Add the diesel ‘anything’ to the list of things Mazda is never going to deliver to the US. They’re talking about it to stay relevant - now would be a really stupid time to bring them over (even if they did have it figured out) because people are generally sour on diesels due to Volkswagen.

The 6 wagon or facelifted…

The really funny part is that this ‘efficiency’ that I speak of is based on technology and principles that are at least 30 years old.

The worst part about ‘airport security’ is that it only makes it easier for a terrorist to kill large groups of people - only now they don’t have to buy a plane ticket because everyone is stuck in line.

As someone who has worked in supply chain for 15+ years, it’s fucking ridiculous that a semi-automated warehouse can pick and pack 300 customer orders out of a 250,000 sq.ft. distribution center faster than 300 people in a line can get through airport ‘security’.

The manual airport bin system is designed to be as slow…

I used to work for Mitsubishi and traveled to Japan regularly. Your narrative that highlights the differences in commute between Tokyo and the other, smaller cities, is very real. I spent little time in Tokyo proper so I only experienced the ‘pushers’ once - and as a 6' tall white dude, it was super awkward to have…

Mercedes in the front, rental car in the back...

After two friends had their oil drain bolts cross threaded and one engine seized, I stopped going to Jiffy Lube...the dealer is right around the same price for me and their waiting area is much nicer. And if anything does go wrong, there’s no question who worked on the car.

Most of the replies are focused on ‘drum brakes’, not ‘drum brakes on air cooled VW’ - which is an invalid comparison.

I was sticking to the vehicle on topic - air cooled VW - I should have specified in the original post.

I own two air cooled VWs and both are converted to front disc brakes with stock drum brakes in the…

The main benefit of disc brakes up front is that they’re self adjusting - which drum brakes are not. They work better in wet weather as well.

Did they use Dodge Dart or Chrysler 200 tail lights on this car??

Selling cars on CL: I’ve had oddly great luck with selling two cars on Craigslist - one car, a 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue (don’t judge me) turned into a bidding war in the parking lot of my apartment complex and I wound up with $500 more than I asked - the second car, a bone stock, non modified 2008 Mazdaspeed3 GT was…

If the police ever got free reign on punching someone in the face, I’d be okay if they started with this demographic.

I completely agree!

Yeah, none of this is news to me - I’ve got plenty of friends with trucks that get taken off road - the ‘bro dudes around me buy them for bragging rights and they never get dirty. And there are more than I can count on two hands - not just two or three.

If I owned one, it’d be dirty all the time because I’d actually…

I have no dog in this fight but I’d venture to guess that at least 60% of these trucks will never see a real dirt road or off road use. They’re fairly common where I live and none of them even get dirty, let alone go off road. The three in my subdivision are almost always cleaner than my Volvo...

Getting a driver’s license in this country is far too easy...it either needs to get more difficult to obtain and maintain or a greater penalty for behavior that results in injury for others should exist.

People who cause collisions because they were on Snapchat, Facebook or texting should be banned from driving for a…

The car company will continue - the US isn’t their most important market and they know they cannot compete because the market has changed significantly in the last five years. Their car company focuses on kei cars and small cars - and the latter is a terrible market in the US. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mitsubishi…

I used to work for a daughter company of the parent - they do a lot of shit that doesn’t make sense to Western business but it works for them.

The producers of TopGear got what they deserve - you can’t force a duck to lay golden eggs.

ORD is a giant, outdated industrial bummer of a place - I primarily go there for international flights and use MDW for domestic flights.