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lol I don't either.

I understood.

However, salty...

I'd take a little bit of it.. We had one little tiny snow this year and that was it. But we had some NASTY nice that blew ass. It took some of my co-workers 4-5 hours to get home.

All of the vehicles in this segment are more car-like than truck-like. I don't know anybody who actually WANTS a truck-like drive. Even the guys who own trucks know a truck just doesn't have the drive of a car/SUV. Equinox ground clearance: 6.9 inches CX-5 ground clearance: 6.7 inches I'm not saying the Equinox is bad, but it's the worst in its competitive field of CUVs.

Well if you're not 6'6" tall, it's great. The motors are of equal power levels of the competition and Mazda's are of the lightest of their given segments. If you think one of these CUVs in this segment are tight and cramped then you will think they all are at 6'6". 2nd quickest out of 8 only to the V6 Cherokee. I have a hard time believing you've driven a CX-3 so to dismiss the whole lineup based off of your poor CX-9 experience is not fair. The CX-5 has gotten rave reviews since it has come out. "Totally false" mpg's I would give you less than 1mpg off based on MT's "Real MPG" testing that they do but saying they are "totally false" sounds more like a grudge against the vehicle rather than something factual. Doing a little research on user's mpg shows it right on top of their ratings (fuelly.com) of 25.6-26.6 for the 2.5L and 28.2-28.8mpg for the 2.0L. CX-5 compared/tested

The V6 AWD is rated 16/23. That is literally full size truck numbers and worse(2.7EB F150 4WD has a higher combined rating at 19mpg). Ram 1500 3.6 4WD is rated 16/23. The cx-5 is about half a second slower in the 1/4 yet gets a 24/29mpg rating (AWD). The V6 Cherokee AWD is rated 20/27 and is a low-mid 15 second 1/4 mile vehicle. It's just dated, badly. And that is why they have a replacement coming out very, very shortly.

"as good as you get for the price range" is not accurate at all. Drive a CX-5 and say that drives like an Equinox/Terrain. Just because CUVs/SUVs generally don't drive very well doesn't mean that they don't drive differently, better and worse, from each other. Just because it weighs 4000lbs doesn't mean it should and none of the competition weighs that much and they do away with better engine/trans combos for better fuel economy as well. Personally, I would give a CX-5 a shot before being stuck on one vehicle. I loved the one I drove and would have bought one instead of my Escape back when I bought that had they had the 185hp engine instead of the 155hp engine in the first model year.

Cost no object, like Frisky said, F40. If this has to be something I drive daily... ehhh lemme think more about that one. The 360 Modena would be a gem. That was one of the first cars I ever drooled over as a kid.

I thought it was a fair move. They're teammates so there's no way it would have been deliberate.. Not with that much time left. If it was the last lap... I could see it being a "reaching" or last effort move. I too am a Gordon fan and I was glad to see him earn an overall 24hr victory. I doubt it, but I wonder if he will be with them on the other 24hr races this year. I was worried the 911 was going to pass the GT. It seemed quicker when out on the oval but he just burned through his tires, it looked. That is one thing Ford said about their GT and the street version as well, that it is much easier than a lot of other cars it competes with on its tires. lol Yeah the prototype challenge class is a joke.. The other three all have GREAT competition and then there's them..

As did I. I probably watched waaay more than I should have but I definitely caught the start and finish as well. That finish.. Loved it.

Rolex 24hr is about to start, for those who enjoy that racing.

Pretty sure it's illegal to use information that you gained while working at a company.. I guess that's very blanket but it's confidential information that you only gained from working at said company. Not things like "how to use Microsoft Excel" but confidential information or researched information.

It's illegal to take information you learned and acquired through one company to use at another.

I thought the same. How in the world did the 'worse Miata' beat that crowd in best driver's car?

I was thinking the same thing. I heard about it years ago and it seemed to just disappear. Very interesting technology but I feel like I have so many questions.. Are they mounted to our current wheels? Debris getting caught within them? What's the ride even like? Hard? Soft? will they be performance oriented or comfort? Is there any adjustability like there is with tire pressure?

Well 2020(I think that's the next gen, right?) will be bringing a hybrid to the table! I REALLY hope that they do that with performance in mind rather then efficiency. I know it will be more efficient but I wan it all performance oriented!

At those power levels? The GT still have like 80hp and 20ish tq on those numbers.

Does anybody think they will ever throw in a twin turbo(EcoBoost) V6 in as a middle engine? Or even as a top engine? I'd love to see the 2.7 as a middle engine. 350hp/380tq or so. Still leaves a wide margin for the 5.0.

So there was thousands of square feet not occupied by anything? I didn't go this year but I've never gone when there was empty space that could just fit 10 more manufacturers. Not at all.

They've never made the trip to STL from what I can remember. I like going but the STL show really is kind of a joke.. It's nice if you're the average Joe looking to car shop because you can sit in everything the average buyer will look at all under one roof but that's about it.. Last year there wasn't a GT350 but there was an RS.. That's how the STL auto show works. There also just isn't all that much room for more brands even if they wanted to attend.

Sedan: CLS Coupe/Vert: AMG GT Wagon: CTS-V Wagon SUV/CUV: Wrangler because functionality is awesome to me aaaand XC90 because it actually looks really good to me. Truck: Raptor.. even though it is obnoxious I think it looks gnarly and in your face. Wildcard: X-Wing, I always thought these were so cool as a kid and Old's F18 got me thinking extra hard.

Damn, I'm sorry bud.. That's a rough start to the year, that's for sure. Good to hear she is doing better!

Fender flares and hood just aren't doing it for me.