Yes, this vehicle needs a good cleaning. But you have zero evidence of any of your accusations. Bravo to this long term vehicle owner.

I had a ‘78 Sunbird hatchback, 231 Buick V6-2bbl, 4-speed. It was my “nice summer car never driven in the snow” from 1978-2004. I added powder coated Vega GT wheels with Pontiac center caps, a Hurst shifter, and a posi carrier out of a Monza GT. I sold it to some guy who trailered it back to Ontario from…

My understanding: It represents a child crying because the parents spent all their money on the vehicle instead of the kid. Whenever I see one of those, I ignore that car and move on to the next one.

I am only 5’9” but I find my wife’s 2016 Fit to be very uncomfortable to drive, between the lack of legroom and very-entry-level front seats. OTOH, the headroom is beyond enormous. This is a car optimized for tall torsos.

How is “sending a person to the hospital for a checkup”, “going to cost more than totaling out a new Civic” (at least $25K)?

As a retired EE, I would appreciate a link to a more detailed article explaining this problem* and solution. I designed microprocessor based new products for almost 39 years and was intimately familiar with how to program N wait states for four various intervals of chip selects during an access cycle.

Fair point, but I mostly use my phone as an Internet browser in my pocket. Occasionally I’ll use the camera, or you know, the phone part to make calls. I almost never text. I don’t do email or shop with it. I have zero banking apps or credit card info on it. Where’s the risk?

I bought my first smartphone in 2014, a Samsung Galaxy S5. It still works; why should I replace it?

I bought a 2000 Honda Civic CX hatchback in 2004, one of the best/most satisfying cars I ever owned. By 2012 it was starting to rust and I got an estimate of about $2500 for rust repairs. We attended the Cleveland Auto Show in early 2012 and I sat in a Chevy Sonic hatchback; it fit me well with its tilt…

My first in my life track weekend was a “bucket list” event in 2020 at age 65. It was so insanely fun that I decided I had to do it again. The C5Z is so incredibly capable that I had great confidence, knowing that I reached my own limits while my Z06 was at most seven tenths of its limit. So far I have…

Does anyone have any real data documenting how many USAians track their cars? I sent that query to my local track, http://www.nelsonledges.com/. They didn’t have any hard numbers, but guessed about the same as I did, maybe 50-100K out of 330M. Something much fewer than one out of a thousand sounds…

In 2000 we bought an off-lease 1997 Pontiac “TranSport with Montana package”. It was the first year for the second-gen 1997-2005 GM minivans, based on the “U-platform”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_U_platform  So many thing broke on it that it was the motivation for this lifelong “Grew up…

Somewhat on topic: Earlier today I saw my first ever Cybertruck in the wild, in a grocery store parking lot. I LOL’d because it looks so much dorkier IRL than in pictures.

Pedant points: My first car was a ‘64 LeMans. While both the LeMans and GTO were upgraded versions of the base Tempest, this car has the upscale LeMans and GTO tail lights rather than the more simple Tempest tail lights. It also has a flat hood rather than the GTO fake hood scoops, so more accurately it’s…

Along those lines, Ohio also offers “In god we trust” plates.

Ceiling heights have varied over the years. I’ve only lived in houses built after WW2, all with an 8 foot nominal ceiling. See https://www.theexaminernews.com/a-houses-ceiling-height-has-evolved-over-the-years/

In 2004 I knew I wanted a lightly used 6^th gen Civic hatchback, but could not find one locally. I drove from Cleveland, OH to Buffalo, NY to look at such a car with one online photo and a glowing written description. Of course, when we got there it was nothing like the description. Two days later, I found…

I had to decide between the LT and LTZ trim levels when I ordered my new DD 2013 Chevy Sonic hatchback, built to order in August 2012 with the 1.4L turbo and 6-speed stick. I never had heated seats before that, and initially thought those were utterly frivolous. Once I experienced it with the LTZ trim, it’s like a TV…

It’s possible that I’m a statistical outlier.

My wife bought a 2010 Fit when she was 53. We prematurely replaced it in 2016 with a new 3rd-Gen Fit and she is still driving it at 67. Now, one of our nieces is driving a 2017 Fit in the same “Passion berry pearl” purple color, at age 32.