[gibsonguy]

My wife worked at GM and in one of the buildings she worked there was an entire floor dedicated to CAFE compliance. A huge space with many people. Cars used to built with style, comfort and performance as the main goals. Those 3 are secondary to “how do we build are car that meets government mandates that people can afford?”
Exhibit A: Do you think anyone actually wants a car that shuts it’s f’n engine off at every f’n traffic light?

[PGR88]

Those 3 are secondary to “how do we build are car that meets government mandates that people can afford?”

If cars could simply be built for value - I am quite sure engineers could easily build and market a comfortable car that would last 400,000 miles and cost under $10,000

[sheana]

I just had a rental that did that. Irritated the F out of me. You could feel it power down and then had to wait for it to power up when you pushed the gas to go after a red light. Sometimes I’d get a jerk out of it because I’d punch the gas and then there was a delay so it got the gas all at once. I hated it.

[headstamp 2]

[[[Do you think anyone actually wants a car that shuts it’s f’n engine off at every f’n traffic light?]]]

I’m hearing more and more of these vehicles on the road. How utterly ridiculous. It would drive me crazy.