This is simple...I someone thinks you are cool, they will continue to think you are cool even if you have questionable taste in car colors and poor watch purchasing judgement. Reasonable people will give you a pass on these foibles if they dig your character

That is not how buy backs work. It’s a legal process involving paperwork. The buyer has to give the seller/manufacturer multiple opportunities to repair issues before lemon law is triggered. Service records must be supplied.

Agreed.  You might want a big torquey engine to keep vibrations down while highway cruising, but 80hp on a bike is a ton of power. 

I’ve owned and driven a lot of cars. Big hp on the street isn’t really that fun after the shock wears off.  Just give me a manual, and I’ll have a good time.  The sweet spot for street fun without stupidity is probably around 250hp if the cars not too heavy.

“Hey Elan, my good friend and fearless leader, can you fix this weird glitch that happens when I say things you don’t like?”

I’ve had a few Subarus but the CVT chased me away from the brand. Bad performance and low reliability are not what I’m looking for. The 2017-18 engine failure rates caused me pause as well. That seems to be under control now.

The transmissions are completely different and have had a very high failure rate for close to ten years. Google Subaru CVT service bulletin.

My GF also has the 08 accord with a box on top.  I wish it would die, but it refuses. 

I don’t think you’ll see the post CVT Subies hitting 250k regularly.  There’s enough service bulletins and warrantee extensions to make it pretty clear that the current crop of Subies won’t set any odometer records going forward.  But, they will get used pretty hard for whatever miles they have in them.  Sadly, their…

I’ll give you a pass on the IROC. But maybe reflect on why you want to barf irrational amounts of petrol out of the pipes of a glorified minivan so you can tap into its deep well of power a few times a year on a public road that can’t safely contain its over the top output.

As much as I diss Subarus for their wonky craptacular CVT transmissions. Go to any trailhead where the terrain is gnarly and requires fitness and expertise and the Subarus outnumber SUVs and 4x4 trucks by a good margin. Subies are a lot cheaper than the alternatives and real dirtbags work to live not the other way…

Hilariously I was totally prepared to be mad at the boring lame neighbors...But then...

And there’s a car show in the parking lot?

To each their own.  I think you could apply the same thinking to the club. 

Looking at my own car???

Ford was never choosing between helping or hurting people. They were and are trying to sell more cars. Nothing more. DEI initiatives are marketing, they broaden appeal, For most companies there is no moral imperative behind DEI activities. Now that the right has gone full blown open culture war, they know they…

This is confounding. If you are an exec at any company you are now forced into a terrible corner. DEI isn’t about “woke” it’s about broadening company appeal. It’s basic marketing. Everybody likes to feel represented by the companies they deal with. The far right has enough leverage to stomp out DEI initiatives…

The idea that the local decibel code only applies to modified cars makes no sense. Whether or not the car is modified has zero to do with whether or not it is violating local ordinances. I am sure the driver can lobby local officials if he doesn’t like it, though he may lose.

I used to go to car shows but then I realized that car shows are like strip clubs. You spend a bunch of time, energy and money just looking. My time is better spent enjoying who/what I have.

I enjoyed your post very much. But it’s anecdotes. I look at data through work and it shows much lower fleet wide major component failure rates over time with Toyota and Lexus. Cars don’t get to you until something breaks. Some companies do a far better job than others of keeping their cars out of your shop to…