I keep forgetting that people read Jalopnik that have desires other than oversteer and wheel spin. But seriously, I think comfortable/luxurious can exist with engaging and fun. My point was that there are more was to make a good car than the V8 and rear drive formula. Although, in this case - if comfy and luxurious is…

A) I was giving him some grief. He even laughed. A community of car guys should be able to joke around. B) Fuck you and die in a fire. C) I drive a Porsche Cayman S so if you think I dislike fast rear wheel drive cars, you fucking failed at reading comprehension. Don’t lecture people in the comment section - it’s…

You know, all medical insurance is required to cover mental health visit these days, so you could, you know, talk to someone about your belief that a 94 Town Car is good looking. :)

Alrighty, a 1990 Honda Accord LX stickered for $15,895 or so. Adjusted to 2014 dollars, that’s $28, 357. You can get a 2014 with the CVT and the 4 banger for $26,500. And that is with more than 2 speakers standard, a ton more power, much larger, a standard rear view camera and a plethora of features that were unheard…

Oh man, at first I thought someone else was correcting your post - and the usual “what is wrong with people on the internet” started going through my mind. Then I saw you were fixing your own and I laughed. Also, pretty funny.

Yeah, I’m curious, too. There are not that many cars that are sure to go up in value - and most of those are getting rather expensive to buy. It’s not a 2CV, is it? :)

You have failed economics, my friend. While the prices of cars have risen, they have actually trailed the inflationary rate. Increases in productivity and manufacturing, along with competitive forces have kept the car pretty affordable. My research has shown fuel and insurance costs are up a good bit, though less here…

You must not have watched your David Letterman waaaay back in the day. Dave had a crush on Connie Chung (or pretended to) and as she was married, it led to a lot of jokes involving Maury and such. I had forgotten it - or figured they got divorced since that’s the Hollywood stereotype. And I don’t see much of Chung…

Dammit! We just bought a CUV because the Allroad was just a bit out of budget and Outback just didn’t quite do it for us. I’d have loved to have another slightly off-road capable wagon to shop. I’m usually in the smaller demographic so I am used to having fewer choices - but what timing. We don’t buy for 4-6 years so…

It was the 80s. Dark times.

This is a great point - sort of. The CUV is a growing segment so targeting your products for the market is a no brainer. But Toyota already makes a CUV (or 3 really). When it was the first decent hybrid, the gimmick helped sell it. You can buy hybrids all over the place now. There’s no reason for it to look odd or…

Math wins! Unfortunately, that’s not true - marketing beats math on most days. People are not that bright - they see 29 mpg and 27 mpg and the brain stops there. Nice comparison, though.

I agree. Having traveled outside the US, MB has a pretty solid rep as a builder of utility and work vehicles that just doesn’t exist here in the states. The image issue is just too big a hurdle. I understand there are people dropping a lot of money on pick up trucks these days, but I really don’t think the King Ranch…

On purpose? I’m pretty sure. It’s a thing with some builds. Remember a lot of people want to be different. The other commenter makes some assumptions about lazy, but a quick Google shows a few manufacturers make mounting brackets and outside enclosures for hood mount. Not everyone likes the same thing.

The rum and Pepsi was quite terrible - but not as bad as that joke.

Wait - they attach hooks from cars to a cargo plane and that keeps it from taking off and the distance of the runway is the thing you mention? I just went and watched it - they hit a flap. Hilarious. However - I still content the length of the runway is not the problem in that scene.

I do not doubt this for a moment. Although my anecdote is from a looooong time ago. After high school, I worked the summer as the car wash boy at a used department of one of those megadealers. It had adjacent lots for Ford, Honda, Isuzu and something else. Now this was 1991 so some things may have changed but the…

You can if it’s knocked out of your hands. Are you looking at the video?

A 2003 C230 is total crap - say 3-4K? 30K in mods installed now worth half that? 15K, assuming they are quality and well installed. So maybe 18K? But that was before I read a “Mc Laren tuned” “race car” has a 900 watt stereo and an X-Box? Keep your ricer lies of my Craigslist.

I used to think that about the internet and idiots but there seems to be no bottom end to some people. I’ve stopped saying “No one is that stupid...”