I’ve gotten three bikes and two adults comfortably in a 1990 Camry sedan. Take front wheels off all bikes. One bike in the backseat, two in the trunk, slide the tree dismembered wheels wherever you’ve got space for them.

I’ve always seen it in souteastern PA. That photo was taken in Malvern, and every time I’ve seen that car has been within a few miles of there. Don’t think I’ve seen it for a year or so, maybe she moved.

Some late middle-aged woman near me drives an Escape with a vanity plate that just says “FAP”. I’ve seen it around several times. Not sure what they were going for there.

I had a little league coach one year who’d always tell the batters to “smash that ball right back into the pitcher’s face”, or some variation thereof. I was terrified every time I was asked to pitch.

I’m with you there. When my Impreza’s due for replacement, I’m pretty likely to replace it with a GTI. I’ll probably regret that choice within about two years.

In the USA, German cars generally have a reputation for being excellent to drive, but overcomplicated, resulting in frequent, expensive repairs. For the past couple of decades, Japanese cars have been mostly perceived as the gold standard for reliability.

jesus christ, I just read that entire thread. Thanks for sharing.

I was all about this, until I saw the part about getting the transmission rebuilt 20 miles ago. Something must be seriously fubar on this car, and the current owner has no clue how to deal with it.

In the USA, turn signals on the rear of the car are allowed to be either red or orange. Some manufacturers keep them orange, so they can use the same taillight assembly everywhere in the world. Some manufacturers make the turn signals red, because their designers think it looks nicer that way. When the turn signals…

I’ve never heard of basic preventative maintenance being covered by warranty. New cars are often sold with service plans that will cover a set number of oil changes over a set period of time, but that’ll vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, dealership to dealership, and sale to sale.

Mine was built in Japan. I think all the 2012s were, but I might be mistaken?

Honest question: does daddy want a slightly used Cadillac whose previous owner couldn’t pay their bills? What if that Cadillac didn’t get a single oil change during the 30,000 miles racked up by its previous owner?

Good to know, we’ll keep an eye out for that. Hopefully it was resolved by the 2016 model? My 2012 Impreza had a similar-sounding known issue with piston rings and oil burning, which resulted in me getting a new engine under warranty. Cats are still all good, though, at ~87k.

When did your equinox start going wrong? My wife got a 2016 about 8 months ago. All good so far, but it’s still pretty much a new car.

Did the same thing on my 2012 Impreza. Base model didn’t even have a rear sway bar at all. Bolting up one from an STi made a world of difference.

I rented an Opel in Ireland recently that had power windows in the front, but manual windows in the rear. Hadn’t seen that before.

I was wondering if anyone else noticed that.

I think I’ve got just as low of an opinion of Trump as you do, but I have no real issue with this particular tweet. Yeah, Trump’s been an ass to women, and that’s not okay, and this tweet comes off as insincere as a result of his history of being an ass to women. But, in and of itself, it’s not an offensive or…

International Men’s Day is November 19th, FWIW.