General Car Discussion

To be fair, 90% of drivers on the planet are fucking shit. To busy texting and eating and zoning out and being on drugs to not hit the walking humans on the sidewalk.

 

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a30361800/tesla-model-3-long-term-failure-stranded-while-parked/
I have no comment. Just, wow.

 

Yeah, as much as I like Tesla, their quality control is stlll not great.

 

50cc and 20mph is a fuck ton of fun on rough ground

 

Moped? I drove an 80s Honda Express once and that was quite fun. Also reliable as hell. The only thing I ever saw go wrong with those is the spark plug.

 

motor scooter, close enough

 

I suspected a motor mount on the Jeep was broken, confirmed that today.

Removing skid plates for maintenance is not something I'm use to from my speed boats...

 

Can we just...
https://www.reddit.com/r/Autos/comments/ei21r7/omg/

 

oh sweet fucking jesus that shitbox only gets worse

 

I have the permission to say you can wank the Defender now.

We need to find the person who came up with this glorious design choice...

 

Each day we stray further from God.

 

we have punched through rock bottom

 

Do you think, God stays in Heaven, because he too lives in fear of what he's created? - Steve Buscemi
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In all seriousness, did nobody who was designing the new 2020 Defender not notice how phallic that looks?

 

Agreed

Oh no

 

I feel like, with how shit the car is already, they went full-send and made it a meme machine.

 

Yeah, I’m not really happy with the direction they took the new Defender in (and I’m sure many agree with me)... but let’s be honest, save for keeping the old model going with minimal updates to comply with regulations, nothing they put out would have satisfied Defender enthusiasts (which I am not).

I’m sure it’ll be a decent off-roady SUV like the FJ Cruiser, but it won’t live up to the original. Anyone could tell you that.

 

At least the FJCruiser looked interesting.

 

I mean, they did sell the old defender until 2016... And the G-Wagon and Wrangler are both great selling and ancient designs.

Anyway, did I miss something? Aside from, well... The above... I haven't been keeping up with the Defender news. Last I heard the defender was better spec'd than the JL for off-roading, and it's not a bad looking vehicle IMO. Not amazing, but not bad.

 

Wrangler in particular is no longer sold in many markets for same reason as the defender was discontinued

 

It's not a bad vehicle tbh, I was just dissapointed with the styling.