Its like an inch and a half, youre an idiot. 

I don’t recline, but you are wrong.  As long as its a feature, no one is a monster for using it.

If you don’t like the lack of space when the seat is reclined, then pay for a business or first class ticket.

As he is in the last row, which typically has zero recline, he most likely opted for the absolute cheapest flight cost possible. You get what you pay for.

it’s a shame motorauthority fucked up

You guys! I did my small part to save the manuals and bought a 2019 GTI with one last week! I feel so proud. And it’s so much fun! The sad thing is is that it’ll probably be the last one I ever own, unless I’m able to have a third fun car one day. Gonna enjoy it for many years though!

I bought a brand new vehicle with a manual in 2019. I increasingly shop based upon the ability to get a manual performance oriented vehicle. It’s depressing how short my list was.

I did my part last year!

Not at all a comparable situation. Phone enthusiasts dont choose a rotary because it makes them more connected to the call.

This is such sad news to me. I don’t know why I care, and I realize that there is no logical reason to drive a manual but I prefer it to the point that I have never bought an automatic.

Well written, smart, fair piece. Hope you don’t get roasted for it.

Claire Daines also is confusing to follow in the dark and being able to tell if she’s going to stop or turn or what.

I would actually argue that an ECU is exactly what defines a modern car. We’ve moved on from carbureted engines. I dare you to find a single production car that doesn’t have an ECU (also, though less so prove my point and more of curiosity, are there any small-production cars that have no ECU? I’d be very interested…

I would argue that the first “Genuinely Modern Car” was the Citroën Traction Avant.

I forgot about the Ottawa Valley Land Rovers Club. How’s he doing these days? 

Ahhhhh, my age is showing here. I have been in audio/Speech Recognition/voice so many years. And I wanted to be an Astronaut when I was growing up. So this was all in my head. Glad to know that there are still people around who find it interesting.

The 2cv is one of, if not the car that began my love of ‘automobile’. In fact, it was my first crush going back to when I was 5 years old. I remember my parents’ cars (silver reliant K wagon and brown reliant.. urgh *shudder*) and then a trip to Belgium to see family and an aunt had two: a red one and a white one. I…

I had the same reaction when I read that. A 2CV... fragile and fiddly? Even a classic DS isn’t fragile (you could argue fiddly), but a 2CV is neither fragile nor fiddly. They are designed to (and will) run at max rpm for ages and they can be repaired with nothing but a hammer (and ductape and WD-40) by a blind monkey.

What you don’t tend to find are the more fragile, fiddly cars. The ones that need attention and love to keep them going. But in this 2CV and HY combo, that’s what I found.