Rants and WTF are you talking about and Coronavirus!

[Escape Artist]

Same than in brothels, for me quantity and quality are very different. Quality is also not only matter of performances. In US, you are stopped at 60 or 80 miles, so you can just test first gear, you compete with Switzerland and Japan where you are put in jail when overspeed, when my old lady small Audi clean left line on German autobahns weekly since more than 7 years now and still healthy. Ferrari or Lamborghini may be more performing, but in real life, on the track A5, A3, same like in the steep, I don't see them on high speed, or maybe guys who buy Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche are not able to push much above 200 for many kilometers. Like North Nurburgring is the reference to test cars, German autobahns with free speed and violent braking when Audi are amazed I kill front disks in 100000 kms, just because braking on high speed make metal going in very high temperature, are best playfield to test cars, not when cruising almost stopped. US, Japan and Western Europe don t have same standards for quality, US and most of Japanese cars are not ranked on quality for us, more worthing because cheap, or fashion like Prius before and now Tesla, not cars for my use when I sometimes drive 3000 kms on week end, Tesla are not able, not for my quality.

"The European Car of the Year ("ECOTY") award is an international Car of the Year award established in 1964, by a collective of automobile magazines from different countries in Europe. The current organising companies of the award are Auto (Italy), Autocar (United Kingdom), Autopista (Spain), Autovisie (Netherlands), L'Automobile Magazine (France), Stern (Germany) and Vi Bilgare (Sweden).

Nominees are judged on the following criteria: design, comfort, safety, economy, handling, performance, functionality, environmental requirements, driver satisfaction and price. Technical innovation and value for money are also important factors.

2022: Kia EV6.

2021: Toyota Yaris.

2020: Peugeot 208.

2019: Jaguar I-Pace.

2018: Volvo XC40.

Motor Trend Car of the Year.

2022 Lucid Air.

2021 Mercedes Benz E-Class.

2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray.

2019 Genesis G70.

2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia / Giulia Quadrifoglio.

World Car of the Year.

2018 Volvo XC60.

2019 Jaguar I-Pace.

2020 Kia Telluride.

2021 Volkswagen ID. 4.

2022 Hyundai Ioniq.

I see 4 Korean Cars, 2 Swedish, 2 German, 2 American, 1 French, 1 Italian, 1 Japanese, and one British car twice.

Looks like Korean cars are consistently rated pretty damn high and more American cars than French over the past 5 years.

[The Cane]

Your bias low quality eye data against forbes and google data as I posted links before LOL! And we supposed to believe your bias twisted eyes not just for cars, but also for girls look like your wow woman type chloe paquet LOL!

https://www.google.com/search?q=chloe+paquet&rlz=1 C1 HVJB_enJP908 JP908&sxsrf=ALiCzsb5 y3 THAXGvs3 eghNvpabvGbEtKhA:1653363509673&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2 ahUKEwjhzraFm_f3 AhUJBbkGHSaiASYQ_AUoAXoECAMQAw&biw=1600&bih=755&dpr=1#imgrc=idpUqBAEnFBQJM.

Look, this is old and ugly to my eyes, but you call her wow woman type LOL! Wow vulgar low taste LOL! But each their own LOL! How can you say she is wow woman type is my question mark LOL!

No, no, no! "Wow" is right. As in wow is she ugly! LOLOLOL! That's why I challenge mongers going on an on about their superior taste for quality to either post up or shut up. My 9 or 10 is your 5 or 6? Let's see then. And if and when we do? They almost always never do post! Why? Because this is often what happens when they do LMAO! The one thing I can usually say in their defense though is this. They were half right. Yes, that is indeed a 5 or 6 (or even lower) LOLOLOL!

[Ararat]

The easiest solution is to split Russia and take their Western border areas and make them NATO-supervised.

The NATO alliance is antagonizing Russia and should stop sending weapons to Ukraine. All that money could be put into helping homeless in the USA and starving people in the USA. Terrible waste of resources. There needs to be a buffer zone between NATO and Russia. Hopeful they can split Ukraine up and end the insanity ASAP.

[Escape Artist]

It's true that BMW and Mercedes scores terribly in terms of maintenance. But Audi scores very well. Far better than Lexus.

And are some of you people trying to write books now?

Laughable:

Consumer Reports Reliability:

Lexus #1.

Audi #7.

https://www.forbes.com/wheels/news/c...ty-study-2021/

CNN Business.

Lexus #1.

Audi #3.

https://money.cnn.com/gallery/autos/...-brands/3.html

JD Power ranks Audi 3rd from bottom:

https://europe.jdpower.com/press-rel...dability-study

Just to name a few. I mean Europeans don't seem to know much about Lexus.

[PaulInZurich]

You know only internet when I m driving between Basel, Dortmund and Aachen every week end = 750 kms, and I see so much more French cars

Since you "see with your own eyes" please list the top 30 models that you counted last time you were driving in Germany. Of course you know better than the federal office that deals with vehicle registrations, driver registrations etc. Then you wonder why people think you are a sad joke.

