Since the question is which brand is most beloved, I’m gonna go with Subaru.

I’m sure that none of these will end up hermetically sealed into the collections of autocrats. I’m sure every single one of these will end up being used to give their owners the purest driving experience possible and in 5 years, you’ll see them all with tens of thousands of track miles on them, scuffed and scratched…

Goodson claimed she brought the gun for her own protection, which is a reasonable thought to have when traveling to Australia since every bit of wildlife there seems intent on killing you. Including the kangaroos.

I grew up in the 70s, pre emissions controls, back when smog and acid rain were serious problems, back when just tossing garbage out of your car on the side of the road was a thing, back when most natural water (lakes, streams, etc) was either full of pollutants or trash or both, I got to see my country see this was a…

Jesus, lighten up francis.

As a gen x who has anxiety and depression and all the things, we were the first ones to say, this seems like a problem (while our boomer parents continued to say “that’s not a thing”). We were the generation that asked “Why are we like this” rather than the typical boomer refrain of “ohmygod…

No. That’s not it at all. If it becomes as easy to find a place to recharge that’s just off the freeway like every single gas station on I-65, people will buy electrics. Right now, you need an app and a map to find charging infrastructure that’s usually in a creepy ass parking lot several miles off the freeway.

All of the best drivers were also the recipients of dominant cars. We’ve all see how much Verstappen’s driving abilities are worth when his car is no longer head and shoulders above the rest- suddenly, he’s a good driver but quite beatable and mostly a raging asshole.

I’ve got a friend who LOVES his flex, to the point that he’s put up with 2 blown engines to keep the thing running. Apparently that v-6 is not the most solid engine in the world but as a vehicle for hauling high-school aged kids and a family full of mountain bikers, it’s pretty close to ideal.

I was thinking about this as I saw the glowing review for the new Passport, yet another SUV with offroad capabilities no one will ever use. We have gotten so completely over the top with our vehicles. And I can honestly count myself in that mix even though I just drive an Outback, as honestly, I will never truly use…

It’s an outrage! there is nothing on earth that improves the great outdoors like the clouds of diesel exhaust pouring from a slow moving, stuck in traffic RV as it ponderously blocks traffic and slowly crawls ahead in an endless ant-column of vehicles all wanting to see the glory of our state and national park system.

The most MAGA car is the scrapped Madison-Milwaukee high speed rail line. Our governor at the time (referred to as a goggle-eyed homunculus by Esquire) cancelled already in motion plans and federal funding to build a high-speed rail line between the Wisconsin capital and it’s largest city. It’s a route that was key to…

This is what’s hilarious to me. When I was a kid my dad had a couple 18x24 magnetic signs for the doors of his truck, for when he needed to look official. And everyone understood that, yeah, duh, of course he’s not getting logos painted on his personal truck- the only people who do that are hillbillies who only have…

I’ve had this discussion with a LOT of boomers who insist that he’s not their creation, to which I say, You can’t take credit for the beatles and woodstock and all the stuff you love and not take responsibility for the monsters you created as well.

Boomers don’t care, they’ll be dead before anything really gets bad.

Can we just marvel at the size of this seven passenger vehicle?

Honestly, just make this as a regular van with regular second row windows and keep the honda element-like flexibility on the inside and I’d be all over it.

I have been waiting for something like this- I don’t need a lot of range, I don’t need motorcycle power, I just want a cool looking EV that can do 70% of the driving I do in a week.

I absolutely love this. Back when I was in college, one of the guys in the dorm had a custom mini truck like this, back when that was a cool thing to do. I have always missed the lowered mini street trucks.

Honestly, I don’t get VW. And I think VW doesn’t get VW either.

I wish I shared your optimism. But most of the things you mention on your list of reasons not to worry aren’t rules, they’re just traditions. And as we saw last time, if you’re willing to just completely ignore traditions, you can cause a LOT of havoc.