Car Talk 5: The Juice is Loose!

[dubshow]

Big oof 3.50 to 4.50.

https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=CA

[dubshow]

OH DANG! It went up 5 cents in 2019.

[Huckleberry]

Ask Max or anyone on the coasts.

Well, they dont count. They are an outlying exception in all things money and pricing.



Clearly the best to get the long of the .gov at 55.22 cents

PA is the highest. LOL

Congratulations, Governor Wolf. You out-taxed California.

[D Griff]

Is this not common?

I filled up with 87 for 1.80/gal

Ask Max or anyone on the coasts.

Don't forget that the entire East Coast isn't on the coast, flyover, yo.

[dubshow]

Well, they dont count. They are an outlying exception in all things money and pricing.



Clearly the best to get the long of the .gov at 55.22 cents

PA is the highest. LOL

Congratulations, Governor Wolf. You out-taxed California.

cali took them over in 2019 mahbro

[Huckleberry]

PA is the highest. LOL

Congratulations, Governor Wolf. You out-taxed California.

cali took them over in 2019 mahbro

Not surprising. They have to maintain that lead in the race to the bottom.

[dubshow]

cali took them over in 2019 mahbro

Not surprising. They have to maintain that lead in the race to the bottom.

exactly

but hey, THEY ARE THE BEST. And dont you forget it.

[Huckleberry]

Not surprising. They have to maintain that lead in the race to the bottom.

exactly

but hey, THEY ARE THE BEST. And dont you forget it.

Sadly enough, seems to be the Californian landscape for half the year anymore.

[Apex]

exactly

but hey, THEY ARE THE BEST. And dont you forget it.

Sadly enough, seems to be the Californian landscape for half the year anymore.

They should use all the from the streets to dump on the fires.

[Melon]

Greetings from Tejas: land of oil and gas.

It's $1.88 here.

[MexicanYarisTK]

Is this not common?

I filled up with 87 for 1.80/gal

Ask Max or anyone on the coasts.

regular is more expensive than tejas premium. But hey not like DC gas prices which are always

[Huckleberry]

Sadly enough, seems to be the Californian landscape for half the year anymore.

They should use all the from the streets to dump on the fires.

I'm sure that would emit the loveliest of scents

[Tar]

They should use all the from the streets to dump on the fires.

I'm sure that would emit the loveliest of scents

Quite a formidable scent indeed.

[dubshow]

https://www.facebook.com/stephen.covey. ... 044846480/

That rock got YEETED yo.

Woman. Check.
Drunk. Check.
M3. check.
#yolo

[dubshow]

They should use all the from the streets to dump on the fires.

I'm sure that would emit the loveliest of scents

prolly would smell like my office, currently. Had some beers last night to see co-worker off to new role in GA.

The fahts are real.

[CaleDeRoo]

I'm sure that would emit the loveliest of scents

prolly would smell like my office, currently. Had some beers last night to see co-worker off to new role in GA.

The fahts are real.

Oh man one single beer will set off my biological war machine of an ass the next day.

[Johnny_P]

I filled up at Wawa ( ) for $3/gal in NJ this week

[MexicanYarisTK]

I filled up at Wawa ( ) for $3/gal in NJ this week

Premium right? I haven't paid less than 3/gal since my mk7 was new

[Johnny_P]

I filled up at Wawa ( ) for $3/gal in NJ this week

Premium right? I haven't paid less than 3/gal since my mk7 was new

Gotta be. My car will explode on 87. That 1920s engine management system tho.

[Huckleberry]

Premium right? I haven't paid less than 3/gal since my mk7 was new

Gotta be. My car will explode on 87. That 1920s engine management system tho.

One reason why I chose VW over Subie. We're up to almost an $.80 gap between 87 and 93.

[Huckleberry]

I'm sure that would emit the loveliest of scents

prolly would smell like my office, currently. Had some beers last night to see co-worker off to new role in GA.

The fahts are real.

Yuengling farts are the worst. Used to get those back in my college days when I drank that sludge.

[Johnny_P]

prolly would smell like my office, currently. Had some beers last night to see co-worker off to new role in GA.

The fahts are real.

Yuengling farts are the worst. Used to get those back in my college days when I drank that sludge.

To hell with that beer. It doesn’t taste good and Dick Yuengling is a trumptard so meh.

[Huckleberry]

Yuengling farts are the worst. Used to get those back in my college days when I drank that sludge.

To hell with that beer. It doesn’t taste good and Dick Yuengling is a trumptard so meh.

Agreed. It is awful, but back in my college days, that was considered a "premium" beer by the peers.

You know, because it came in bottles and cost more than $15 for a 30 pack.

[wap]

https://www.facebook.com/stephen.covey. ... 044846480/

That rock got YEETED yo.

Woman. Check.
Drunk. Check.
M3. check.
#yolo

[Johnny_P]

Went to the auto show.

New Sonata looks bangin. Interior is great, minimal gloss black plastic. Super comfy, airy interior, clear info screens. It also looks a whole lot better in person, but the new LED to chrome transition strips do have a notable seam whereas on the pictures it doesn't look like they really do. Loved it. If I were getting a mainstream family sedan type thing it would be a top choice. This might have been my favorite car of the show because of its combo of great interior, killer looks, and cheap entry price.

New Outback is in person. Really super comfortable inside, great seat adjustment for tall drivers, good features abound and easy to see out of. Back seat was spacious enough. Cargo hold was great, a lot better than the Forester, which neither of us really cared too much about.

Small car award goes to the Civic Sport Touring. Felt nice inside. Spacious enough. Easy to see out of. The Type R was those seats and all were perfection. Want. Really want. I didn't look at many small cars this time but the Civic is the one to beat. The Elantra and Forte are close behind, but the Civic does feel more upscale than those. Then again the H/K are cheaper with better features so depends on what you want. I'd go for a 1.5T/CVT Civic.

Lisa can't get into the JLUR. Needed help climbing in. Nah. A Sport is a possibility. She didn't hate the driving position.

The Santa Fe was probably my favorite small CUV. Clean interior, solid switchgear and knobs, comfy, spacious. A runner up was the Honda CRV which feels notably more minivan like, but had a great use of space inside and in the cargo area, and super comfy seats.

New Fraud Escape is a complete fucking fail. It has the curb appeal of a 2-gen-old Chevy Traverse, and seats that have some stupid rump bump at the base that pushes against your ass in a very uncomfortable way. 10 seconds in those seats and I knew it would be a complete turd to own. Literally nobody was looking at these. There were 4 of them and nobody around them.

Chevy wasn't doing any better than Ford really. Lots of vehicles with nobody near them. Nobody cared. It looked like a rental car lot, mediocrity everywhere. The new Corvette was there. It looks OK I guess. I don't really care for it, the Camaro looks better.

New Rav4 felt a lot cheaper inside than the Santa Fe and CRV. It was a little disappointing. Fuel mileage is incredible with the hybrid. So its a good choice but there are some real daily use trade-offs.

The XC40 felt like some cheap also-ran with a bad infotainment system. Bleh. I'd probably take a Santa Fe 2.0T over it. I'd take an RDX over it too, which was really nice to sit in, but that touch pad.... I'd have to try it out because it seems like some gimmicky stupid Lexus type bullshit. Which brings me to....

Lexus GS... that mouse thing... totally unacceptable. It sucked. Flat out. Off the list. All Lexii with it are off the list. Not dealing with that.


So there we go. I think Hyundai / Kia had the best showing. Giving the people what they want.