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Let me get this straight: the best car you an afford to drive is a old-school VW Beetle? http://jalopnik.com/this-is-the-only-thing-ill-miss-about-hugo-chavez-451342429

I've spent about a decade saying that all the new government mandated safety equipment (and other options) was eventually going to push cars into being unaffordable for the average American. And here we are: http://www.usatoday.com/story/driveon/2013/02/26/bankrate-new-cars-unafforable/1949385/

So, even if you are a New York Times reporter, you probably shouldn't badmouth a car when they have GPS data logging to tell that you are lying: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/most-peculiar-test-drive

Does anyone have good things to say about 3M headlight protection film? Last summer I managed to wreck my Hyundai Accident to the tune of $4,700. This was from an accident at about 6 MPH and despite the major damage I still managed to get my insurance premiums LOWERED by about 40% after the...

Had to get a new battery for my Hyundai. Wal-Mart was the lowest price by far, $79.99 for 600cca with a 3 year free replacement warranty. Do these batteries stack up to any of the competition?

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/american-suzuki-files-bankruptcy-protection-1C6892834 *edit* Oh, wait, they are permanently exiting the USA and not selling cars here any longer. My thread title is incorrect.

Latest flim-flam from Consumer Reports: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/10/29/japan-dominates-consumer-reports-reliability-rankings-while-ford-falls/?intcmp=features "The rankings, released Monday, predict the reliability of 2013 model-year vehicles based on surveys of Consumer Reports'...

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/10/24/fastest-road-in-america-opens-to-motorists-in-texas/ Going 10mph over the limit brings real speeds close to 100mph. Not a problem for modern cars, but being West Texas I just picture a 1985 GMC pickup doing this speed . . .

Things are heating up a bit here. Anyone else have thoughts on this? http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/18/massachusetts-gears-up-to-vote-on-right-to-repair-ballot-question/?test=latestnews

So Ford is still not going to bring any diesel to the USA? http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/10/10/quick-spin-2013-ford-c-max-hybrid/?intcmp=features

So, my supplier of leaded gasoline for my motorcycle has dried up. Does anyone here have suggestions about where to get tetraethyl lead additive for gasoline?

The 2014 Chevy Impala is dropping the bench seat option. Does anyone here care? http://wot.motortrend.com/2014-chevrolet-impala-last-passenger-car-to-drop-bench-seat-option-should-it-269211.html

I filmed this yesterday. It is *generally* automotive related since Ford is involved. :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLAZ3bDXu-4

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/09/17/ram-long-hauler-pickup-ready-to-own-road/?intcmp=features

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-27/gm-said-to-halt-chevrolet-volt-production-for-four-weeks.html Now would be a good time to quietly end production of the Volt, period.

http://www.plugincars.com/chevrolet-volt-lease-steal-123661.html Combine a cheap lease with carpool lane access in California and I will wager that there are quite a few people that have no problem paying a relatively small sum to bypass traffic jams.

http://bottomline.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/29/13549760-new-545-mpg-rule-will-change-the-way-industry-operates?lite

http://bottomline.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/24/13459319-mazda-set-to-build-its-last-car-in-the-us?lite I honestly was not aware that Mazda made any of their cars in the US.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gogQLQNrDds

Which is more reliable? I only ask this question because of constant ignorance I run across with my motorcycle. I've got a BMW K100RS (water-cooled 4 cylinder). I get into discussions with a lot of other cyclists I meet, mostly people riding Harley Davidson but sometimes a lot of the Japanese...