sanders to retire early. And Calvin Johnson to retire early. Both players said, screw it, I'd rather quit then play for the Lions. Also, you don't have to tell me about Barry Sanders. I'm a Packers fan. Think about the 1989 draft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_NFL_Draft...

Isn't it obvious?? I have family who worked at Ford when Little Billy was CEO. Imbecile seems about right. They've also done a nice job with the Detroit Lions. :)

I hope I *DON'T* find out the hard way, will keep driving to find out. Still in the "silver bullet" phase here. I test drove a Mustang GT (with the Getrag MT82) and a Mach 1 (with the Tremec) back to back. There was no comparison. I ended up going in a different direction at that time and...

I mentioned it, although I'm sure others have made this obvious observation as well. https://www.mustang7g.com/forums/threads/what-ever-happened-to-the-ford-cracking-down-on-adms.156670/post-3200169 While true at the moment, I think the goal is to adopt more of a Tesla model, where Ford either...

Lots of mixed opinions on the Cadillac forum about this. There was some thought that killing the Camaro meant that all of these cars (Camaro, CT4, CT5) would be killed, that GM would shift that plant to something else entirely--which some people who already have their cars *like* because that...

Absolutely, and that's fine. I think it's more accurate to say that Ford is *both* a car company and a finance company. I don't think it would work as one or the other. Ford is dependent on that finance division (and the finance division is dependent on Ford, the manufacturing part, as well)...

I'm in no position to know how 2008/2009 would have played out for GM in different circumstances. But I do know that sometimes cash flow issues drive bankruptcies, even if the underlying business is sound, and without GMAC I think GM was more vulnerable. I don't think it's a coincidence that...

Ah, I see now where you and I fundamentally disagree. Count me in the alarmist camp, I suppose. Either way, I'm enjoying the discussion. I don't think Ford continues to exist without Ford Credit. They can't afford to build vehicles (and, importantly, develop the next generation of vehicles)...

Except we weren't talking about the number of employees, were we? The discussion at hand was about how people are financing vehicles, and whether banks and other lenders (Ford!) will get burned. You seemed to assert that this would be no big deal, that the revenue from Ford Credit was "a...

This is simply not true. Let's clear it up before people start believing it. I remember many years in the past where automakers earned more from financing than actually building and selling cars. For Ford, 2020 was such a year. Even in 2021, when Ford made more in the "Automotive" segment...

At least the M2 looks better than the M3/M4. And I'm sure they'll make the M3/M4 less beaver-y (I know there are aftermarket solutions already). I'm still not buying another BMW, though. One was enough.

+1 on the BMW maintenance. No more for me. As for the BRZ/GR86, I didn't think much of it, either, originally. But then I got a chance to drive one extensively (previous generation) and it really grew on me. It is a fantastic car to drive, just a lot of fun. More impressive than it's...