How dare they say ILX is slow... it has the power of the Civic Si!!!

 

Love how all the individual models are Nissan and Chrysler products...and then Acura comes in swinging with worst overall.

 

The 1G TSX was such a good vehicle. How did they do it so wrong? Many poor choices from Acura.

 

I was perusing Audi's website and I saw this under future vehicles: https://www.audiusa.com/models/audi-s5-sportback

I had no idea they were doing a coupe sportback a la BMW's 6GC.

 

^ that has been in the works for a few years. If i recall correctly, the Sportback has been available in other part of the world. So it is not "new"

A5/S5 sportback will be the direct competitors to 4 series GC.... it s just a matter of time before Mercedes joins the party.

A7/S7 is for 6GC.

 

good stuff

Showdown: Chevrolet Camaro SS vs Cadillac ATS-V - The Drive

 

Holy Barn Find! A BMW M1 Was Hiding In A Garage For 34 Years

Wish i could find things like this.....

 

RIP Mustang Mike, died in his sleep of a heart attack.. only 45. Damn.. was just watching a vid of him doing some digs @ e-town a few weeks ago
He seemed like a great guy and drove one of the quickest Mustangs in the nation. Definitely the quickest procharged Mustang.

 

You ever see him race at e-town @F23A4?

 

I haven't gone to Etown too often in the past several years so I've never heard of Mustang Mike. But this is awful news.

Im seeing so many folks in my age range succumbing to heart attacks.

 

Yeah.. everyone stay / get healthy and get that ticker checked.
Mike was skinny and appeared to be in good health.
I don't think my heart could take one dig in that thing.

 

The name rings a bell, from forums over the years.

 

https://www.statista.com/chart/7424/...d1ff-295428897

 

holy shit. i didn't know uber is that big already.

 

$62 billion in just 7years is unfathomable

 

That's market evaluation.. it's a measure of their growth not a measure of their rev / assets.

Uber valuation vs market cap of publicly traded stocks - Business Insider

 

Fuck Uber.. they're growing but other companies are doing it better. Uber doesn't offer anything original.

 

Do elaborate? Who's doing better? Isn't that purely subjective and based on your potential locale? Uber blows all the rest of the ride sharing in LA out of the water and i use them twice a week.

 

Dont forget Volvo, GM, and every other BIG player has a piece of that pie.
Ford managed to get their autonomous Fusion looking like a regular Fusion without the large cameras hanging atop the roof for their Version2.

 

This is a pricey idea

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/b...500-per-month/

 

I don't know. $1,500/month and you get the concierge, maintenance, insurance, and cleaning as well? What's the typical finance rate on an Escalade or CTS-V? $900-1,000+ a month?

 

How so? By numbers and availability? Ninja please..

 

besides Lyft and calling a buddy, I don't know of any other ride sharing services but Uber.

And it seems to me, that Uber is more established.

 

Of course Uber is more established, its global and backed by Google. But they fuck over the drivers. Most drivers are making barely over minimum wage not considering their overhead to keep their cars in working order. Plus they don't allow tipping through the app, who fucking carries cash anymore?? Again.. 20 fucking percent.. Fuck Uber. It's worth a longer wait for lyft or another local ride sharing app imo.

 

We only use Lyft based exactly on this ^. Every driver we've had for the past year has said they drive for both but typically spend the majority of their time on Lyft because they're fair to both the driver and rider, where Uber is all about the rider. Lyft usually, no, always ends up being cheaper for us to use. The last Lyft driver we had was telling us the nightmare situation he had with Uber not agreeing to pay for his cleaning costs for 3 out of 4 times a drunk passenger puked, in one case pissed, in his back seat. Lyft on the other hand approved all pretty much instantly. Needless to say no more Uber for us.

 

I will say these driving services have added a plethora of jobs albeit not high paying.

 

Same feelings - I used to use Uber frequently, living in the city and all. I even signed up and drove for them - I made only 1 trip and felt it wasn't for me. It was a 8 mile trip across town, and I got $5. Driving a 335, it doesn't make much sense at that rate. I can think of so many better and more efficient ways to make $5. They do have the Uber Select program which my car being black qualifies for - and gets you paid more - I considered going for that route but after doing that 1 trip I really kind of felt like I didn't LIKE doing it. lol. I would rather be doing what I love such as photography. Anyways.

After I read up and found out about Uber's business practices I decided to stop using it unless nothing else was available. I don't like the way they screw their drivers and don't support it. I started using Lyft last year and have enjoyed it. A lot of my friends drive and most of them are far happier with Lyft. I think there are a couple other ones too. With Lyft they get paid day of rather than weekly like with Uber. That is pretty big. So if they need some cash they just go out driving for a few hours. Some of them are doing it as a primary source of income and they love the flexibility.

It's wild that these services initially threatened and started taking away from taxi services, and people were like wow, they are really making an impact in that sector. And now, they are even affecting auto sales, worldwide. Pretty wild. I wonder what's going to happen in the future. I also notice like many many cars downtown have an Uber or other service sticker on them.

 

Another thing I tried doing recently is Curb, which is the same as Uber and Lyft except it is for Taxis. The one thing that annoys the hell out of me with Uber and Lyft is when a driver shows up who has no clue about where they are going. Or they are spaced out or just weird. You don't have these issues with Taxis. The cool thing with Uber and Lyft was the convenience of not having to manually deal with payment on arrival. Well Curb also takes care of this through the app. Previous to these services I would often use Taxi Magic app to request cabs. There are goods and bads with either, as with anything else.

 

The Kia Stinger GT Is Kia's Fantastic 365 HP Rear-Wheel Drive Sport Sedan

 

Finally saw "Apex: Story of the Hypercar". I won't lie, I fapped a few times throughout the movie.

 

I've only been putting off watching that for like 5 years.

 

Kia Stinger GT.. wtf?? It's middle of nowhere just like the genny coupe.

 

Fucking'a $5x,xxx too.. hell nah.

 

i came across this article yesterday... thought it is an interesting idea and probably the start in the direction that car ownership is heading...

 

The price on this jeep is crazy but the work and attention to detail to me is amazing.
2015 Jeep Wrangler Starwood SEMA Unlimited RUF-NEK Dallas, Texas | Starwood Motors

 

Looks like the price is based more on the labor than the parts

 

pfft.. not even a hellcat drop in.. no thanks.

I'm going to repost this agains because it's fucking awesome

 

Well.. with the release of that bullshit Dodge promo for their new Demon platform.. I think it's all but confirmed that it's a widebody Chally that's tuned up and built for the straight

Dodge Challenger ADR prototypes spied with massive rubber - Autoblog

Does it make sense considering they already have the drag pack.. I guess the difference being it's street legal.
Anyways..

 

Here's the bullshit promo.. not worth watching..

 

In other news, they're going to release the Jeep GC Hellcat aka Trackhawk in NY as well..