I do a lot of driving and I like to look at cars and trucks. First of all, every single new car has that stupid touch screen/tablet above the dash that sticks out. I would never buy such a ridiculous looking thing that looks like it could break off easily.

Second I bought a Ford truck last year and I love it. The tailgate has stamped F150 lettering on it. I’m not saying Ford started that but ever since I bought the truck, I’ve been noticing that every single truck on the road has that type of lettering on the tailgate. Tacoma, Frontier, Ranger, Chevrolet. Have car companies given up? Cars used to have some personality. Each car had a different dash and stuff.

(I know I’m going to get a lot of “every car company has always copied each other since Henry Ford….” comments. Because that’s what Reddit is. Everyone always wants to be this super smart person and one up everyone else. Let’s just get that disclaimer out of the way.)

I recently had this 2024 Ford Edge as a rental car during my vacation... and yeah why does this thing exist? Here's my review:

Pros: none

Cons:

1. The 2.0 ecoboost turbo engine feels overworked and underpowered. I am shocked because you'd think a 2.0 turbo would be somewhat peppy but this one is not it.

2. Due to how the engine underperforms, it returns bad MPGs I was getting approx 24 MPG on flat highway and normal acceleration.

3. The hood design makes the corners looks huge and bulky and it's obstructing. During turns or parking, I had to be extra careful because it was difficult to eyeball how close I got to other cars or anything else.

4. The f**king infotainment. The HVAC is all integrated in that gigantic tablet. Apple CarPlay is wonderful in it, but the HVAC controls integrated underneath are awful. The temp and fan control are so small you need to fully concentrate on it to make any changes. It was so dangerous I had to rely on my wife to control the HVAC the whole time. I honestly don't understand why having phones while driving is illegal but these tablets get a pass. They're an absolute danger.

5. Seats are uncomfortable and the whole ride is uncomfortable. All the bumps are transferred inside badly.

First one is the original, the next one is my new lights ,which one do you think is better looking?

I'm on vacation here in italy and the TAXI had a 2011 Lancia Thema that esentially is a rebadged Chrysler 300. I was surprised, because these cars are normally something luxurious, being the same segment as an E Class or a 5 Series (E Segment), cars that here we consider relatively big. For a comparison, we consider Normal/big-ish a 3 series or a C class. The thing that surprised me more is that this thing in america is considered normal, how is a 5 meter car normal?

So for the past 2 months I’ve been trying shell’s touchless car washes and it just doesn’t keep my car clean at all.

for context I live in Canada and drive a 2021 Subaru Outback. Also it takes me just over 100km (65 miles) to and from my work every day.

I used to use a car washes with brushes but I let the internet get in my head that it can mess up/scratch the paint on my car. So since I drive by a shell every day on my way to work and fill my gas there I figured it would be convenient to use the car washes there as well… it sucks.

Am I missing something? I go through every single day, rain or shine, whenever I drive my car but it just doesn’t really get it cleaned very well. This is especially clean on the windows (especially rear window) where you can see the very clear windshield wiper blade path surrounded by grime. I have to take a microfibre cloth and wipe down the windows (and sometimes the whole car) after a wash just to clean them properly after going through a car wash.

Why do so many people love touchless car washes? Is it something specific about my vehicle that just doesn’t let it work very well? Is there any harm in me going back to my old touch/brush car wash? or is it just shell who’s garbage while something else like petro-canada would clean much better?

Carwow Drag raced the Revuelto and the SF90, the revuelto lost by 3 tenths (9.6 vs 9.9) are y all disappointed? Did you think it was faster?

Okay, for some starters, i go to a highschool in hick central Pennsylvania, im 17 and i have just bought this 2021 ranger XLT as a salvage truck and rebuilt it to get it back on the road within a months time. I often find myself getting alot of hate as its a "new ranger" and "older ones are better" and especially because it's "not a diesel" which is a majority of the truck parking lot at school.

Part of me feels like im missing out, but another part of me thinks im making a good decision financially because i have something that does good on gas and still tows more then whatever ill need or use it for. I really dont understand the point in buying a diesel as a daily in high school, between high operating cost and okayish gas mileage, its something ive set as a future goal.

The comments that i should sell it because its a "pos" definitely make me think about this more, i often find it comes from alot less successful people then vice versa.

(III never beat the daddies money allegations)

Tldr: receiving hate comments because i drive a new 4cyl turbo ranger then a 25 year old diesel with 300,xxx miles because im in high school and diesels are expensive less

The specs are: Top Speed: 305 Km/h. Hp: 727. Torque: 1.000nm. Weight: N/A but the Carboceramics weigh 25kg less.