[Sirioja]

Anyone ever drive a Mercedes be series? Or an Audi A2? They're not exactly high performance vehicles.

Same than in brothels, for me quantity and quality are very different. Quality is also not only matter of performances. In US, you are stopped at 60 or 80 miles, so you can just test first gear, you compete with Switzerland and Japan where you are put in jail when overspeed, when my old lady small Audi clean left line on German autobahns weekly since more than 7 years now and still healthy. Ferrari or Lamborghini may be more performing, but in real life, on the track A5, A3, same like in the steep, I don't see them on high speed, or maybe guys who buy Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche are not able to push much above 200 for many kilometers. Like North Nurburgring is the reference to test cars, German autobahns with free speed and violent braking when Audi are amazed I kill front disks in 100000 kms, just because braking on high speed make metal going in very high temperature, are best playfield to test cars, not when cruising almost stopped. US, Japan and Western Europe don t have same standards for quality, US and most of Japanese cars are not ranked on quality for us, more worthing because cheap, or fashion like Prius before and now Tesla, not cars for my use when I sometimes drive 3000 kms on week end, Tesla are not able, not for my quality.

[Mr Ho]

You know only internet when I m driving between Basel, Dortmund and Aachen every week end = 750 kms, and I see so much more French cars, but not many electric Zoe, than Toyota or Tesla or Koreans, when I drive more kilometers in Germany than most Germans. But I agree Toyota, Kia, Hyundai sell many, but because cheap, not because of quality. When Swiss was not able to brake and his Mercedes finished in my back, no damage on strong old lady, when a plastic Toyota or Korean would have been destroyed and I would have missed to discover my superb Swiss, what I call quality with more than 600000 kms most often on high speed, unfortunately not same quality now with bad Asian electronics on new Audi, reason why and also for administration, I prefer to choose one with less electronics and not made in Asia at this time. S5 bought around 20000 will be prepared for very high speed when great balance, but Megane RS prepared on cup level is exceptional and more sporty than most supercars which couldn't follow in curves.

Your bias low quality eye data against forbes and google data as I posted links before LOL! And we supposed to believe your bias twisted eyes not just for cars, but also for girls look like your wow woman type chloe paquet LOL!

https://www.google.com/search?q=chloe+paquet&rlz=1 C1 HVJB_enJP908 JP908&sxsrf=ALiCzsb5 y3 THAXGvs3 eghNvpabvGbEtKhA:1653363509673&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2 ahUKEwjhzraFm_f3 AhUJBbkGHSaiASYQ_AUoAXoECAMQAw&biw=1600&bih=755&dpr=1#imgrc=idpUqBAEnFBQJM.

Look, this is old and ugly to my eyes, but you call her wow woman type LOL! Wow vulgar low taste LOL! But each their own LOL! How can you say she is wow woman type is my question mark LOL!

[DrPoon]

The NATO alliance is antagonizing Russia and should stop sending weapons to Ukraine. All that money could be put into helping homeless in the USA and starving people in the USA. Terrible waste of resources. There needs to be a buffer zone between NATO and Russia. Hopeful they can split Ukraine up and end the insanity ASAP.

Putin is not the only one had security concerns: In 2008, then-USA Ambassador to Russia (and current CIA Director) William Burns wrote in a State Dept. Memo that: "Ukrainian entry into NATO is the brightest of all redlines for the Russian elite (not just Putin). In more than two and a half years of conversations with key Russian players. I have yet to find anyone who view Ukraine in NATO as anything other than a direct challenge to Russian interests."

Russia has valid security concerns just as Australia has valid security concerns. China is invading their turf by trying to gain a foothold in the Solomons. It does not matter whether the Solomons invited the Chinese or not. Not that I would condone military action, byt the Australian PM's remarks about the Solomons being a "redline" are perfectly reasonable and expected.

While Russians may not be as rich as their counterparts in Western countries, the economic situation and life expectancy of Russians has steadily improved since the mid-1990's. Those factors alone earn Putin some goodwill and makes revolutionary mobs in the street unlikely. If staying in power was Putin's sole interest, then he jeopardized that by invading Ukraine, and incurring the wrath of Western sanctions. Not only that but war is invariably unpredictable. Even militaries that are vastly superior, get bogged down in forever wars..

[Escape Artist]

Putin is not the only one had security concerns: In 2008, then-USA Ambassador to Russia (and current CIA Director) William Burns wrote in a State Dept. Memo that: "Ukrainian entry into NATO is the brightest of all redlines for the Russian elite (not just Putin). In more than two and a half years of conversations with key Russian players. I have yet to find anyone who view Ukraine in NATO as anything other than a direct challenge to Russian interests."

