On my previous car, I had some decent all-season Goodyear Eagles (205/55 R16) which performed fairly well for about 2 winters, cutting through deep snow and slippery conditions nicely, but when I finally got snows on that car the snows were even better. Having drank the snow-tire juice, I can’t ever see going back to…

Unless they are from Toronto. Then they suck. I blame them for all our early season crashes after a heavy snowfall....(I know it isn’t totally true, but given most of the accidents are happening on the north-bound lanes from the city, that’s what I go with).

I have to disagree that the cost/more expensive brand of all-season tire makes a difference. My car stock came with 215/45 R18 Pirelli all seasons. First winter I tried driving around with them because I didn’t have the cash to get snows for it, and it was like trying to drive on an ice-rink with slicks. And before…

Besides a ladder and a shovel, I’ve seen these at a few truck stops before.

Because even if you aren’t, the level of ignorance you’re dishing out no longer deserves acknowledgement.

Riiiigghhhttt. So, just how far back do you need to be behind you? 1/4 mile? Because this kind of suggests you don’t know of what you speak:

The answer to your question Torch is in your own article - $18.6 billion dollars in revenue. Ford wants a slice of that nice pie.

“...Or MS-CX-5...”

I really wish Jeremy hadn’t been kidding about calling the show “Gear Knobs”....

A co-worker of mine’s 70 y/o mother has an STI hatch. He brings it to work once in awhile when they are in Florida because it “needs” to be driven. Most exciting coffee runs ever in that car, but I get what you mean about the fuel and ride issues. Wouldn’t say the STI was a wrong choice, just not the right choice now.

Would still want an older Ferrari or Porsche though. Mmmm some 308 GTS....

I’m hardly lost, and know how to live life right, shifting my own gears, enjoying the back roads, and not having to coax anything out of my sweet Mazda6. What you are describing sounds like a little side show I heard about down in Tijuana.... No thanks.

Nice MR2. Wish someone would revive the small, budget mid-engine sports car again. I have to ask though, why did you choose the Camry? Assuming you bought new, there are other equally practical yet better driving cars available. Every comparison test I’ve read with the Camry included in the last 4 years, it’s never…

Not for nothing, but I’d still rather have my 10 year old Mazda6 GT 5MT hatch over a brand new fully-loaded Camry any day.

Is there ever any excuse to own the top car? The bottome car just makes me weep. To each their own as you say, but both those are car enthusiasm I just don’t understand.

I kind of took it as people who claim to be enthusiasts, yet continue to buy the appliance for no real reason when they could have something equally capable yet more entertaining.

See, my perspective of what constitutes an ‘enthusiast’ car has more to do with the positioning/actual sporting intent of the car than that if it is a MX-5 or a 911. When someone is in the market for a mid-sized seden, I don’t see the attraction to the Camry over the Mazda6. In your case, you’re looking at a…

Milage depends on engines - if it is 4cyl vs 4cyl, the Outback definitly wins. Depending on if the STI was a previous gen hatchback or not, I still think the Outback would have more cargo space.

Ah, but you by your own admission are proving Andy’s point: you compromised because life dictated at that time it was the right choice, but now that that circumstance is gone, you are free to (and are) choosing cars you like to drive, not cars you need to drive.

That must be a tough call, trading in an STI for an Outback, and I like Outbacks. I’m trying to think of reasons an Outback would be better than an STI and the only answers I can come up with are “need to haul more stuff” and “fuel economy”, and if I’m honest, I’d really be questioning how much I need to haul that…