Back in the early 2000s I was riding with my family on 695 near Baltimore and on a summer night our windshield was hit with a blue icy slush. There was no other vehicles around and no overpasses for someone to throw something at us. It hit pretty hard too. If there is any thoughts that anyone has to explain what that…

I’m not surprised. My wife has a 97 outback and while some issues pop up from time to time, nothing has been a big enough deal to cost more than the value of the car. Like I said, the new imprezas will probably be fine. But if there was an option, I feel like I would still trust the Japanese built one more. It kinda…

The “J” at the beginning of the vin was definitely one of the reasons I decided on my 2015 Impreza. It wasn’t a deciding factor but it was a plus. Honestly, I’m reasonably sure the new Impreza will be built to the same standards as the previous generations built in Japan but the phrase “Made in America” doesn’t…

Yeah, I have seen them in person and it still just looks kind of weird to me. The back end looks like an elephant used it as a chair. Same thing with the Mercedes CLS.

Well being that minimum wage is $10 in only certain cities and Federal minimum wage is only $7.95, basically doubling the cost of an unskilled workers is going to put a serious load on the operating cost of a business. When you increase the cost associated with running a business, that cost will be offset by either…

It seems like the people who think that an increase in the minimum wage (which also increases the price of goods and services) will solve their problems of not making enough to live comfortably, are the exact reason they don’t get paid more. If you can’t comprehend basic economic, you shouldn’t make that much money. 

Karting is a mostly safe way to find out who should not be allowed to be behind the wheel of a car. I remember seeing a man drive a kart straight into a plastic barrier at full speed when he panicked after taking a corner too quickly.

Yes for those kind of low speed accidents, the bus would obviously be the better vehicle to ride in, but in single vehicle or high speed accidents, a safety restraint of some sort would definitely be beneficial to the occupants. Most of the deadly bus accidents I have seen seem to involve large stationary objects like…

I guess that’s true, but I would think that there are far more bus accidents that resulted in serious injuries or deaths that could have been avoided if there was some kind of restraint. Its kind of like not having multiple airbags in your car because it might difficult to get out of your in a very specific…

I feel like that is the case in most states. Well, at least some form of incompetence when it comes to the public education system. Oftentimes the money set aside in the budget seems to grow higher every year with anything to show for it. At least if we can help the kids get to school in safety, that would be a good…

Maybe, but in states like mine, (PA) we a specific school tax. It’s basically your property tax but it is supposed to go to funding the school system. This is the kind of thing I think most people would support when it comes to at least a temporary increase. I mean seriously, at least they could find out how much it…

The last time I didn’t pump my own gas it made me so anxious. I was tempted to just get out and tell the guy I would do it myself but I didn’t want to cause a scene.

I’ve heard that before and it might be the reason it was initially decided, but realistically if it is just for kids who can’t unbuckle theselves, I would imagine that any child over the age of 10 should able press a button. At least give them the chance.

I never understood why if you don’t buckle your child in a safety device of some sort in your personal car, you can get in some serious trouble with the law. While on the other hand, you are supposed to allow some person you have never met drive them all over town in essentially a big steel tube with no safety…

After seeing one of the Chevy commercials on TV advertising massive discounts, my wife asked me why we never got discounts like that on the Honda or Subaru vehicles we have purchased. I told her, “that’s why people think that dealerships are always trying to scam you.” “If you can drop that much money off the price of…

Late 90s Nissan Sunny super saloon. Rented on an island excursion in the Caribbean. The islands total population was about 250 people. The Nissan’s total lug nut population was 12. Not very confidence inspiring. The amount of damage on the vehicle when we picked it up was enough to have it totaled by an insurance…

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They can take my 5 speed Impreza from my cold dead hands!

They should offer a super hardcore 911 model with no back seats and the engine situated farther forward. Based on the other limited production cars they sell, they would probably sell out before any of us even knew it existed.

I never understood the point of an AWD system as worthless as the one in the CR-V and other crossovers. I guess it’s mostly for marketing. I just watched a video yesterday of different AWD equipped vehicles trying to get up a steep hill. Most of the crossovers except the forester were just an embarrassment.