Yeah, the reason it’s not all rusted to hell is because it hasn’t seen salt. The clearcoat on a car’s paintjob will take decades of snow and thaw, especially when it’s being at least somewhat protected from the sun like it was.

Probably thinking of the Class 4 and 5 trucks running the Dakar, the big Kamaz and MAN and such trucks.

Because lots of people are more interested in owning a Porsche or whatever than actually doing car enthusiast stuff with it.

There’s one difference here: If it happens, the media is going to FLOOD the stupid parts of the news with horror stories of Chinese takeover.

Pretty sure you just described every base trim subcompact car on the market. I drove a Nissan Micra the other day that was literally what you just described.

Yeah, I really don’t get why car enthusiasts don’t understand why everyone loves crossovers.

Plus, even when you get down to it, when you spend all day every day driving the shit out of high-powered cars, raw statistics dictate you’re going to crash them sometimes. I’m more shocked it doesn’t happen more.

I feel bad about how hard I laughed at that.

They gotta use one of these bad boys in the next Mad Max movie.

Hey, this is exactly the review I’ve wanted to see since I first saw the new Rebel a few weeks ago.

I once owned an ‘06 F-250 with a 5.4L and a clogged cat. It would have been faster to put it in neutral and let the earth spin under me.

Ever tried to change the spark plugs on a Ford E-Series van?

I dunno, I think the brand copying a disappointing brand is the more disappointing one.

Shit, they should have just called it the FordRunner

That sounded like every single bee in the world flying very slowly towards you.

Yeah, I’d even be OK with it popping up to $11,999 if it meant keeping the 4WD system. You know what has use and character? Double the amount of powered wheels! 4 (drive) wheels good, 2 wheels bad!

I think you missed ‘new’, the Avenger has been gone for years. It’s REPLACEMENT has already been canned even.

Literally every car enthusiast on the planet begs to differ.

It’s not that shocking that the Patriot/Compass sell that well. Yeah, they’re not the most engaging, well-made vehicles ever made, but they’re practical, AWD and cheap as shit. They’re all over the place in Canada, and I’m betting they’re pretty hot sellers in the snow belt too.

But at this point, if you’re even in a match with him, you’re literally so shit at the game that you’re either playing for shits and giggles (Which is fine) or should just give up any hope of competition.