Youtube hearted comments of Trevor Sutherland (@trevorsutherland5263).

  1. HALF the price of a Model 3 (and 10x the build quality). This is the true game-changer.
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  2. Medveyev usually plays the "bad cop" to Putin's "good cop"; he says crazy things to make Putin look reasonable. However this time I agree with the Crazy Uncle. Take it all. For the family...."
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  3. Yes, yes we ALL know this: A Toyota or a Honda. 🙂 However, life is short and no one wants to drive a Camry for 15 years. Please do a "best of the rest" most reliable. Exclude Toyota and Honda completely and give us the top 5.
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  4. Unless you are ex-military or a war history nerd, most people have no idea how difficult it is to take occupied land from a hostile force. In 2004 10,000 US Marines took SIX weeks to defeat only about 4,000 Al Queda and Baathists in Fallujah, Iraq. They were dug into an urban environment, knew the land, and were fanatically motivated.
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  5. Wow----20 years studying WW2 and never heard of this until now. Well done!
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  6. Conflict Freeze = "Stop winning while we re-arm and re-fit, so when we start fighting again I'll have a better chance." 😂😂😂😂
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  7. To me a "human wave attack" example can be easily seen in HBO series "The Pacific" from several years ago. The Japanese massed, then at one go they ALL rushed forward to the US Marines' positions, with NO PREPARATORY ARTILLERY OR SUPPRESSIVE MACHINEGUN FIRE. This actually worked well for them in China and vs. UK in Singapore earlier in the war, but against US Marines it almost always failed. I've never once seen a video of anything like that in two years of Ukraine war. Maybe it happened, but no one seems to have any proof.
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  8. Painting that ugly hood reminds me of a house I flipped a few years ago. The first thing I did was cut the grass (with weeds that reached my waist) and then have the house painted a neutral color (it was some putrid yellow). That alone made such a difference the neighbors came over to thank me before I'd even touched anything inside.....
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  9. I'm personally not in the market for this type of vehicle, but I must say I feel a great sense of relief. When I first heard about the Tonale (and that it was based on the Jeep Renegade platform), I was very distressed. I know Alfa needs product, but an Alfa that handles like a Jeep is no Alfa. I am very happy to hear that Alfa stayed true to its heritage and with that 50/50 balance the Tonale handles like an Alfa Romeo should! Me and my Giulia Ti are no longer distressed. Gratzi! 🙂
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  10. The Giulia is a car like I've never known in my life and I'm 48. I've owned more cars than i can remember and the Giulia is the only one that I already have but still want the SAME car five years later. I have a 2017 Ti Lusso, now with 70K miles and while the leather is still butter soft and the wood still pristine, I want the harder core sportiness of the Competizione (but I don't want the expense of the Quad). Never in my life have I wanted the same dam car twice....that is the measure of the Legend the Giulia will become years from now.
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  11. The secret to buying a Maserati is to buy it CPO. The certified warranty has unlimited mileage and even brand new you don't get unlimited mileage. You can buy one CPO, put 100,000 miles on it in three years, then sell it or trade it for another. That is the least expensive way to enjoy them and you make that depreciation work for you, not against you. For the price of a low end Benz, you can drive a spectacularly appointed Quattroporte with Zegna silk interior and wood that costs more than an entire Hyundai. Alternatively, if you are good with DIY, and have a shop nearby that works on Maserati, any of the six cylinder ones can be kept running well for about the same $$$ as a Porsche. The 8 cylinder ones are for the wealthy, period; don't even bother if your income is solely by W2 wages I don't care how high.
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  12. Wow. This is awesome on a big monitor!!
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  13. Oh yeah, you are 100% correct! I sold my 2012 Jaguar XKR with only 51K miles a couple weeks ago to the local Benz dealer because the price they were willing to pay was simply too high for me to pass up. When we were haggling over the price, the guy said "sir, you know that in a month or two, you won't get anywhere near this for that car, right?" I smiled and said "yep! I know that very well!" 🙂
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  14. Kyiv mayor spoke earlier: "...it was a ballistic missile, and the air raid alert started only when the first explosions began..." Only one other country can attack without anyone realizing it until the bombs hit-----the United States using stealth bombers. Hmmm, seems Russia is using something we may not have seen before?
