"Voice of the customer" it's called. What it results in is the concept that if the customer doesn't notice or care about what you're putting into the product, you're wasting resources. Making it really good if most of the customers don't notice is waste.
Plus the Director or VP who gets credit for reducing the quality making it cheaper gets a bonus. The people who buy (or more likely lease) the vehicle, not so much.
"Voice of the customer" it's called. What it results in is the concept that if the customer doesn't notice or care about what you're putting into the product, you're wasting resources. Making it really good if most of the customers don't notice is waste.
Plus the Director or VP who gets credit for reducing the quality making it cheaper gets a bonus. The people who buy (or more likely lease) the vehicle, not so much.
Ain't life grand?
What's the book labor time rate on removing dead chipmunk?
As for reducing quality/cost, do they even compute "tarnished brand image" and "fails to meet expectations" into their accounting?
'18 Porsche Macan Turbo, '16 Audi TTS, Wife's '19 VW Tiguan SEL 4-Motion
"Voice of the customer" it's called. What it results in is the concept that if the customer doesn't notice or care about what you're putting into the product, you're wasting resources. Making it really good if most of the customers don't notice is waste.
Plus the Director or VP who gets credit for reducing the quality making it cheaper gets a bonus. The people who buy (or more likely lease) the vehicle, not so much.
Ain't life grand?
What's the book labor time rate on removing dead chipmunk?
As for reducing quality/cost, do they even compute "tarnished brand image" and "fails to meet expectations" into their accounting?
Usually only after it all went to s...t already. Sometimes it can be masked for period of time by overall industry sales growth, so the execs take credit for developments not their own making (rooster taking credit for a sunrise). Meanwhile they count bonus money.
Got a call from my primary care physician earlier - the results from the ultrasound I had done at the hospital showed a DVT (blood clot) in my left knee’s femoral vein. He raised my dosage of Eliquis (blood thinner) and wants me to make an appointment with the hematologist.
Over the last 24-36 hours I have had severe pain in my left knee making walking quite painful. Also, quite a bit of swelling. Hopefully the increased dosage of blood thinner will dissolve the clot before it gets larger. Always a danger of a clot breaking off which could be dangerous.
Things just don’t seem to be going well lately. Just hope I don’t end up as a hospital patient.
Ikea not only got rid of the weight, but also the aesthetics of old furniture. At least fintail could experience "pride of ownership" on both his old, and a new or newer Benz.
I have a few Ikea pieces, including my TV cabinet with matching bookshelves that form a wall unit. They are adequate quality, given the price. After heading for 15 years, the desktop finish on my Ikea desk looks a little worse for wear, but everything else has held up. There's definitely something substituted for price, but probably better and better designed than furniture one would find at a mass merchandiser. Biggest problem with Ikea here might be the zoo-like experience of shopping there - always jammed, time consuming layout.
Hope that all passes and you come out of it fine, abacomike.
Got a call from my primary care physician earlier - the results from the ultrasound I had done at the hospital showed a DVT (blood clot) in my left knee’s femoral vein. He raised my dosage of Eliquis (blood thinner) and wants me to make an appointment with the hematologist.
Over the last 24-36 hours I have had severe pain in my left knee making walking quite painful. Also, quite a bit of swelling. Hopefully the increased dosage of blood thinner will dissolve the clot before it gets larger. Always a danger of a clot breaking off which could be dangerous.
Things just don’t seem to be going well lately. Just hope I don’t end up as a hospital patient.
Just give the med time to work. What I prescribe for you now is some of that tasty Scotch and a good night's sleep. Let us know how it worked in the morning.
Dr. jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
Sorry to hear about clot Mike. If adversity makes you stronger...you should be like Superman by now. One friend has this motto on his emails - and I always liked it; Often daunted.......never defeated. Keep fighting back!
Ikea not only got rid of the weight, but also the aesthetics of old furniture. At least fintail could experience "pride of ownership" on both his old, and a new or newer Benz.
With Ikea furniture....not so much.
