Crack pipe all the way - if you want a good inexpensive and reliable compact SUV, get one, not a FWD CUV!!

So - you don’t plan on getting old and prefer the alternative?

Yeah, it’s just you. Do you think they should design a different console for the automatic and the stick to meet your sensibilities?

The controller at the company I worked for then bought one in the same blue as the pictured - very good looking and performing car for the times.

Well, you know about opinions, right?

I am AMAZED at how many people are so mentally challenged that they claim “no one done got that there Eco Boost technology exceptin’ Ford, boy howdy!”

GTFO of here with that well reasoned logic - they’ll run you out of here on rails if you don’t join drink deeply of the dealer hatorade ...

Actually, a lot of premium brand dealerships will pick up and return your car for service.

LOL WHUT?

Well, that would be one less ‘hyperranging’ Leaf on the road, so that is a net positive to me.

I think I knew that guy - it was Dave, right?

That’s not what I see - max 50HP for dual port (I don’t think there were many of those and I know I never rode in one.

There are no 70's and 80's Japanese cars left in SE Michigan - they all rusted away decades ago.

Nonsense - it had a four speed stick. Ever hear of torque multiplication?

The beetle had far less HP than the Chevette and was certainly a far more ‘shitty’ car.

It must have been totally clapped out and needed a tuneup badly.

Really?

How about you do a little research and see how much HP all of the competitive vehicles were making in 1976?

How about you do a little research and see how much HP all of the competitive vehicles were making in 1976?

Actually, I knew several people who had them.