“The Nissan Altima, Honda Accord and Toyota Camry weren’t always big sellers,” Baum said. “They became big sellers as Detroit walked away from cars.”

“and a CVT you’ll just tolerate.”

Quote “a lot of drivers of loud cars too this as a call to action”

Yep, totally digging the couch-like blue velour front seats. Then again, I really want an early 70's Eldorado because the seats looked like they had more padding than my grandpa’s recliner!

I wasn’t ever sold on the look, but we traded in my wife’s old Cherokee for a first-gen Liberty. It was an ‘05 that we bought used in ‘06 with 15k miles and traded in in ‘14 with over 100k - in that time, we had a problem with one window switch breaking and that’s it. RWD w/ real Jeep 4WD, decent power from its v6 -…

EDIT: Double comment.

mid size trucks that aren’t Tacomas

For that price, you could get (for the sake of comparison) a 2011 Accord v6 with under 20k miles. Let’s compare:

Also:

Chonky?

Dude, just find the “not the here we deserve, but the here we need” meme.

If it doesn’t end up in his butt, it’s probably not the weirdest thing the ER’s ever heard - but in this case the “I fell on it while skating” would actually be true.

I wanted this generation of Grand Prix coupe so bad when I first started driving. I liked it so much better than its Cutlass Supreme and Regal cousins. I didn’t know anything about trim levels, engines, etc. at the time - I just knew I wanted it. A friend of mine got one but I was driving a Cutlass Ciera (not…

I know, I accidentally backed into one in a parking lot! I was about to pull out of a parking spot but was in reverse instead of drive. I turn the wheel, press the accelerator, unexpectedly got backwards, then even more unexpectedly stop - the rear corner of my bumper hit the passenger door on a Trans Am and the guy…

I was trying to be funny, not judgemental. Obviously I was less successful at the former and accidentally successful at the latter. You’re right - I don’t know you.

Last I had read - which has been a while - was that the 10-speed was initially only for FWD applications, not AWD.

The “iVTM4" in the Pilot/Ridgeline is the same hardware as the SH-AWD from the MDX, just less aggressive in its response. The MDX is likely more engaging, just smaller and more expensive. Also, you’ll be putting premium fuel in the Acura to get 10 more HP and marginally better EPA MPG.

How do I convince my girlfriend that she should at least stop at the Honda dealer and sit inside one?

But Toyota does AWD in the Sienna not by raising the floor but by only allowing captains chairs and not a bench in the second row. 

They also announced it publicly - the issue, the cause, and the resolution - for cars that were built on roughly one month ago. I don’t see how they could be handling this better from a regulatory or PR perspective.