Guinness posted:

Silver is the color that never looks particularly dirty, but also never looks particularly clean.

CornHolio posted:

My wife ordered her Focus in ruby red though, and it looks loving fantastic.

Throatwarbler posted:

?

I've given up trying to understand new car buyers. Like are there still people that unironically won't drive minivans or station wagons unless they have black cladding and more inconvenient doors on them because "my mom drove a minivan"? I feel like some kind of hipster because I'm baffled by this fad that I thought died sometime around the 2nd fastnfurious movie.

Proud Christian Mom posted:

because occasionally they'll get someone that doesn't negotiate and then after they get done hi-5'ing themselves they'll wonder again why Americans hate the Car Buying Experience™

Wheeee posted:

Even on a road with controlled intersections you will, on average, get where you're going faster by speeding to get through intersections before they go red.

Auron posted:

If you're flooring it before every intersection and doing 10+ mph over the limit to beat a light...then yes you are correct, but adjusting your speed to go a little bit faster to just avoid a red light isn't really causing anyone any more danger.

bull3964 posted:

I drive the speed that I drive at (which may be over the speed limit in areas were pedestrians are not around) because that's the speed that keeps me engaged and focused as a driver and therefore the safest.

That sort of thing has been proven time and time again that people gravitate towards the speed that they are most comfortable driving at and that same speed makes them safer.

Forcing yourself to drive slower than your are comfortable decreases overall safety.

Again, that doesn't apply when there are other concerns like pedestrians. In all honesty, your focus on watching for pedestrians should automatically force you to drive within the limits for those zones.

Wheeee posted:

I'm a lot more dangerous on the road when I'm bored and disengaged with the process than I am when I'm driving as I please, which is generally with the flow of traffic or slightly faster depending on conditions.

Someone paying enough attention to be watching crosswalk lights and for police ahead of them is safer than someone robotically following the law without regard to actual conditions.

And if you aren't paying attention to light cycles and the flow of traffic and pedestrians in city driving so as to allow you to get through as efficiently as possible you actually are potentially wasting a lot of time. I commuted in heavy traffic for roughly an hour each way before I gave up and started taking transit, and paying attention and trying to save time often actually does.

KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

it looks like a novelty weapon that you hang up next to your anime wallscrolls

i'm 100% for it

PT6A posted:

And generally larger dimensions. I've said it before and I'll say it again: where the gently caress are people parking this poo poo? Parking spaces are getting smaller and smaller, if I had the same size of vehicle as my parking-spot-neighbour in my parkade, neither of us could use one whole side of our vehicles.

Mariana Horchata posted:

caught a new Infiniti ad this morning and the VO person sounded very familiar...it's Adam Driver (doing a Jon Hamm impression)

i own every Bionicle posted:

Everybody should drive a sports car and use it pull a trailer in which to carry their spawn

davebo posted:

I just borrow or rent whatever vehicle is required on the rare occasions I need more than I have, and this was never once a problem at my old house, but since we moved to our current house last year I keep having huge loads of yard waste I'd like to take to the dump. I think I still come out ahead just cramming more stuff into yard waste bags or paying someone with a truck to remove the heavy stuff, and also a tow bar on the back of my Stinger would be ugly. My boss has both a covered trailer and open and he does find uses for them quite a bit. He's very utilitarian though. Drives a Honda Odyssey with just one seat in the back, floor completely lined with vinyl, and a metal lift gate over the rear storage in the floor.

KillHour posted:

Most cars in the US aren't tow rated, even if their European counterparts are. I can't think of a single non-truck non-SUV vehicle in the US that is rated to tow anything.

Edit: Apparently the Volvo S60 is.

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The replica looks nearly perfect, but it’s what’s under the hood, or, more accurately, inside the trunk, that’s most impressive. Lego connected 2,304 of its Technic motors using 2,016 axle pieces, and 4,032 plastic gears, to create a functional electric motor that generates upwards of 5.3-horsepower. That’s no where near enough power to satisfying slam you back into your seat as you accelerate in this Chiron, but it’s enough to get the model up to over 18 miles per hour which is nothing to balk at.

BloodBag posted:

With all the procedures of renting a car, and all the speed of someone going through the steps the first time ever. Doing the same at uhaul? Better have reserved it two weeks ago. We have several 40 foot vans available!

Twerk from Home posted:

Wow, you're not kidding: 6001 lbs gross vehicle weight rating for the Ascent. How much does an F150 weigh anyway?

KillHour posted:

Is that a belt you drag around?

Jimong5 posted:

I don't doubt that this is where shitboxes go to die, its just crazy how many Pontiacs there are around here.

I'm talking about Grand Am's, Grand Prix's, G6's, all 100% GM Cars. Like here is a typical auto sales lot for the area:



I count 4.

The Prong Song posted:

Yep, that's how that works. I had to explain it to the missus when we got her new car. "I wanna test all my new safety features like the impact mitigation system!" "It doesn't stop the car. It slows the car right before you hit something so the hit isn't as hard."

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the CX-3 is 168 inches long, the CX-5 is about 179 inches, and the new CX-30 comes in at 173

pik_d posted:

What's the point of calling it the CX-30 anywhere?

Mazda posted:

“You may be wondering about the name. As you know, CX indicates the model belongs to Mazda’s crossover SUV lineup. As for the two-digits, we want to increase customer choice in the globally growing crossover SUV segment and decided on “CX-30” after considering many possibilities.”

i own every Bionicle posted:

Something Offal posted:

Why is no one commenting on the garish chrome running all along the sides from the headlight and going until the rear quarter? Rest of the design is great.

BlackMK4 posted:

I am just surprised they decided to make the pieces that runs the length of the hood two pieces while leaving a seam.