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Congrats! Glad you found a ride with plenty of smiles per gallon

I've always liked the Mazda smile

The front end says long-chinned baby mustang to me and I can't get behind it, lol. Also it's lowered, so no dice :)

I was going to trade in our 2014 Forester when I get the truck, but she has been too great to get rid of her. 8 years and 115k miles of faithful service - she's got a couple hundred left in her, too, lol. I'm enjoying this thread, thanks for responding, all!

I went from a 4 speed a/t to a CVT. That gearing sounds so high to me, lol.

I'd live in eco most of the time anyway ;) Heck I've started looking for eco detunes already, lol. He made some fair points, just felt like he was looking for reasons to be snarky lol. I'll have to see if I can replicate the vibes. What's better in the segment? Not much :p

Bring back the cool ranch tacos!

I have the same concern. Love EV, love the push to make it mainstream, but northern central michigan is a dearth of infrastructure, EV or otherwise.

Fancy! We have the poor man's audi ;)

I don't think they should, really. It's OK to not have everything vertically integrated if they are more proactive. The 2024 Amazon Echo crossover and 2024 Amazon Prime EV will be big hits in 2023 ;)

A tricked out F-150 crew cab XL with the 2.7 would run me $1500 more than a base Lariat Ranger (Optioned the way I'd like them both), it's a tough call for me :p He definitely doesn't care for the Ranger, I didn't feel what he did with the tranny, I think the powertrain is one of Ranger's main...

Haven't had a coupe since my '03 Mustang... Couldn't go back to being that close to the pavement :P

It's not the speed that's the issue, it's the physical size. Fabricators won't pony up to build new plants/capacity for old silicon. https://fortune.com/2021/09/17/chip-makers-carmakers-time-get-out-semiconductor-stone-age/ I'll modify my original comment, because I do care to an extent. It's...

I work in a small town that's an industry hub kind of like you've outlined. :) That said, I don't care where something is made if it's made well. I'm proud that my Forester was built in Japan, actually.

She's a beaut! I'm having trouble finding an older pickup out here. Everything is rusted out or overpriced or both.

It's a $50 credit. :) Also, this thread title makes me want to reply with something silly, but I'll resist.

Curious as to what other vehicles y'all have. A bigger truck? A Prius? Ranger is in kind of in weird middle ground where it's a jack of many trades but master of few, so I imagine it's not the sole vehicle for some households. Edit: one of those others was supposed to be for motorcycles but the...

Cliff-notes: Manufacturers would rather take a chunk of silicon and make more, higher-margin chips than fewer lower-margin chips. Especially after automakers scaled back chip orders when the pandemic got going because they thought demand would drop. :) It's cool that they're going to work to...

The real news is that they're going to work on modernizing auto chips. Get them on smaller processes so they can make more of them per wafer and avoid de-prioritization because they're using old silicon.

It's similar to how GM is shipping cars without butt n hand warmers. Start stop removal should be a permanent option if it isn't already :)