Who's gonna tell him? 

Is it supposed to be a halo car, though? The “best of Toyota” is pretty clearly reserved for Lexus in the states, and people know that. In Japan, cars like the Crown and Century are the real top tier models.

I get your point about people remembering all Integras as the Type R coupe. Most of the people who are mad about this probably never owned any flavor of Integra and are remembering it through the magazines they read and movies they watched. Which is fine. You don’t have to own every car in history to like them or have…

Why is it not enough to just make it a good car in the same vein as the old car? As I mentioned in another post, it is startlingly similar to the last Integra sedan, at least on paper. Using the Civic Si hatch numbers, it’s within an inch of overall length. It’s within 200 lbs of weight, despite 20 years worth of…

I fully agree. I think if they had put a more retro-inspired body on it, like they did with the Camaro several years later, they’d have had a hit on their hands.

The ugly bit is obviously subjective. Acura’s corporate face certainly isn’t my favorite, but it’s downright comely compared to competitors like BMW and Lexus.

I keep seeing people say similar things about the Supra, and I keep coming back to the question of why does this matter? If the car is good, and this sort of business practice is necessary for it to exist, why do you give half a shit whose bin the parts come out of? 

I’m not sure how you’re coming to this conclusion. The Mach E and Eclipse Cross are both crossovers, which is why the names are odd fits. This Integra is a fastback sedan. The original Integra was a sedan or coupe. Why would they give it the ZDX name (also a crossover)?

Sounds like you need to finish that bus and go full nomad. With no rent, you could maybe afford to fix the Phaeton. Maybe 

There are only a couple that couldn’t be repaired using David’s method of “find one in a junk yard.” The V10 Touareg, the Phaeton, maybe the W8 Passat. With 4 Smarts, she's got her own parts store on hand whenever she needs it. I feel like the rest were sufficiently popular to create decent parts availability, and…

You think Tracy's fleet wins on condition? One of his Jeeps has more rust than all of the cars here combined. 

Okay, but I’m willing to bet you can’t see the ground through any of her floors. That means she wins.

So many duplicates. I get that there are some differences, like the model year or the engine, but what’s the point in owning 15 cars when half of them are ForTwos and Passats? Why not just keep your favorite example of each, then sell the rest to make room for something new or to fund one of your projects? 

2,056,407, Bob. 

Stuffing is real easy, and you don’t need some secret family recipe to make a great example. The internet is full of them. All you really have to do is saute some veggies (onion, carrot, celery are the usual suspects), mix those veggies into some cut up hunks of bread along with some herbs, salt, pepper, and chicken…

What exactly is wrong with the new hummer in terms of efficiency? If you are able to get your electricity from a renewable source (as easy as checking a box on your utility bill and paying a bit more money in many places), it’s probably better for the environment in the long run than my little Corolla.

Also, I think you’re misinterpreting the “re-brand.” To me, spinning Ram off into its own marque was not really an attempt to convince people it was a premium product or otherwise change the identity. It was an acknowledgment that the trucks made tons of money, but that people will eventually stop buying sedans and…

I mean, if my pockets were filthy, I could definitely see myself spending just south of six figures on a loaded TRX. I just think that such a preposterous vehicle deserves to be celebrated. 

You're not wrong about the media praise. But as we've seen, there are plenty of manufacturers that don't even get the initial quality right. And that's regardless of price point. 

I don’t know. Ram has gotten some praise for the interiors and features on their higher trim models, and they've long been considered the most comfortable trucks to drive because of their cushy suspensions. I’d venture to say that a loaded Ram 1500 at $60k would be a nicer place to spend time than quite a few “premium”…