Traffic in Austin is fucking horrible. I’m sure it’s better than the Bay Area, but it’s still gridlocked on major roads all over the city from mid afternoon til well after dark, so you may want to hold that enthusiasm for manuals until you get there. At least it is very close to some good driving roads in the Hill…

Acura’s redesigned their grille like 3 times in the last decade and it still looks awful. 

I bought a new Outback 2.5i Premium for under $24k in 2013.  Were Crosstreks really going for the same price as Outbacks then?

You can get a yellow Fiat 500 or Lamborghini, and hardly anything in the middle.

Yep the feds around here all drive Expeditions and Explorers. Avis has Expeditions EL’s in their fleet. I had this one at ABQ las October:

Actually Tundra sales have been remarkably consistent the last five years (116k, 115k, 118k, 118k, 112k) and are on pace to be up slightly this year.  Not bad for a model that is 11 years old and hasn’t been facelifted in five.

At least you were able to do that. With my rental Captiva the key fob was already broken at 7,000 miles. And the sunroof motor. And the passenger door handle. And the driver’s seat fore-aft adjustment.

Fusion Sports are going for more like $26-28k right now, so I’m not really sure it belongs in this comparison.

Automatic car washes. That’s what got mine.

In grade school one of our carpool parents had a 3rd gen hatch. I remember the first time we saw it we wondered if we would be able to fit three kids in it, but it had so much space inside for something so small. I’m sure it was a deathtrap in collisions, but I do miss the space efficiency of 80's Hondas. Fortunately…

Not the coolest thing I’ve ever seen street parked- but my favorite photo that I’ve taken of an interesting street parked car just because ‘Murica.

We actually have some pretty cool and rare stuff in SA. I saw an R63 AMG on Culebra the other day: https://oppositelock.kinja.com/am-i-the-only-one-who-talks-to-non-existent-passengers-1823275287

The way people always slam on their brakes entering that damn tunnel causing things to back up for miles behind it even on weekends always drove me nuts. Especially since it always seemed to happen when I was trying to get out to the Turnpike to go to Seven Springs - don’t mess with my skiing time morons! It’s a tough…

Things I don’t miss about Pittsburgh: The Parkway East

The ProMaster diesel/dry-clutch combo was so bad they dropped it for 2018. It’s the Pentastar gas engine/6-speed AT only now.

It came back last year. I think on convertibles and Nismos only. Currently on offer on 2018 coupes according to Nissan:

Haha no I’ve only actually ever owned one yellow car. I certainly have a preference for them but it’s not a firm requirement.

As long as it continues to be offered in Chicane Yellow they can sell it until the apocalypse and I’ll be happy. More yellow cars!

I love the Cactus, but it won’t work here. I’ve seen several in Europe and they are just too small for the US market. Something like a Cactus but more like a compact in size would be much better.