I guess where I’m going with that is the original Supras weren’t meant to be track cars but instead very nice and comfortable road cars. Sure replacing the engine will make a mk4 lighter and more tractable, but as Toyota built it seemed more like a Japanese muscle car of sorts. Meanwhile a hardtop Z4 seems like an…

absolutely worthy of the Supra nameplate.

Seems prettier at night indeed.

Agreed. ‘Car-free living’ seems like a hollow promise when you’re stuck in the same type of architecture-free cookie-cutter apartment complex as the rest that exist in Phoenix. At least with the other ones you just get in your car and leave.

They’re calling it the 007? Isn’t that number heavily trademarked?

I mean, I watch bus reviews from Europe and Australasia, but they’re more often than not showcases of a new product rather than an in-depth review—though they do often remark on a few nuances that make the coach better or worse than the competition.

I’ve been on a walk in Northern Sonora when it was an indicated 123 F on the car’s temp sensor (so probably around 119 IRL). It was only maybe 500 ft though and we left the car running, so exposure was limited. That said, dry heat definitely doesn’t feel as hot as it could be.

Ah interesting, I stand corrected. Didn’t realize GM did anything mechanical to the Malibu past 2018.

But better than the Kia? Not to me. They look good enough for economy cars, but are still pretty basic. Also, I hate the ‘forehead’ grille of the Civic and DLO fails on the Corolla. The Kia adopts the long, flat hood and low roofline from more traditional sport sedan aesthetics.

The new Pathfinder uses an NA VQ V6 and a ZF 9-speed. It’s not the greatest in its segment, but I bet it’ll be more reliable than any Traverse, Explorer, or Grand Cherokee, and perhaps even the Telluride and Palisade.

Pressurized gas chamber bomb?

Have you seen the current Corolla and Civic? They’re pretty dumpy.

Your children will have 0 respect for you and laugh at you behind your back if you buy a Hyundai.

I mean, it’s an overpriced Kia Rio with a lift kit—it’d be more of a miracle if it wasn’t terrible.

The CVT never knew what I wanted it to do.

God, you know this site is on its way out when rage-bait like this only gets 70-odd comments—I remember the days of 700-odd comments, 100 of which were annotations of the lead image.

Wait, so you’re telling me these ‘help me buy a car’ posts come out long after the prompt has been submitted and the car has been purchased already? Well, there goes my immersion :P

Lots of jobs back then just involved calling people and filling out paperwork. I’m sure you could do that at home. Even better if you had a fax machine!

Meh, this site is on its last legs anyway. I fully expect them to nerf comments entirely by the end of this year. It’s been a good run.

Trolleybuses are even better. Dead-reliable and no big battery as a degradation liability. Sure the powerlines are unsightly, but at some point they add charm and only really need to exist on dense routes. I guess I just find it ridiculous that certain cities are getting rid of their trolleybuses for battery buses in…