A Horse With No Name

Ohhh absolutely yes. Thank god GM is in the clear of this mess! ...although I think I should be thanking the invisible flying spaghetti monster for this....

Agree completely. Part of my Mustang fetish comes from this dealer in 1971...We got a new Country Squire wagon that was blue....there was a blue Mach one in the service bay next to our wagon when we picked up our nice new wagon. I am the same way. I have a regular independent mechanic who works on my cars and he is a bit of a hike but worth it. And for dealership service, i sue a dealership on the far side of town, as their service is excellent. The dealer nearest me is god awful. My former boss Eric had to show them how to use their alignment machine to get a proper alignment on his teenage daughters car. They were literally clueless on how to operate their own equipment. One reason that I am thinking of buying a used Luxury car with my next automotive purchase. The bar really is set much higher.

Agreed.

Agreed! Internet is cool in regards to car buying. Would love to buy direct myself. Nor do they really want one. They seem very comfortable with the marginal quality provided by large corporations that do not have consumer interests in mind.

I woudl agree with hyper, but our dealership experiences are now very different. Kind of interesting in a way. When i was a kid we took our Ford Country Squire wagons to a small town Ford dealer, town was no bigger than 500 people and the sales and service departments shared the same counter. The owners two hunting dogs usually slept in front of that counter. You would be hard pressed to find 30 cars on the lot, new or used. Took my MINI Cooper S in for a recall on the power steering pump, went to Midwest Auto Group here in Columbus for the work and an Oil change. they are one of the largest European car dealers in the world, and have perhaps several thousand cars on hand. Pulled in next to a black on black 2017 Rolls Royce in the service bay, after pulling past several Ferrari's, Lotuses, Jags, Volvos and the like. Very, very different dealership experience! Thankfully, both dealerships offered free coffee... ...and GM's weak link is their dealer network. Dealer network is also holding back VW and to a lesser extent FCA and a few others. Will be interesting to see how this all plays out.

I really like your selections, but feel that personally I would add one more vehicle. Maybe a Ford truck... Raptor or F150 Ecoboost 4x4 crew cab. I think either would round things out nicely. ...and hell yes on the Challenger as SRT 392 rather than a Hell Cat. Love the HC, but the SRT 392 balances much more nicely with your other selections.

The new Mustang just invokes all kinds of automotive lust in me. I love that color scheme!

inspiration for the Alfa thing...really love these.... S2000 was putting down faster times than both of them.... 55 Chevy was another fine example of one of our domestics getting thrashed and properly abused! I have already owned one, hence why i do not have a 55 Chevy on my above list...

From yesterdays autocross....

GT360 and Caymen are two very different cars....I could see making room for both. Also, glad to see love for the Jeep Grand Cherokee here!

Oh hell yes...i would have one in my driveway!

This is why I want a Cocktail approach...I love the tech in the Mirai Hydrogen car, I love Sky Active tech from Mazda, wish VW had walked through the front door with the diesel thing, think the new Prius and the new Volt are both on the right track, and for that matter I love that a new Impala gets 24 miles per gallon on the highway vs 11 like when I was a kid in the seventies. And yes, having been to Europe and japan, we are so far behind in the rail thing...

There was a Chevy SS sedan at the Buckeye Miata Club autocross on Saturday. It was surprisingly nimble for its size. Nice Choice. For me; Chevrolet Volt, 35K; Black. (Daily) Subaru BRZ, 27K, premium, World Rally Blue. (fun car #1) Chevrolet Colorado Diesel, 40K. (Work truck)(Tow the inevitable race car also) Alfa Romeo 4c, 50K, Red, what else? Fiat 500 Abarth, just to piss everyone off, 23K....or alternately, and more likely, Ford Fiesta St, 21K....

Depends on the rates. But yes, people are factoring in the cost. I have a state electrical license in Ohio. Could make a pretty dime hooking these up if i chose to. But I am involved in a couple of other things, getting back into autocrossing, woodworking, coaching collegiate debate, and spending time with my wife and teenage daughter.

Brain damage.... To which i could cheat and add tonights presidential debate...sort of the equivalent of dressing up in academic gowns for a mud wrestling competition...

You mean like the untied States and high speed passenger rail service....

VW needs to have some sort of a unified marketing plan. Right now, they are grasping for straws. Agreed. VW has had reliability issues with all of their gas engines other than the 2.5 and the old non turbo 2.0. Fleet operators will take this into account when they make decisions.

Depends on use. For things like delivery vehicles and short range hauling, electric would be ideal. It is not like you are going to haul a Bobcat for construction work, small floral deliveries, catered meals, short range auto parts deliveries, or a small load of plumbing pipe from Columbus Ohio to Pittsburgh PA on a regular basis. The ability to plug in at night, be ready to go in the morning, every morning, and never write a check at the end of the month for a giant fuel bill will become very compelling in about another generation or two of electric trucks. AS far as ICE going nowhere fast, I fully expect ICE to be in use in 2065, one hundred years after my Birth. It is just that I expect Electrical vehicles to make a big dent in that at some point.

I think GM is very intelligent to stay with Electrics and hybrids. The infrastructure will be a very long time coming, if ever, for Hydrogen cars. Home charging will make a big difference. And yes to everything you just said.

I think this is actually a highly intelligent move.

Neat little car...miss my scion! Fungus... Will also grow on you...

I had a first gen we bought new. 262,351 miles later that scion saved my sons life when a crazy lady in a Hyundai ran into him and pushed him off of a highway overpass and into a ravine. Did I mention that crumple zones work real damn well in modern cars? Would love to have a modern Variant of that car, but none exist. The Kia is a nice piece, but it lacks the nimbleness of the Scion.

Quite good little cars but not really my cup of tea.

And we are seeing a crap ton installed here in Columbus. And this is why Diesel is pretty much dead...

Ohhh absolutely. Probably more reliable and more fun to drive as actual automobiles. i will gladly give foreign cars credit where credit is due, but our domestics are doing a fine job, really.