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  15. I love all European cars for the driving dynamics; I only buy American or Japanese for trucks/SUV. Jag, BMW, Benz, Audi, Alfa doesn't matter a lot to me as they all have that Formula One dynamic excellence you only can get from European cars. Of the Germans, Audi has always been the design leader, BMW the sport leader, Benz the luxe leader. That is still true. Audi doesn't not currently make an ugly car; the Benz EQ stuff and the BMW pig snout?? 😅
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  16. My dad was a boy in Jamaica in 1941. He told me decades ago that sacks of flour would wash up from torpedoed cargo ships and while the sea ruined the outer shell, the inner part was then protected and was perfectly edible. Never in my life seen a documentary on this theater. U da man!!!
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  17. Yes, but only if you include two engine out replacements during the 10 year warranty.
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  18. I've had two Jaguars (XK and XJ) over the past seven years, all 5.0 V8 Supercharged. I put about 80K miles on them during that time, and never had more than a water pump or engine fan fail, and the transmissions are ZF so they were bulletproof. However, I would not recommend anyone to buy a Jag built after maybe 2015 or so. By that time, most of the Ford-designed powertrains were gone from the product lineup, and the models designed under Tata ownership simply did not have the benefit of scale as they had under Ford ownership. If you want one, stick to the 5.0 V8s, as that combo with the ZF transmission is about as reliable as any Jag will ever be. However the accessory parts WILL fail more often, and WILL cost you a pretty penny to fix. I'll admit they ARE beautiful like no other cars; I almost kept my pristine 2011 XJ just because it was so nice to look at...but last year I saw oil spots on the garage floor for the first time ever and she had to go.
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  19. Seeing snow on that 911 hurts my feelings. Send it to me in Texas and I'll keep it in the garage until someone buys it. I promise I'll only put 100 miles a week on it! :-)
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  20. LOL. When you said "wastegate" I rolled my eyes. I just had to deal with the wastegate actuator on my 2017 Alfa Giulia getting loose and rattling. Car has 90K trouble-free miles (its actually been so good so far I call it the "Italian Camry"). Well, the reality of modern engines caught up with me; a plastic knob that holds the wastegate arm just wears over time and now it is loose and rattles. Soon it won't move with the precision it is supposed to and the car will detect "underboost" and throw codes. Very common for this engine once the years get on it, and the "fix" is new turbo (even though the turbo itself is fine). If you lease, or keep for maybe 7 / 8 years tops, these 2.0T engines are ok. However you will never get the years of trouble free service out of them as you would the 3.5/3.3 V6s or any of the V8s Toyota used to make. They ALL do this with the plastic to keep the weight down ( and the mpg's up). If we could just ban plastic from engine components every brand's reliability scores would go up.
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  21. There is a good reason they sell so many, and the value on these used remains very high. It is just that good.
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  22. Just got the full story. Zelensky went to Odessa to award the AFU forces that did the ship attack last week. There is video of his motorcade in Odessa. The awards were done somewhere near the port facilities, and shocker a Russian drone was watching the entire thing and the Russians knew exactly what Zelensky's itinerary was. When he left the facility where the awards were made, the Russians put an Iskander into it. Suffice to say the AFU special forces that sank the ship have joined their opponents in Valhalla.
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  23. Same thing in US. Dealers no longer even refurbish trade-ins because they don't have to. I recently went looking for a small car for my teen daughter so I went to Carmax. I was really shocked at the condition of pretty much every 2018-2020 I saw. I was looking at Civic, Corolla, Jetta, or similar. My car is a 2017 with 80K miles and I can tell you my car looked newer than ALL of the cars I saw with 50K miles or less. I mean headlights already beginning to haze on a 2018 and you didn't even bother to refinish them before putting on the lot?? How much could that cost $20?? After a few weeks of seeing the same thing everywhere, I just went to a Nissan dealer and bought a CPO 2021 for her. I couldn't take it anymore.
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  24. What the? The C-Pillar ripped straight from the new Caddy CT5?? Oh well a least it looks 100x better than the current one.
