I think are are valid reasons for not choosing an EV, but the cost arguement is hard for me to comprehend when I look at the prices of the pickups sitting on lots. Just looking at a local Ram Dealer I would say the Median Price is probably 60K. I didn’t see one below 48k. It seems like more than a few Ev’s start below…

This is one of the more level headed comments I have seen on this. Both models are a mixed bag. Getting parts and service are a consideration when buying a new car, I work on the stuff I drive but if it’s under warranty I want a place close by that we can get it to and hopefully have the car fixed within a week. …

Fixed an oil leak on my wife's Subaru, replaced the fuel injectors on my pickup and now I have to track down a misfire and a bank 1 rich condition and helped a friend get a replacement engine in thier Prius and started for the first time.  Also pieced together the raspberry pi that will run the gauges on my MGB with…

I’m down for frozen Carbonite.  Wake up the next day to them looking like han Solo with a sawzall in thier hand

Counterpoint, 4 doors are better, and who cares about rarity when you can have one of the latter Cherokees that has more power and were better sorted by the factory.

I agree with a lot of this.  Of the brakes and engine were a tuneup and adjustment from being a nice driver the owner would have sorted this out.  Until you figure out the drivability issues and do diagnostics the are a lot of question marks but I think people who haven't sorted out old cars assume it's a prime…

“You have been backing up wrong, looking into your mirrors like some idiot.  My BMW has a feature that uses a camera to take video of what is behind me"

I’m having a hard time not being snarky. If you owned a car and accidently taped the turn signal or over cancelled it I have a hard time not imagining that your would notice it flashes 3 times. That’s how I discovered the feature ten years ago in a fiesta so basic it hard hand crank windows. I was under the…

I imagine there is a crossover between the people calling foul on this, imagine how many stops they could make at taco bell after midnight, and the people who say racist stuff and then respond "what...  It's true!"

A Crosstrek is in the same class and price point as a Mazda 3 or Civic which both have better interiors, great economy and will be much more fun to drive if that is your jam.

The recalls were so many and so convoluted that I bet tons of people missed the recall.  My 06 ram was two separate recalls like a year apart, one for the drivers side and another for the passenger.  I imagine a lot of people saw the notice and said, I already did that not realizing it was the other side.

Even if the light had been green on a bike I would look to see if everyone was going to stop. Even in a car I look because I got T boned going through a light that had been green for a few seconds before I got to the intersection.  I would rather stop and live than be right and die or delay myself a few seconds rather…

I must have wrong information or someone transplanted the 4.0 in an 86 because mine had a 2.8 and the only other option I was aware of was the 2.5 iron duke, in which case your really couldn’t get much of an engine in a Jeep in the day.

I imagine any drive by wire system is still going to have the same tie rods to manipulate the steering for links, the biggest difference is that the wheel has a shaft directly to the steering gear or rack and pinion.  If your are talking about the failure rate of this rod it is very low on a factory engineered…

Plus, strip interior, add roll cage and make it a racecar.  The base models are relatively cheap and offer a balanced platform with serious potential

The C5 should be higher up every list.  First gen with the LS, a tranaxel and they fixed the roll center so it doesn't lift the front tire in hard cornering and understeer.  

Only if the passenger compartment is in the front with a giant wheel in the back that tilts when it turns like the vacuum

Repairs would be comparatively cheap. You don’t need a paint room, have to spend hundreds on individual plastic fasteners and the office works have an easier time tracking down parts. Snapping together bricks is cheaper and less labor intensive than being a body panel ready for paint. Take away that and lots of…

I would say a Ford F250-350 dually with a long box crew cab.  Compared to gm and dodge pickups they seem to have a worse turning circle.  Add diesel just so they you lose responsiveness, add weight which makes stopping harder and may make finding fuel a little harder.

It’s probably not the worst, but putting your car in neutral or depressing the clutch to coast down hills. From a safety standpoint it’s not great because your can’t use the throttle to transfer weight in an emergency maneuver and a mistake going into the wrong gear can be dangerous or destructive but also many cars…