Forgot to mention. Mine has a LSD, brakes from a much bigger car, and everything works. No CEL, emissions all in place, cruise control. Zero torque steer, smokes both front tires in a straight line, you can let go of the steering wheel.

I have a K24 (TSX) swapped Insight. My best tank so far has been 48mpg and I expect 60 is within reach with a light foot. Car weighs under 2000lbs with a full tank of gas, A/C and power steering, and heavy CR-Z seats because my back likes them better. JSYK, there’s ZERO torque steer, presumably because of some magic…

A friend of mine was a project manager for a contract manufacturer with plants in India and I’ve dealt with India based contractors before as well.  Lying about progress/QA metrics in order to “save face” seems to be more common than other places hence the “triple checking” at every point along the way.

Again- I’m referring mostly to far East manufacturing, less so Mexico, but compared to workers in the US and EU, how great are conditions and compensation for Mexican workers, really?

neutral: sure do! I like to a J in my vins country code location. the idea of buying local has merit but what i really want is a really well made car.

This. Nothing irritates me quite like it. I remember a few years back, Celestion started making speakers in China. I’m not super happy about that (I have a soft spot for British made stuff, I guess) but I thought, at least if they’re making them in a place where the labor cost is like 5% of the UK, those 15 Watt…

Sort of this- I care less what country, these days nothing is really 100% anything anymore, but I do like to know if something is really a rebadged other thing. My experience has been the more Japanese the better for the last...kinda long time, really. The 4 Toyota products I own/have owned the last 15ish years have…

Are you seriously trying to get us to believe that an average Chrysler/Fiat product is almost as reliable as an average Toyota/Lexus product?

My 2003 Toyota Corolla, made in America, went at least 100,000 miles before any bulbs went bad. Replacement bulbs, however, notsomuch.

I have three Toyotas. Two were made in Ohio, one in Japan. The only one with problems is the Japanese one (oil control rings problem from a subvendor). The ones made in Ohio have been rock solid.

So Mitsubishi is hoping Nissan can nurture it back to success.

My first cars were a 240Z and a 84 Subaru GL. The sealed beam headlights were as effective as a dwarf hanging from the bumper with a candle in front of a reflector. Still didn’t hit things and any new car would be miles better. I will grant that the headlight upgrade options are outrageous because they seem to always…

Counterpoint: Fuck your “better” headlights. Don’t get me wrong, you should totally get the better headlights. If you don’t, you’ll be blinded by everyone else with the better headlights. My sealed beams had no trouble illuminating the road ahead until everyone else got halogens. My halogens were sufficient until…

Jetta passes, 28xx-29xx, seats 5 (3 car seats across the back, even), gets better than 40 mpg highway, and can be had, well equipped, for less than $20k.

Such Clickbait! I think everyone knows when it comes to cars you need to pay more $ to get better shit! More expensive cars also come with better brakes and tires too don’t ya know... Even the cheapest headlights of today are noticeably better than the best headlights of 30 years ago and people still somehow managed…

This is why I oppose excessive registration fees, personal property tax, or anything else that serves to incentivize owning fewer vehicles.

I agree with the Fiesta, and those lights got rated “poor”

Neutral:

Politicians who don’t know what they’re talking about?  Say it isn’t so!

Lol at the only two new options available.