Meh. I get a weird Eclipse-y vibe from it.

I think people buy boring cars because that's what the dealer stocks. And the dealer stocks them because they sell. Why order in a sports coupe with a stick that 3/4's of your customers couldn't drive if they wanted to, when you can order another light grey four door that'll sell before the shipping wrap is off? Why…

I got at least one (somewhere in Ukraine) where you could actually see the shadow of the guy holding up the camera to take the picture.

My humble contribution:

Depends on how you define reliable. There's the modern meaning, which is really code for "tolerates poor maintenance." And there's the Series Land Rover meaning, which is "can be repaired in the jungle after catastrophic failure using a pocket knife and indigenous plants."

Yet another reason to go diesel.

We had some 90's Ford econobox that had center switches, and it was a disaster for our narrow little use case. Long driveway, gate at road, dog. It goes like this:

Alvis Stalwart wants a word.

No, no, no, all wrong. It's the pullstring that makes the car talk, spouting aphorisms about snail self esteem and the benefits of forced induction.

Plus, they mean you can't put anything on the roof, like a bike carrier or ski box.

No, hunting with semi-auto's is out of the question. Which isn't unreasonable - in 20 years of hunting, I've known one guy who used a semi auto .308, and he hated that thing.

This is not a preference, it's a matter of right and wrong, Good vs Evil.

Me too. I love the badge on my 109 that proudly says "Land Rover Four Wheel Drive Station Wagon". Might as well has said "Ceci n'est pas une truck".