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The car world has seen plenty of wild prototypes that promised everything and then vanished. McMurtry's Spéirling PURE has gone the other way. After years of breaking records and doing thin
When a Toyota is missing from a dependability ranking, people notice. And when that Toyota is the RAV4, people really notice.Because the RAV4 is not some forgotten niche model hiding in t
New luxury SUVs have a real talent for making wealthy people feel good and second owners feel smarter.That is especially true when depreciation gets violent.Because there are cars that los
There is a reason car ads suddenly get louder around the Fourth of July.Summer is usually one of those weird in-between stretches for car sales. Spring tax-refund buyers have already made
Car wash memberships are one of those things that sound smarter the dirtier your car gets.You sign up in a moment of optimism. Maybe it is winter salt. Maybe it is pollen season. Maybe it is j
There was a time when fuzzy dice actually meant something.Now they mostly mean the person driving either likes old-school car culture, enjoys ironic throwback accessories, or found them online for
When people see fuel economy numbers change, the first instinct is usually to blame the car.Maybe the engine got worse. Maybe the transmission tuning changed. Maybe the automaker got sloppy. M
A lot of people use “semi-truck” and “truck” like they mean the same thing. That makes sense until you stop and actually look at them.Because once you do, the diff
A used hybrid can be a really smart buy. That is the good news.The other news is that people sometimes shop for one the same way they shop for any regular used car, and that is where thin
A lot of people shop for used cars like they are shopping for avocados.They want the freshest-looking one, the lowest number, the cleanest surface, and they assume that if they can just find t
A lot of used-car shopping happens in a weird little fog.You are scrolling listings, comparing photos, trying to decide whether two cars that look basically identical are actually identical, a
Every year, car buyers get asked to imagine themselves as bold, expressive people.People who care about design. People who say things like, “No, I don’t want the boring one.”
Used cars are expensive enough now that people are starting to look in places they used to ignore completely. That is how government surplus auctions end up back in the conversation.On pap
Leasing a car has this annoying habit of making smart people act like they understand things they absolutely do not.You sit down at the dealership, someone starts talking in a calm, confident
A flat tire has a special talent for ruining your mood instantly.It never happens when you are relaxed and free all afternoon. It happens when you are late, already annoyed, parked somewhere t
Owning a Mercedes is one of those things that sounds very glamorous right up until the service advisor says, “Your car is due for Service B.”That is usually the moment the mood cha
A lot of used-car shoppers act like mileage is the whole story.They open a listing, see six digits on the odometer, and mentally move on before they even finish the first photo. Somewhere alon
BMW and reliability have had a weird relationship for a long time.There was a stretch where people talked about older BMWs like they were carved out of granite. The straight-sixes had a reputa
There are certain car problems people take seriously the second they hear about them.Brakes. Tires. Battery. Engine. Anything expensive gets respect immediately. Even people who ignore mainten
Some misheard lyrics just become part of civilization.Nobody even argues about them anymore. They just live there forever, lodged in pop culture, passed from one generation to the next like a