Russia has valid security concerns just as Australia has valid security concerns. China is invading their turf by trying to gain a foothold in the Solomons. It does not matter whether the Solomons invited the Chinese or not. Not that I would condone military action, byt the Australian PM's remarks about the Solomons being a "redline" are perfectly reasonable and expected.

While Russians may not be as rich as their counterparts in Western countries, the economic situation and life expectancy of Russians has steadily improved since the mid-1990's. Those factors alone earn Putin some goodwill and makes revolutionary mobs in the street unlikely. If staying in power was Putin's sole interest, then he jeopardized that by invading Ukraine, and incurring the wrath of Western sanctions. Not only that but war is invariably unpredictable. Even militaries that are vastly superior, get bogged down in forever wars..

I feel that you're being pretty liberal with what you define as actionable security concerns.

[Mr Ho]

Let me tell ya, every time one electronic part failed in my Beamer or VW, the dashboard would light up like a pinball machine. Like I mentioned, great cars if you keep up with every little detail to perfection. But just like how I see so many older German guys get easily frustrated when small things don't go according to plan, their cars seem to be built the same way.

German electronics sucks! I stick to Japanese for electronics and also US is very good at designing electronics, just not so much their cars, but I like the recent Cadillac escalade designs! US should use their movie industry more to promote their car!

[McAdonis]

My point: Russia's security concerns and the argument that the West bears some responsibility by pushing Russia into a corner carries very marginal merit. Russia was losing the influence and economic wars and there was no legitimate concern of national security outside of Putin's concern that the West's influence in surrounding nations could garner support with the Russian general population. What keeps Putin up most at night is the threat of revolutionary mobs in the streets, not Western militaries.

Putin is not the only one had security concerns: In 2008, then-USA Ambassador to Russia (and current CIA Director) William Burns wrote in a State Dept. Memo that: "Ukrainian entry into NATO is the brightest of all redlines for the Russian elite (not just Putin). In more than two and a half years of conversations with key Russian players. I have yet to find anyone who view Ukraine in NATO as anything other than a direct challenge to Russian interests."

Russia has valid security concerns just as Australia has valid security concerns. China is invading their turf by trying to gain a foothold in the Solomons. It does not matter whether the Solomons invited the Chinese or not. Not that I would condone military action, byt the Australian PM's remarks about the Solomons being a "redline" are perfectly reasonable and expected.

While Russians may not be as rich as their counterparts in Western countries, the economic situation and life expectancy of Russians has steadily improved since the mid-1990's. Those factors alone earn Putin some goodwill and makes revolutionary mobs in the street unlikely. If staying in power was Putin's sole interest, then he jeopardized that by invading Ukraine, and incurring the wrath of Western sanctions. Not only that but war is invariably unpredictable. Even militaries that are vastly superior, get bogged down in forever wars.

If the Russian economy collapses and inflation and economic insecurity increases, all bets are off, and the Putin regime will eventually crumble. That said, economic dissatisfaction can endanger Western countries just the same. In many Western countries where working class wages have stagnated, this has fueled populist movements, which most academics identify as a direct threat to liberal democracies.

[Sirioja]

I guess it depends on your definition of "many". According to Kraftfahrt Bundesamt (drink the internet a little) in 2021 by sales volume first French car is Renault Zoe at position 29. Ignoring German cars, Fiat, Tesla, Skoda, Hyundai, Seat, Kia have models that sell better than the best selling French car.

You know only internet when I m driving between Basel, Dortmund and Aachen every week end = 750 kms, and I see so much more French cars, but not many electric Zoe, than Toyota or Tesla or Koreans, when I drive more kilometers in Germany than most Germans. But I agree Toyota, Kia, Hyundai sell many, but because cheap, not because of quality. When Swiss was not able to brake and his Mercedes finished in my back, no damage on strong old lady, when a plastic Toyota or Korean would have been destroyed and I would have missed to discover my superb Swiss, what I call quality with more than 600000 kms most often on high speed, unfortunately not same quality now with bad Asian electronics on new Audi, reason why and also for administration, I prefer to choose one with less electronics and not made in Asia at this time. S5 bought around 20000 € will be prepared for very high speed when great balance, but Megane RS prepared on cup level is exceptional and more sporty than most supercars which couldn't follow in curves.

[Pistons]

It's true that BMW and Mercedes scores terribly in terms of maintenance. But Audi scores very well. Far better than Lexus.

And are some of you people trying to write books now?

[Escape Artist]

Anyone ever drive a Mercedes be series? Or an Audi A2? They're not exactly high performance vehicles.

[Escape Artist]

German auto is great for attention to detail and precision. Downside is the matter of reliability when a part becomes less precise. Other systems often become affected.

Let me tell ya, every time one electronic part failed in my Beamer or VW, the dashboard would light up like a pinball machine. Like I mentioned, great cars if you keep up with every little detail to perfection. But just like how I see so many older German guys get easily frustrated when small things don't go according to plan, their cars seem to be built the same way.