I am not a huge fan of IKEA furniture, but for price, style and comfort I would prefer it over the older stuff. I don't like sinking into some of those big overstuffed chairs, and they often have large cushions and the back slopes at a large angle so you are sitting in a reclining position. Then you need a few pillows to make you upright.
Kind of like the difference between driving a 57 Cadillac and a 86 BMW. Not saying one is better or worse, just depends on what you prefer. That is why they make different furniture....and cars.
Now we've got dishwashers that steam the dishes first. I want one that cleans them and puts them into the cabinets for me.
What happened, did your wife go off to visit her aunt again?
jmonroe
Because of her bad back, I do the laundry and removing the dishes from the washer. Anything that requires bending and reaching into the washers is my job description.
Kind of like the difference between driving a 57 Cadillac and a 86 BMW. Not saying one is better or worse, just depends on what you prefer. That is why they make different furniture....and cars.
Here's a nice solid piece of "furniture" that has lasted. (Yes, I know it's not a '57. It's a Brougham I saw at the local casino Sunday--beautiful.)
2019 all electric Buick Espire SUV concept to be unveiled at China's Auto Show this week. The 5-passenger EV will have an expected range of 375 miles, 0-60 mph in 4 seconds, and a fast charge of 80% in 40 minutes. Nice fluid design but will it be affordable. Enjoy the short video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr8xOedpgK4
Kind of like the difference between driving a 57 Cadillac and a 86 BMW. Not saying one is better or worse, just depends on what you prefer. That is why they make different furniture....and cars.
Here's a nice solid piece of "furniture" that has lasted. (Yes, I know it's not a '57. It's a Brougham I saw at the local casino Sunday--beautiful.)
That Caddie is nice...but, if given a choice, I would take the bmw.
2019 all electric Buick Espire SUV concept to be unveiled at China's Auto Show this week. The 5-passenger EV will have an expected range of 375 miles, 0-60 mph in 4 seconds, and a fast charge of 80% in 40 minutes. Nice fluid design but will it be affordable. Enjoy the short video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr8xOedpgK4
Well, we'll see, but that would take a helluva lot of kilowatts to meet those specs.
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Buick Expire (done on purpose) looks interesting. Not your father's Buick. I like that they took some risks and and are making a Buick...way more with it. I don't like pop up tablet media/gps screens so I think the speedometer should have been built in. The steering wheel sure looks different, may be easier to hold at 2 and 10 o'clock???????
I noticed even inexpensive cars can look and feel like they are more expensive and better built...if they have a nice solid well designed steering wheel. Sonata;
Hyundai does a nice job of making nice looking and solid feeling steering wheels. Nothing cheapens the feel of a car more than a really cheap steering wheel.
If we're going to pick 1986 BMWs, at least go for top of the line:
Its 1986 MB counterpart was also quite a car:
I agree, the steering wheel makes a huge impression and can make a big difference - as you are dealing with it for virtually all of your time inside the car.
I don't like pop up tablet media/gps screens so I think the speedometer should have been built in. The steering wheel sure looks different, may be easier to hold at 2 and 10 o'clock???????
I noticed even inexpensive cars can look and feel like they are more expensive and better built...if they have a nice solid well designed steering wheel. Sonata;
The Sonata has a good steering wheel but the design of the center stack and info screen has always driven me crazy:
The way they positioned the screen so it is offset to the left of being centered over the controls below grates on me.
Sadly I think that's exactly, when MB (and other Germans) went down in '90s and '00s. The biggest gremlins in MB cars were in electrical systems and you can see the scheme very clearly. Say, there is a relay, it's supposed to work 100,000 hours, or whatever for say $30/piece it's needed for it to last a proverbial lifetime. In 60s, 70s, "lifetime" for MB was 20 years, or 500K miles (or something like that, I don't know for sure). Then the accountants come in and say, let's shorten it to 10 years, nobody is expecting 10 year old car to work as new. Then another trend set out. Cars got a lot of new features, many keep coming. Electric this, power that, computer controls everywhere, all run by software. Short introduction cycles mean not a lot of time for vetting problems. Here is a solution - we sell a beta version for a full price and then "work it out" through reflashes at dealerships. You give a customer a loaner so he shuts up about the inconvenience and we all move on. The lease is over and the next owner better gets a certified version, or he/she pays thousands.
