Neighbor two doors down moved from the city to the suburbs and decided he needed a second car. He went to a leasing broker and said “I want the cheapest lease you can find me.” He ended up with a grey/black Altima. He doesn’t like it, his wife HATES it. Their other car is a newish Tucson so it’s not like the…

While I feel bad that you went through this, this was among the most enjoyable posts I’ve read here in a long time. It reminded me of an angrier, more profane Peter Egan (who was the reason I subscribed to R&T for so long) and I’m here for it. I love well written, personal automotive anecdotes.

I’m sensing a pattern here and I’m going to add to it: two Chrysler products from the mid-late 90s and both experienced in around 2008/2009.

First car I purchased myself back in 2015 - it was a two year old off-lease Infiniti G37x. Bought it as a CPO directly from the Infiniti dealer. I got hosed on the purchase, inexperience at work, totally my fault. Lesson learned. But that wasn’t the bad part.

I certainly care about safety but by “safety features” I meant the Birds Eye view camera/adaptive cruise control/etc. stuff. You know, the things that didn’t exist a decade ago, won’t age well, will be a fortune to fix when they break, and just kind of takes some of the thinking and carefulness out of driving. The…

Doesn’t come with awd for the increasingly infrequent snow we get here and no hybrid. My wife already complains about the mileage the Volvo gets, can’t replace it with something worse. I like the Carnival and so does she actually but, again, how will it hold up in ten years?

That’s what I’ve heard. Add the complexity of the hybrid system and who knows 

Honestly, I have nothing against minivans and would certainly get one but the Sienna is just so big these days. It’s two inches wider and 9 inches longer than the Highlander. My wife already has trouble with the Volvo Wagon, can’t imagine what would happen in a car that big. 

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I hate SUVs/Crossovers/Pickups. They’re too tall, too large, and get horrible MPGs without any of the “fun factor” you get from quick cars (unless you’re talking about an M/AMG/SQ/etc.).

I bought a two year old, off-lease G37x as my first car back in 2015. I bought it because I needed awd, wanted a small sedan, didn’t like the Impreza, and was cheaper than all the other competitors. The entire thing felt dated, from the engine to the interior. This was when Infiniti had just released the Q50 but for…

We love the Volvo except for the abysmal local gas mileage

I almost ended up with a Hyundai Tucson Hybrid.

Yesterday, I was in bumper to bumper traffic on a four lane (two in each direction) parkway. Out of nowhere, a car comes barreling up the right shoulder and cuts the car off in front of me. What was it? A modded, Florida-plated, tinted-windowed Q50. I assume he must have been SUPER late for church since he then used…

Well some of these stay in the U.S. to be sold to unsuspecting consumers.

Used to love walking around the east village, west village, and Brooklyn on nice days as there was always something cool to see.

First car that was “my car”? Dad’s hand-me-down BMW X3.

My wife and I moved to the suburbs and welcomed our first child all within the last 8 weeks.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of those people who wants an iPad in the middle of the center console and that’s it. In fact, I’m the exact opposite. I sat in a Model 3 and a Model Y for the first time this past weekend and thought “this is it?” when I saw the screen. Can’t pop the frunk or do anything without the big…

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I purchased a CPO G37x in the summer of 2015. I think this was around the time Infiniti was still selling a G37x new but calling it a Q40 after the introduction of the Q50, something I didn’t understand. But, I digress.