I drove a 97 Eclipse, so yeah, I am familiar with them.

Its a thing. It’s just not a thing here.

No worries. I used to be called a lesbian all the time when I had the Forester (though I do wear flannel and love the ladies, used to call it my lesbo sled). GTOs are definitely fun cars. My brother in law just sold his and it was a beast. I’m not a huge GM fan, but those Holden cars are awesome. I’d love a Chevy SS.

Doing it for me, doing it for my financial security. Being “Stealth Wealth” means that when another great recession hits, I least still have money and not blowing it all off at once, unlike some people. :/

But you could be driving a GTO Holden Monaro

Eh, I’m in an old beater Accord now. Dad mode.

Although there is a big torque jump to the turbo 4, I agree as we simple Americans are confused when a 4 cylinder is an upgrade over a V-6.

Correct, you had to open the door. Move the seat up click on the car seat then move the seat back and then close the door. In a sedan. You open the door click in the car seat and close the door. Fín.

They aren’t paying for shit. Clavey drove it and liked it, now he’s benchmarking similar cars against it. That’s what you do in reviews.

Sounds like you should have bought a minivan.

Reverse:

So are a Jeep and an M2, and both are superior in their native environments.

It’s mostly the sound for me.

The Mazda 6 has good proportions for a front-driver, but the Mazdafender is ruinous.

Why would you pull a handbrake at speed and want understeer? I’m not following...

He could but it would cost him about $1500 which isn’t much less than swapping a used engine in so he is probably just going to drive it til it dies.

It’s in the stock location right now, and shielded off from the engine side by hard plastic. Basically the same as the stock box except using a cone filter and no shielding on the fender side, so in theory even more cool air coming straight from the holes in the front and side intakes. In theory.

I don’t have any issues with 3rd gens on road. I even tow with my 3rd gen. I’ve put 315,000 miles on it and it drives nicely.

I’m most likely going to buy a 5 speed 3rd gen and modify the fuck out of it strictly for overlanding.

27.7 inches according to any tire size calculator. Every Tacoma / 4Runner you buy stock today comes with 32 inch tires. This is a Jeep Renegade competitor and (as an FJ Cruiser enthusiast) it will be lame.