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  25. OMG truth!! Ford Bronco is built like a $20K car-----paying $80K for it is beyond my ability to comprehend. You never go wrong with Lexus but the RX is now $70K---no way. Genesis is only a good deal if you get them under MSRP----its a Hyundai/Kia after all. Jeep is Jeep---been that way for decades. Now, the Porsche of them all that one (if you keep it long enough) will eventually smooth out what you overpaid. The Macan / Cayenne just hold value like crazy and always have.
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  26. Everything you say about the quality and detail is true. I have a 2011 Jag XJ and I can't get rid of it because Jag no longer makes a replacement and the only V8 cars that have equivalent quality are $125K or more. I like sedans; SUVs don't work for me. Once you sit on high end leather, the cheap stuff in lesser cars won't do. I like everything about the LS except that V6. I can't give up my V8 for a V6. Toyota puts the V8 in the LC, RC, and now even the IS but not in the LS???? Grrrrr. That is the only thing preventing me from buying the LS.
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  27. Mastery of the ICE is really, really difficult. It takes mastery of engineering, metallurgy, manufacturing, chemicals to build a completely "native" ICE. Very few countries have this capability across those sectors. That is part of the reason China pivoted so quickly to BEV; they knew they would never be able to catch up to Germany, Japan, or US in ICE.
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  28. Accountability.
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  29. Thanks DPA! Yeah, I think we all kind of realized this when the T-14 Armata's were confirmed to be deployed. Russia would not use those unless the Leopards and Challengers were deployed.
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  30. Years from now, people will not admit they bought Teslas, kind of like no one admits to buying a Hyundai from 1989 - 2010 or so.
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  31. Putin made it clear, and this time he was very specific about who, what and where would feel the response. NATO finally found Putin's "line"...
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  32. Not here to dump on the LC500; to me it is the best looking Lexus of the past 20 years and an instant classic. My heart was broken when I learned they will never be producing an "F" version as that is the one I was waiting for. I've looked them over closely for two years now and------I bought a Jaguar XKR-S. As a high-performance trim, the XK-R/XK-RS have the 'edge' the "F" version of the LC500 would have had (and what you'll have to add yourself with aftermarket parts). The regular LC 500 is simply too tame, too soft, too "Dentists Wife" in its current form. I don't want to spend time and money "hardening" it (maybe some do and that's cool); I want it already hard. The XK has been around over a decade now and everyone realizes its Ford-derived V8 and ZF trans combo is bulletproof---XK's easily run 150K miles or more. That was the only risk; Toyota vs. Jaguar reliability and it has been eliminated. That was the LC500s only advantage and its gone. Jag and Toyota both did years in Formula One; their expertise in dynamics is at or near the top. For me, the XK-RS was everything the LC500 was (and more) for $20K less. If Lexus builds an LC F, I'll be first in line.
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  33. Few dealers and leftover bad reputation for Italian cars in the US from the 1970s, mostly. My 2017 Giulia 2.0 is at 87K miles now and I only had to replace the AC compressor. No local shop will work on Alfa as too few on the road so I had to go to dealer ($1800). Never had any electronic problems; Italian leather seats still butter smooth (even the leather dash has not lifted). I would rate Alfa about on the level of BMW 330i, higher than a Benz C-Class (piston cracking anyone?), and lower than Audi (that EA888 Gen 2 and higher engine is an unstoppable beast). New is easy, its under warranty so who cares? The car is as close as a mere mortal will ever get to a Ferrari sport sedan; its dynamics are THAT good. If you aren't in a major city with independent shops that will work on Alfa, I would not advise to buy used and keep long term.
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  34. 0-60 in 4.5 seconds. Joe: "That may not seem fast..."
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  35. I bought my first new BMW in 2000; an '01 325i Coupe with Sport/pkg. $35K out the door. That is about $58K today so this is what I'd be buying if I were 28 again. 🙂 My car had the 2.5l I6 at 170hp lol----this thing has almost 400!!! For about the same real world price!! You kids are lucky SOBs...
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  36. Joe you always crack me up with your "high speed run warmup routine"! My favorite part is watching the car behind you in the rearview mirror disappear when you floor it. I know how that feels as I have a 2012 XK-R with (only) 510 HP version of this engine, and when the F-Type came out I wasn't really wowed. I still think the XK looks better but 2017 was the year the F-Type caught my attention. The aero, the sound, the priority of sport more than luxury; this is when it actually became different enough from the XK for me to actually consider adding to my collection. Mine is 8 years old and roars like a---well, you know! :-)
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  37. Remember CNN/BBC/SKY/NBC all making fun of the Russian motorcycle troopers six months ago? They not laughing anymore...
