Don’t look at the later years — half a generation is a long time for manufacturers to catch up. Look at introduction years when you compare a car to its contemporaries.
>This focus on 0-60 time is stupid. Cars aren’t one-dimensional
Actually, for its era, considering the engine was a 2.5L I4, that wasn’t bad.
“Nightstalker” by Vince Capretta.
Needs to be a “sports” crossover convertible, not just a crossover convertible.
Know what I’m waiting for? Something like a BMW X6M Cabrio. Not to buy, but to exist. I think that actually is something that could eventually exist. Maybe BMW won’t do it, but Land Rover will do an Evoque Cabrio SVR or something.
You actually did the correct move. If you got into an accident with her unbelted, the bigger issue isn’t her getting injured, it’s your insurance company possibly being unwilling to pay out for her injuries because you were aware that she was unbelted.
Even though the guy probably thought, “My Civic has a spoiler for downforce, boy!” the reality is once he got above 90mph I bet the front end was starting to generate lift. At 110-115 it was probably enough lift to matter (even if the spoiler generates downforce in the rear, the car is still generating net lift,…
In this day and age I’m still absolutely baffled at people who fail to wear a seatbelt. The ability for airbags to help you is seriously impaired if your body’s movement isn’t constrained so the airbags can do their job safely and properly.
New Viper sales have not done well outside of the initial launch. They tanked hard in 2008 and sales never recovered, even with the new one.
Orlove should’ve known by now...
Yeah, they’ve gone up recently, but for a good while you could get ones in great shape for $60s-70s, with iffy ones down as cheap as $40K.
Geez Stef, you spelled Porch wrong. Get it together, for Jello Picnic’s sake!
1991 Ferrari Testarossa. This was the car on my wall as a kid (well, an ‘86 was). I even had found one in white. I even had the cash to buy it outright.
At this point I’d like everyone to picture the NHTSA’s massive Hazard Light Research Facility, housed in a large concrete bunker with a massive bank of orange lights that blink on and off, forever.
2002 Honda Odysseys for only $99 a month
Charlize Theron getting eaten by a lion. Ugh. What? Why?
Single, no kids, no need for cargo, four track days a year ... still a minivan?
Big Wheels > Power Wheels