That Mercedes Benz is a truly gorgeous car, fintail. I would love to own a car like that - maybe a 1980 E or S Sedan. Those cars were built to last generations. Not like the cars of today.
As much as I love my S450, it has a mind of its own. Now, I am sure you are wondering what I mean by, "...mind of its own..."! I just mean that it is quirky - sometimes it does things without my wanting it to. There are so many buttons and switches with so many redundancies (i.e. mouse wheel and right behind that mouse wheel is a touch bar that does exactly the same thing as the mouse wheel), I would think that one of the computers or microprocessor is trying to control another computer or microprocessor.
Here are a few experiences I have had many times when first starting the car or while driving the car.
*I start the car in the morning and prior to putting it into gear, I want to adjust the temperature settings for the HVAC system. I go to the knob that has a red arrow pointing up and a blue arrow pointing down (you push up to increase temp setting and push down to reduce temp setting) and I start to make my selection by pushing up on the knob - low and behold the radio station setting goes to 93.1 HD2 from whattver I was listening to prior to pushing the temp button. Sort of like there is a "ghost" in the car that didn't like the temp setting I selected so it decided to change my radio station to a station I hate. That 93.1 HD2 is not a pre-set station, mind you.
*I'm driving on the highway and I decide to change the ride and handling setting to Economy from Comfort. I pull back on the correct lever and move the setting into Economy - low and behold the radio changes stations to 93.1 HD2 again. Mind you, I am no where near a button or gadget that would change radio stations. The "ghost" obviously doesn't like my Economy selection so it punishes me by changing the radio station to 93.1 HD2.
At first, I thought it was the "touch bar" located just behind and over the mouse wheel, that was causing me to inadvertently change an internal setting. So I go into setting and turn off the touch bar function. That did not solve the problem.
So I go to the service manager at my local dealer and he is a bit taken aback - but he recalls that in the E Class he drives which has the Premium 3 package, that a few strange things have occurred in his car - northing major - just strange ("STRANGE MAGIC" by E.L.O., ). He offers to take the car in and run diagnostics and have a mechanic research the problem, but I told him that it could take a week for them to determine that they can't find anything wrong. Remember, the car drives and rides great, but it is quirky, at times, when it comes to radio station settings. This happens infrequently, but when it does, I get a bit startled. I ask myself, why doesn't it change to a radio station I like or something other that 93.1 HD2? I have no idea. It just does this perhaps once a week, sometimes twice.
The service manager stated that it might have to do with a need for a software update. I just told him when I bring it in for its first service, we'll deal with it then. It makes no sense to try to determine the cause at tis point.
So, I have a quirky and/or sensitive car that just happens to love listening to 93.1 HD2 - I don't mind it so long as it does not decide to take possession of the entire car or take possession of me - I don't want an EXORCIST!
Ditto on the fintail, great car. There is a reason that older guys drive Japanese cars. I try to stick with those that are still made in Japan.
Hyundai does a nice job of making nice looking and solid feeling steering wheels. Nothing cheapens the feel of a car more than a really cheap steering wheel.
Nothing cheapens the feel of a car more, unless it's having the battery sitting on the passenger floor.
2019 all electric Buick Espire SUV concept to be unveiled at China's Auto Show this week. The 5-passenger EV will have an expected range of 375 miles, 0-60 mph in 4 seconds, and a fast charge of 80% in 40 minutes. Nice fluid design but will it be affordable. Enjoy the short video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr8xOedpgK4
Well, we'll see, but that would take a helluva lot of kilowatts to meet those specs.
