Don’t forget tiny trucks!

Neutral: Lobby for alignment of safety and emissions standards with Europe so it’s easier to rebadge (or just sell, but I still think the public is more likely to buy a Dodge than a Fiat) small Fiats and Alphas. The market for small cars will always be small and fickle in the US, but there are significant profits to…

Uh, this logic is what brought us the Caliber. Try again.

Mazda—not Subaru, at least certainly not all of them.

In some places they have a “herbie derby” class of demolition open to 4 cylinder cars only. I once saw a 240 wagon have a field day. The driver didn’t even bother to back into the cars to make his hits, he just blithely drove into them frontwards, smashed the radiator on the second hit, and kept driving into them…

I voted CP because I can’t imagine using it for ANYTHING. But maybe that’s not an issue if you buying it as a collectible anyway. I’m not tracking a market for these, but it is definitely rare. Also, gets maybe 6 mpg on a good day—we had one donated to use as a “bus” at my father’s church when I was a kid.

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I believe it is possible for us to have our cake and eat it too, and I think that forward thinking car companies are already making it possible. Yes it’s true that enthusiast cars are a sales disaster in the US, but this is not necessarily true globally, and good reviews and press (often written by…

You’re a moron. That’s ok though, that’s why the latch system was invented. By all means use it. Auto makers and safety experts realized that many people had trouble understanding how to correctly install a car seat and most injuries in car seats were due to improper installation. Latch was invented to make it idiot…

This car.

I drive my kids to day care regularly in a 1994 Suzuki Swift GT. It can be done—ignore the other posters. Also, ignore your latch system. All modern car seats can be attached, and usually attached better (no wiggles) using the existing belts and the extra seat belt clip that comes with them. The process isn’t quite as…

I would buy one of these. Getting there is not a speed competition—doing it on a bike that I can pick up that also uses less fuel = win.

I read your article and agree 100 percent—but you know it’s really about the adventure, not the bike. As far as gear is concerned I don’t get “adventure hiking” either. Does it really take a $1000 pack and collapsible ski poles to go hike on the AT? No, but people like to spend money on gear even if most people that…

Yes yes yes yes. You get it. This is the fucking problem. I don’t have a problem with the EPA regulating race car emissions or anything else, I just have a major problem with the method of regulation, which means any modification is considered “tampering”, which is really what’s at the heart of all of this. I…

Wrong. I have to leave little notes on masking tape all over the car. “No keys work in this door!”. “Roll window GENTLY.” “Doors lock themselves when car is moved!”. “Pull handle GENTLY”. Etc...

Yes they would, but only in comparison to other more bulletproof Toyota motors. So the rotary comparison is a bit over the top, but I’ve had several cars with 1.8 4A series engines and all of them burned plenty of oil by 200k. That’s also a lot of miles, but other Toyota motors will go much longer, and it’s nothing…

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Don’t watch Rides Again. That’s the worst of the Herbie movies and makes Bananas look like a masterpiece. Only Love Bug and Monte Carlo are decent, and Monte Carlo has to make up with better racing footage what it lacks in character or plot.

OMG what we so need is a visit from the Equal Opportunity Fairy. Save us Torch!

Well then. That makes me feel better. Though I believe Mr. Laranjiera must have miraculous good fortune!