Bumpers that actually allow you to “bump” stuff without inflicting $3k+ in damage.

OK, so how do you recommend we move our grandfather clock?

*yawn* 25 years ago Ford was pushing 300k Rangers/year, while Chevy got over 200k S10 sales.  Let’s see if Ford can really move some metal with the Maverick.

Go with the obvious answer in suburban Cleveland at least - Jeep Wrangler. Get the 2-door, bang on it all you want and nobody will care, take the top down in the summer and have some fun. $20k might get one that’s a bit used, but you’ll get your money out of it when you’re done.

It’s one thing to say something negative about your employer in private.

Wouldn’t a more appropriate headline be “Incompetent ship builder forgets boats must be taken to sea?”  I imagine this isn’t a difficult situation to foresee if the bridge has been there nearly 100 years.

Bad radio reception, coupled with changing stations as you drove between cities.  One of the more annoying (or charming, I suppose) aspects of road trips was trying to keep music going, hopping from station to station and hoping to pull at least something in.

Lack of global standards that lead to additional engineering / certification costs to deal with patchwork local legislation.

That’s not superstition - it’s fact.

I thought GM already had this cornered via aftermarket LS swaps

And somewhere an old USAC official smiles and says “that’s how it’s done, boys...”

The easiest job in the auto industry has unfortunately passed - design team at Mercury.

So it’s a smaller, less powerful, yet equally / more expensive Accord Sport (at least when they made them with the 6 MT).  Sweet.

Changing your own oil is the worst 20 bucks you will ever save.  Worse than discount surgery.

In general, obstinate drivers.

2nd generation Buick LaCrosse. Comfortable, quiet, plenty of room, and struck a good balance between being appropriately-compliant on the road for a Buick but not wallowing through the corners. It was the car I sought back when I rented through National every week.

Knee-jerk is that it’s an even more-complicated solution to the “problem” the Envoy XUV was trying to solve, but then I saw Studebaker tried it first in the ‘60's:

“I would more expect a slightly restyled 2022 Honda Civic, but with two doors.”

Yes, Chrysler is known for its excellent working relationship with the UAW - especially top leadership:

This is one of many life’s questions where the answer is “Chevy HHR SS.”