BMW is introducing the iX3 electric as well, claiming 270 hp and a 249 mile range.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Probably you'll be able to buy different "ranges".
Actually it's rather senseless to build EVs with a range more than 250 miles. You'll pay a lot more for a 300 mile EV and rarely need or use that many miles in just one day, without stopping.
I often drive for a living, appraising cars, and I rarely, if ever, go beyond a 250 mile range in a day. I wouldn't pay Tesla another $10,000 to go another 75 miles.
I don't like pop up tablet media/gps screens so I think the speedometer should have been built in. The steering wheel sure looks different, may be easier to hold at 2 and 10 o'clock???????
I noticed even inexpensive cars can look and feel like they are more expensive and better built...if they have a nice solid well designed steering wheel. Sonata;
The Sonata has a good steering wheel but the design of the center stack and info screen has always driven me crazy:
The way they positioned the screen so it is offset to the left of being centered over the controls below grates on me.
BMW canted the centers stack towards the driver in most of their '80s and '90s models. I actually preferred it but the practice was abandoned when customer surveys showed passengers didn't like it because it made them feel "left out."
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
I don't like pop up tablet media/gps screens so I think the speedometer should have been built in. The steering wheel sure looks different, may be easier to hold at 2 and 10 o'clock???????
I noticed even inexpensive cars can look and feel like they are more expensive and better built...if they have a nice solid well designed steering wheel. Sonata;
The Sonata has a good steering wheel but the design of the center stack and info screen has always driven me crazy:
The way they positioned the screen so it is offset to the left of being centered over the controls below grates on me.
And now this car is ruined for me. Can't unsee it now.
2025 Jetta GLI Autobahn, 2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xE
But people get used to things, once they've owned the car a while. The center speedometer didn't seem to hurt Mini's popularity, and Tesla Model 3 owners don't seem to mind having their directional indicators on a center-mounted touch screen, for instance.
Now we've got dishwashers that steam the dishes first. I want one that cleans them and puts them into the cabinets for me.
What happened, did your wife go off to visit her aunt again?
jmonroe
Because of her bad back, I do the laundry and removing the dishes from the washer. Anything that requires bending and reaching into the washers is my job description.
Aw man, don't tell me you fell for that excuse.
About 10 years ago Mrs. j tried the back thingy on me. After about two weeks I wised up and acquired a back thingy of my own. Turned out hers healed before mine did. Everything went back to normal and she hasn't tried that again.
Sometimes you gotta man-up and fight back.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
If we're going to pick 1986 BMWs, at least go for top of the line:
Its 1986 MB counterpart was also quite a car:
I agree, the steering wheel makes a huge impression and can make a big difference - as you are dealing with it for virtually all of your time inside the car.
If I had to make a choice, I'd go with the Benz. The BMW has too many white spots all over it.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
I don't like pop up tablet media/gps screens so I think the speedometer should have been built in. The steering wheel sure looks different, may be easier to hold at 2 and 10 o'clock???????
I noticed even inexpensive cars can look and feel like they are more expensive and better built...if they have a nice solid well designed steering wheel. Sonata;
The Sonata has a good steering wheel but the design of the center stack and info screen has always driven me crazy:
The way they positioned the screen so it is offset to the left of being centered over the controls below grates on me.
To be honest, the small brake pedal turns me off more than the offset screen.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
Between the sonata and elantra I have been driving behind that basic dash for 3.5 years now, and honestly never noticed it being slightly off line. I will stare at the elantra next time I drive it but doubt it will start bothering me now!
and I never found the brake pedal to be smaller than normal. And I have big feet.
Got a call from my primary care physician earlier - the results from the ultrasound I had done at the hospital showed a DVT (blood clot) in my left knee’s femoral vein. He raised my dosage of Eliquis (blood thinner) and wants me to make an appointment with the hematologist.
Over the last 24-36 hours I have had severe pain in my left knee making walking quite painful. Also, quite a bit of swelling. Hopefully the increased dosage of blood thinner will dissolve the clot before it gets larger. Always a danger of a clot breaking off which could be dangerous.
