Exactly. The “experts” I have heard on the radio say they will likely see a minimal hit to GDP in the coming year or 2 then stabilize. It will be chaotic for the currency in the short term but it is likely some folks will make some money off of this trading. Since most of the folks on this site seem to be anti-Trump,…

An Si was coming up behind me at 5am this morning. I knew it was a Honda but thought it was an Accord, with different lights. The Civic is so large now. In a car generation or two, the Accord will be the next 2-3 row SUV and Civic will be the large Sedan/hatch option the way these and other nameplates increase in size…

$23k before the normal several $k off that Hyundai or the dealer will throw at it.  I have sat in Elantra GT and thought it was nicely executed for the price point or even slightly above.

Especially as a kid in the single digits, upstate NY, who rarely got to see new and cool sports cars. I can tell you now, it is one of my early memories and it was cool! Saw it at Whiteman Chevrolet.

I remember the Aerostar now but didn’t have a few seconds to google it yesterday to confirm RWD. I did not know that the Previa was, then again, there were only a few of them in my area.  Good info.

Question about the big foot pedal listing, do people actually put their entire foot on the accelerator?  I have found that most cars get dicey when wearing anything size 13 and over (wear 14 sneakers, 13 dress shoes crammed into 12 dress shoes at one point) and you hit the toe end of the shoe on the underside of the…

What minivan other than the Astro was ever RWD in the US? I had some good times with the RWD Astro we had growing up in upstate NY snow.

Hmm, applying the current state of liberal politics to this? I really hope it is sarcastic but given how a bunch of people think in the country currently, I can’t be sure.

No more interesting cars being made locally, the sign couldn’t take looking at a stream of crossovers instead of a sweet HSV or Falcon running around. A quick search around the HSV site though shows that they offer up the Colorado as a “sportscat” model, kind of looks like a ZR2 but lowered, only offered with the 2.8 d…

Exactly. As much as I want Corvette/Camaro type power in my future electric car, I don’t have it now so having a ton of power isn’t the priority, more range out of a smaller battery is key. I bet we see more platforms launching with a more realistic amount of power, more comparable to cars in the $20-$30k range now.

Hyundai Sonatas, at least the regular versions. Sonata PHEVs are made in South Korea, maybe the hybrids too.

Can’t say I have seen one without conduit, it is generally being run from one light to another.  Maybe construction codes and practices are different where the OP is from.

Can confirm that the Sonata Plug In Hybrid, uses the engine for heat, not AC.  If you call for 70 degrees in the car and it is under 55-60 outside, the engine comes on.  For AC, no engine needed and the penalty for having it on doesn’t seem too great.

The Jeep will just make you look like a tourist. Not sure what convertibles the rental agencies are running but at the time I went in ‘08 it was Mustangs, Wranglers and Sebrings I believe. Locals drove the Toyotas with either no rear box or a home made box. Believe other comments below regarding a soft top, get…

Ground clearance is one reason, the other is that it makes it easier to go over obstacles that smaller wheels would get stuck on. Think of a small pebble wrecking your day on something like a small Razor scooter, causing you to flip over vs riding a mountain bike over the same pebble. The scooter flips, the bike keeps…

Thanks for writing so I don’t need to type the same thing.

Better read up on business cycles then, recessions are normal and we are way overdue. The average is starting to stretch in recent decades but I believe the average length of growth is around 3 years, average length of recession is 1.5 years.

Because we are actively seeking info on the ‘Vette, Chevy isn’t force feeding information, we are digging for it and trying to verify rumors.  Toyota has been pushing the marketing materials for the Supra for so long no one cares anymore.

One killer around my parts is that in 1988, $100k would have bought you a nice, classic colonial - basic 3-4 beds, 1.5 baths, ~1,600-1800 sq ft. Now that number is over $700k, for the same that hasn’t been touched since before the 1980's. As much as I love cars, the house (quality town, schools, etc) comes first. Not…

Western NY is one of the few places buying a snowmobile makes sense.