Yes, there always been unreliable manufacturers, but Toyota and Honda both having issues at the same time? All while stuffing 4-cyl engines into full sized pick up trucks?

I don't think we should be cheering on slide of our living standard to third-world country status. I traveled to poor countries where traffic is 90% scooters. This is all they can afford. I hope we can do better.

Toyota still sells A LOT of Corollas, even in US. These are offset by Toyota hybrids that they sell a lot of. Domestic car manufacturers abandoned that segment at least partially because of CAFE.

Manufacturers themselves recommend crazy long oil change intervals, with 10K or longer, because, you guessed it CAFE and EPA regulations count oil changes against your lifetime emissions.

Shocking repair costs for EVs are not limited to Rivian. Hyundai EV totaled due to some dents on the under-body. Insurance is catching up to this, making it very costly to insure an EV.

Actually, Ford Maverick already exists. Surprisingly.

They actually did in every case I looked. The next question is how much a replacement starter costs on such car. It cost A LOT.

They do sell well in recession, which we are now in.

It is not just allowed but necessary, this way the whole article is commentary and not a copyright violation.

Thinner engine oils cause less friction between the components of an engine and result in a lower amount of energy loss from the movement in the engine, but engage reduced oil film thicknesses, which requires higher tolerances and better oil or it will generate more wear and limit durability. Basically manufacturing techniques and oil chemistry does not yet allow reliably do what is necessary. What they have now is similar to low-yield chip fab process, only they have not developed a good way to test it before installing the engine.

Just admit it already, you want to see me jailed for a crime of political differences with you. How liberal minded of you.

This explanation was discredited in every case. That reason was provided to avoid stop-sale order by NHTSA.

Absolute bullshit. a) Gas prices have no been stable; b) It is supply side that largely fluctuated, not demand; c) The biggest contributor to lower gas prices is the U.S. shale revolution, where a new technology allowed US-based production to increase.

In this context, less regulations is saner. Unless you think that anything that bad for car owners is inherently a good thing because everyone should be riding a bicycle. .

You are deranged. What crimes have I committed?