Things just don’t seem to be going well lately. Just hope I don’t end up as a hospital patient.
So sorry to hear about your DVT problem. Not much to offer other my well wishes and to take your medicine and follow your doctor's advice. Get well soon my friend.
I think the 69 Fords started that off center dash stuff and I like it. It has been improved on since then and the Hyudai instrument panels are tastefully done...and it is nice to have the gauges and controls within view and reach of the driver. OTOH, the dash in my car is flat and not built around the driver, and I can see everything clearly. My wife likes the fact she can see the time and temperature from the passenger seat.
Now that's a brake pedal. Back in that era that's how Detroit made the power brake pedal at least on GM's with an automatic transmission it was that size. On cars without power brakes the pedal was smaller. Kinda backwards if you ask me. The brake pedal in cars today are not that big, maybe 3/4 that size.
@driver100 likes lots of glass, I don't like a puny brake pedal.
One thing for sure, @driver100 ain't buying a car with a skinny steering wheel like that Ford has.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
I think the 69 Fords started that off center dash stuff and I like it. It has been improved on since then and the Hyudai instrument panels are tastefully done...and it is nice to have the gauges and controls within view and reach of the driver. OTOH, the dash in my car is flat and not built around the driver, and I can see everything clearly. My wife likes the fact she can see the time and temperature from the passenger seat.
That light colored fat steering wheel must get filthy just going back and forth to the grocery store. :@
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
I absolutely loved that Ford dash design when we went car-shopping in the fall of '68. Very space-agey, cockpit-like stuff. But Mom hated it. Nothing for her to do or look at! Even the radio was out of reach. And the ashtray came out of the side of that dash pod which was a long reach for her. Needless to say, we ended up with a '69 Impala.
I want the radio and HVAC controls to the left of the steering wheel. so my wife can't reach them and mess with how I want them set!
Car rules in our household is no one messes with the drivers settings.
On a related matter, both of our cars have dual climate control control, which I think is ridiculous because how much temp difference can there be one seat away without the other seat being affected? Anyway, the first time in my '09 Genny when I asked Mrs. j if she wanted to adjust the temp on her side, I got a strange look. So I showed her how to do that. She said, "oh yeah, everyone needs a car that has that". She said the same thing about the backup camera on that car until it came time to buy her Subie. She still hasn't adjusted the passenger side temp when we are in her Subie. All I can say about that is, I must know how to make settings perfectly, radio included.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
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'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
I do the same thing with models I like or own. 69-72 GM trucks? They're everywhere! I swear it!
Heheh; sorry, I could not resist. Some typos are just too hilarious!
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
Plus the Director or VP who gets credit for
reducing the qualitymaking it cheaper gets a bonus. The people who buy (or more likely lease) the vehicle, not so much.Ain't life grand?
As for reducing quality/cost, do they even compute "tarnished brand image" and "fails to meet expectations" into their accounting?
2018 430i Gran Coupe
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Over the last 24-36 hours I have had severe pain in my left knee making walking quite painful. Also, quite a bit of swelling. Hopefully the increased dosage of blood thinner will dissolve the clot before it gets larger. Always a danger of a clot breaking off which could be dangerous.
Things just don’t seem to be going well lately. Just hope I don’t end up as a hospital patient.
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
With Ikea furniture....not so much.
Hope that all passes and you come out of it fine, abacomike.
Dr. jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
Often daunted.......never defeated.
Keep fighting back!
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Kind of like the difference between driving a 57 Cadillac and a 86 BMW. Not saying one is better or worse, just depends on what you prefer. That is why they make different furniture....and cars.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I wish you the best on taking care of that knee problem.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
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I don't like pop up tablet media/gps screens so I think the speedometer should have been built in. The steering wheel sure looks different, may be easier to hold at 2 and 10 o'clock???????
I noticed even inexpensive cars can look and feel like they are more expensive and better built...if they have a nice solid well designed steering wheel.