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  38. Yay! No mention of the M139 in the A/CLA 45! Now, there is nothing to stop me from buying one!
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  39. Every battery I've put in my cars over past 20 or so years has been either Autozone or Wal-Mart. Never had any issue with either. Who knew they were basically the same thing! LOL. Excellent channel providing a real beneficial service to everyone testing things that we would have no realistic way to test ourselves. Thanks!
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  40. Love that color against the blue, and LOVE that sound! Agghhh! So many I want but can only afford one!
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  41. Old news now....
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  42. Only legit concern is dealerships are few and far between. The engines are the same as in all 4-cyl Jeeps and the transmissions are ZF. I have 2017 Ti , 50K miles never a problem. They are worth it if you love to drive, but if all you need is a toaster don't bother. However if I lived an hour away from a dealership I would not buy one.
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  43. I've been wanting to see this one reviewed here in the States. Most of the reviews are from Europe (where this thing outsells Teslas 20 to 1); wanted to see how it translates here. I'm kind of "meh" about it; I'm sure its magnificently built and high quality, but that interior is a $50K to $60K interior in an $80K car. I really thought the "battery premium" that makes $20K cars cost $40K (ahem Model 3) was moving in the right direction over the past couple of years. Looks like we have a ways to go still. Go sit in an $80K Lexus LS500 AWD and then go sit in this; even if ozone depletion has melanoma growing on your forehead you won't buy this EV.
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  44. Ultra high car prices + high interest rates has bifurcated the car market. $100K+ can't stay in stock, and $50K+ can't sell. Car prices don't affect the wealthy as much as the middle/working class; that is why $22K cars fly off lots, while $52K cars sit. I've noticed a lot more people re-discovering simple is better. No EVs, no turbos, no hybrids, just a good solid NA 4/6/8 cylinder, a torque converter transmission (if you can find one), and that's it. In this high inflation environment people need to depend on their car, and frankly a lot of the new auto tech just isn't as reliable as the older. Which would you buy Lexus RX with turbo-4/hybrid or an Infiniti QX60 with an NA 3.5V6???
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  45. This is not as attractive as the LC 500, however now that the LC F has been cancelled THIS car is the only way you are going to get that glorious V8 in a Lexus with the handling to match. Its quality is beyond stellar as well; this is one of the few cars you could buy today, put it in your garage, and take it out in 2025 and it is still worth the same (or more).
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  46. The Ghibli is fine car; always has been. However it should have been the top of the Alfa Romeo brand, not the bottom of the Maserati brand. Maserati was spoken in the same breath as Ferrari for most of my life; but the Ghibli kind of undercut that. You don't see people working double shifts at Amazon or running Turo side gigs buying a Ferrari, but you see far too many of those people in a Ghibli. Don't overpay for one and think of it as an Italian BMW 5-Series and you won't be disappointed. Remember, there are people who buy a Model S over this.....
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  47. Yep. Sold my car a month ago. Next year this time will be lots of used Hellcats with 15K miles for $45K. Houses too; looked up my house and the 30 day price change was negative. First time it wasn't positive in five years.
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  48. I'm in my late 40s....the idea a VW Golf is doing 60 in the 3s is-----difficult to wrap my brain around. It will take some time...
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  49. A car is an expense, not an asset. Even a Porsche 911 will depreciate if you drive it a lot.
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  50. I don't even off road AT ALL, but this thing is cool! I actually prefer the 90 and its chunky, look-how-tough-I-am spec. The inline six making 400hp is more than anyone really needs, but if you have the money and put that monster SC V8 in this thing you basically are driving the "cool people" car of the moment.
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  51. Its like they took the front of the Porsche Macan and the rear of the Alfa Stelvio and just put their Hyundai details on it. Of course the German and Italian will run rings around this dynamically, but that doesn't matter to those who buy these. All Hyundai buyers want is a soft cushy ride, some nice leather (since they've never had that before in their car), and a low price. This will sell quite well I'm sure.
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  52. I am man who was raised on Supras, 911s, and Vettes----the SUV going back to the first Pathfinder and everything that came after is against my religion. However, with what they are putting out now under that "SUV" name---the Macan, the Stelvio QF, the F-Pace SVR, the X5M, the Bentayga, and now the DBX, even I am an SUV convert. I am now an apostate: give me a DBX and I'll be fine with it!
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  53. So, it seems there is no "magic wand"; Ukraine has decided to attack right where Russia expects them to. No surprise to me; they really don't have much option to flank or do something unexpected. It basically going to be a barroom brawl...
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  54. I was sold months ago when I heard it has a real handbrake and a prop rod to hold up the hood...
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  55. Wow Joe! You caught me off guard with this one! NOBODY is aware of this thing; I was watching it for a couple years waiting for an Abarth to drop under $20K. Stop telling people about our little secret!! :-)
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  56. 22 mpg hwy on a 518hp SC V8 in a vehicle weighing 5500lbs??? Uhhh, that is impressive.
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  57. 5700 pounds?? Wow, that is almost the same as a 2021 Suburban! That thing must be built like a tank!
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  58. Love the looks of this, but in the 2.0 Turbo four class the Giulia is unmatched so I bought a Giulia. However if I find a 2020 XE R-Dynamic around $20K in four years I may grab one for fun. I have a 2011 XJ-R and all I've replaced is the water pump and one of the sun visors.
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  59. The LC500 is gorgeous and will last 25 years, but it is so soft that you only see really old people driving them. When Toyota cancelled the LC-F all the money I was saving for it-----well-----its still in my garage. I planned to trade out the Jag XK-R for the LC-F but there's nothing to jump up to for $100K or so. A C8? Nahh, I had a C7 with a manual and I'd take that again over a C8. Charger/Stang/Camaro? Nahh, too much "commoner" plastic inside; the Jag with Connolly leather and real aluminum inside has spoiled me. $100K to the Germans only gets you a V6 and most of their stuff is ugly. Don't even mention SUV's....I don't do SUV's for pleasure. So the XK-R still here looking all hot and sexy in my garage...
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  60. As heavy (and ugly) as the new M3 is; you may as well just buy this. It has the V8 (which at this point, is really the only ICE you should buy), it has the classic BMW looks, and it'll carry you and 4 of your friends. The only reason to buy the M3 is the manual trans option, which almost completely makes up for its ugly face; if you are about to sign the lease for an auto M3----tell the salesperson to bring you this instead. Your welcome.
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  61. I had to enable cc to watch the part where you drive it. That rising and falling "wooooo" sound gave me a headache. I think the Taycan is awesome but disabling that sound would be the first thing I'd do!
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  62. I have an A4, which is magnificent but I'll admit kind of boring. I was in the dealer getting the 40K mile service back in December, and they had the showroom filled with white models of almost everything in the Audi lineup---the "Winter Event"---lol. Of course I drooled at the monstrous RS7 and RS6, but I'll be honest, it was the S3 that I actually wished I could take with me and leave my A4. It looks every bit the "German muscle car" that its big brothers do, but it gets good mpgs, the EA888 motor is actually reliable, and I can actually afford it. I personally think the current gen Audis are some of the best they've ever made; in the future we'll wish for the ones from about the last 7 years up to now.
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  63. Give me the worst one new and I bet it runs flawlessly for 7 years and 100K miles for me. 😅 I seem to specialize in making "unreliable" cars reliable. 2012 Buick Enclave with the 3.6: 155K miles, only water pump, alternator, AC compressor replaced. 2011 Jag XJ Supercharged: 107K miles, water pump, engine fan replaced. 2017 Alfa Giulia Ti: 85K miles, AC compressor replaced. Just got 2022 Audi A4 last year: 29K miles under warranty. 😂
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  64. The crazy thing is that pretty much ANY V8 Charger/Challenger is holding its value spectacularly well. A 2016 SRT is almost $40K----it was $50K new!! That is nuts! Doesn't matter which you buy as long as there is a V8 in there. Even 12 year old SRT8's with 90K miles go for $17K-----that is HALF what they cost over a decade ago! Just buy one, any one. Contrast that to dropping $50K on a 2021 Kia Stinger or Genesis G70.....in one year you'll LOSE $20K! Its your money; don't throw it away!
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  65. Tbh, the totally weird placement of the transmission stalk is part of why I bought an Audi A4 in April and not a CLA 250. I KNOW for sure I'd get that wrong occasionally, and my wife would get that wrong all the time and it would become a very stressful thing for her. I hate that on modern Benzes.
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  66. I have no idea how long this will last but it honestly doesn't really make a difference unless you need to buy a car (and don't have one to trade in). Anyone who has a car, has seen its value go up, which offsets the increased cost of whatever they want to buy. The person that is buying a car for the first time is the one that is really hurt. 3 years ago I bought a 2017 sedan for $23K and today the trade in value on it is $31K----with 20K more miles on it. Ridiculous!
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  67. I have 2017 Ti Lusso, 27K miles zero problems. I will say the weather strip around the doors has deteriorated more than other cars I have that are 10 years old. I don't know if this is an issue with the climate here (Texas) but I've seen it on several 2017 models so I know its not a fluke. That's it. Weatherstrip. Its still under warranty so I'll get it replaced soon but that's the only issue. People say "risk" like its 1981 or something, LOL. Its a ZF transmission! You think ZF sells only the "unreliable" ones to Alfa while selling the "good" ones to BMW??? Its Brembo brakes. Its a Ferrari engine. Its Pirelli tires. How can the car be composed of "non-risky" parts and be "risky" as a whole??? You think the factory assembly people are all just trash?? Its a modern, mass-produced car. Its better than any BMW at this price. If you want one just buy one.
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  68. That looks like what "cars we will be driving in the future" did in 80s Japanese Anime.
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  69. Wow, I've read a LOT of WW2 stories but as an American, this one totally escaped me until now. Did not know those merchant raiders were any danger to an actual warship. I did however know that 20mm and 37mm shells absolutely could heavily damage a destroyer or unarmored cruiser, as US Navy fighters could heavily damage or even sink Japanese destroyers with their .50 caliber machine guns. That must have been a hellish few minutes for that doomed crew.
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  70. Even Biden is worried about Zelensky's sanity: "...But Ukraine is fighting for its survival. It would accept direct US involvement in a war with Russia. According to a recent book by David Sanger, Biden even suggested to his aides that Zelenskyy might be deliberately trying to draw America into a third world war..." Financial Times - 8/26/24 FT is not some nutball outlet; they are the UK version of WSJ (and well over 100 years old), and they are old school journalists, not internet yahoos. If Biden is worried about Zelensky's motives--BIDEN; I certainly would be too!!"
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  71. As an American, it is sometimes hilarious to listen to a pissed off Brit. It isn't just the accent, British people use FAR more "proper" English words in their everyday lives than Americans do. Most Americans only have a limited vocabulary and even the ones that have an extended one usually forget most of it when they are angry and go right to slang. For this reason I often find it so entertaining listening to a Brit go off, I don't even pay attention to why they are mad. Had a girlfriend from London a decade ago and when she'd get angry with me I'd smile and laugh because being cursed out by her was very entertaining. How seriously can you take it when a woman tells you she's "absolutely livid with you!!" ?? That didn't last... :-)
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  72. Honestly that is one of the best looking RC's I've ever seen and I have never liked the bulbous nose of the RC. I'm waiting on the LC-F but if Toyota fails to build it, I would be fine with getting an RC exactly like this one.
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  73. This is really the only thing about German cars I don't like. You can't buy them and keep them; you have to lease them new. I currently daily a 2011 Jag XJ SC that I bought 7 years ago. I change the oil every 5K miles and do the services and it just runs forever. A simple supercharged V8 engine and ZF trans. You can't do that with a hyper complicated German car. Benz,BMW,Audi always constantly trying to out-do each other by pushing the tech envelope makes their cars age much faster than say, a Lexus. Can you imagine a C-Class or 4-Series or A6 with the 3.5 V6 from a Camry?? That would be wonderful!
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  74. I can't believe you can buy a drivable car for 150 pounds----that's about $200. You can't buy a non-running car in the US for $200; the scrap price is about $300: the seller could call a number and the car would be picked up no questions asked and net them more than $200. Here, that car would probably go for at least $1500.
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