Sonata;
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Its 1986 MB counterpart was also quite a car:
I agree, the steering wheel makes a huge impression and can make a big difference - as you are dealing with it for virtually all of your time inside the car.
The way they positioned the screen so it is offset to the left of being centered over the controls below grates on me.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
As much as I love my S450, it has a mind of its own. Now, I am sure you are wondering what I mean by, "...mind of its own..."! I just mean that it is quirky - sometimes it does things without my wanting it to. There are so many buttons and switches with so many redundancies (i.e. mouse wheel and right behind that mouse wheel is a touch bar that does exactly the same thing as the mouse wheel), I would think that one of the computers or microprocessor is trying to control another computer or microprocessor.
Here are a few experiences I have had many times when first starting the car or while driving the car.
*I start the car in the morning and prior to putting it into gear, I want to adjust the temperature settings for the HVAC system. I go to the knob that has a red arrow pointing up and a blue arrow pointing down (you push up to increase temp setting and push down to reduce temp setting) and I start to make my selection by pushing up on the knob - low and behold the radio station setting goes to 93.1 HD2 from whattver I was listening to prior to pushing the temp button. Sort of like there is a "ghost" in the car that didn't like the temp setting I selected so it decided to change my radio station to a station I hate. That 93.1 HD2 is not a pre-set station, mind you.
*I'm driving on the highway and I decide to change the ride and handling setting to Economy from Comfort. I pull back on the correct lever and move the setting into Economy - low and behold the radio changes stations to 93.1 HD2 again. Mind you, I am no where near a button or gadget that would change radio stations. The "ghost" obviously doesn't like my Economy selection so it punishes me by changing the radio station to 93.1 HD2.
At first, I thought it was the "touch bar" located just behind and over the mouse wheel, that was causing me to inadvertently change an internal setting. So I go into setting and turn off the touch bar function. That did not solve the problem.
So I go to the service manager at my local dealer and he is a bit taken aback - but he recalls that in the E Class he drives which has the Premium 3 package, that a few strange things have occurred in his car - northing major - just strange ("STRANGE MAGIC" by E.L.O.,
The service manager stated that it might have to do with a need for a software update. I just told him when I bring it in for its first service, we'll deal with it then. It makes no sense to try to determine the cause at tis point.
So, I have a quirky and/or sensitive car that just happens to love listening to 93.1 HD2 - I don't mind it so long as it does not decide to take possession of the entire car or take possession of me - I don't want an EXORCIST!
Ditto on the fintail, great car. There is a reason that older guys drive Japanese cars. I try to stick with those that are still made in Japan.
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Actually it's rather senseless to build EVs with a range more than 250 miles. You'll pay a lot more for a 300 mile EV and rarely need or use that many miles in just one day, without stopping.
I often drive for a living, appraising cars, and I rarely, if ever, go beyond a 250 mile range in a day. I wouldn't pay Tesla another $10,000 to go another 75 miles.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
About 10 years ago Mrs. j tried the back thingy on me. After about two weeks I wised up and acquired a back thingy of my own. Turned out hers healed before mine did. Everything went back to normal and she hasn't tried that again.
Sometimes you gotta man-up and fight back.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
Wide brake pedal, too.
and I never found the brake pedal to be smaller than normal. And I have big feet.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
@driver100 likes lots of glass, I don't like a puny brake pedal.
One thing for sure, @driver100 ain't buying a car with a skinny steering wheel like that Ford has.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
On a related matter, both of our cars have dual climate control control, which I think is ridiculous because how much temp difference can there be one seat away without the other seat being affected? Anyway, the first time in my '09 Genny when I asked Mrs. j if she wanted to adjust the temp on her side, I got a strange look. So I showed her how to do that. She said, "oh yeah, everyone needs a car that has that". She said the same thing about the backup camera on that car until it came time to buy her Subie. She still hasn't adjusted the passenger side temp when we are in her Subie. All I can say about that is, I must know how to make settings perfectly, radio included.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl