2004. Both the 2004 and the 2005 had issues with the 2.3l engine as well as the aforementioned junction box issues. They both also had the weakest A/C units fitted to a vehicle in the last 20 years. 

Buy a Mazda3 hatchback they said. It is the best handling FWD drive car they said. Japanese reliability they said.

As much as I love this new “Law and Order - Car Dealership” series I am positively giddy for the required spinoff; “Law and Order - Insurance Salesperson”.

Sorry. Can’t. The oil is most likely cross contaminated with gluten.

I had a similar experience in leasing a vehicle from out of state. My issue was that the F&I guy took forever to get all his paperwork filed so my temp tags expired and he still hadn’t submitted the info to my state of residence. His take was that I had gotten a “free” month of a lease and now my term was 37 months.…

Why are we so shocked at a price tag of $42k. My stupid Nissan Quest from 2005 stickered at $42k once I added the DVD screens and Nav. If anything, that seems pretty cheap for the amount of equipment you get.

1,083 miles. Back in 2010 I wanted a small truck to replace my behemoth Dodge 1500 (all 9 MPG of it). I searched high and low and finally found an Ebay auction for a brand new 2007 Chevy Colorado, Extended Cab, 2WD.

I had a Colorado with the 2.9L and loved it. I am looking for another but am trying to find one with the 5.3L just because I am concerned about parts availability down the road for an engine family that has been discontinued.

Wait. When did they put a transmission in this thing? My understanding was that they had the electric motor for off the line and then a direct drive final gear for freeway cruising.

Counterpoint from an E39 owner - just don’t.

Exactly! I am sure to tell all my smug hybrid-driving friends* that they are driving the blood diamond of the car world

Or those of us with kids that bought a few different software titles that the kids love to play but that I just can’t get to run under Win7 or Win10 but stupid Vista just keps chugging along.

I would totally watch a Perfect Strangers reboot as long as they sang the Bibbi Bapka song.

My folks had one of these. It must have been about 1990 and my Mom needed to replace her Cutlass Ciera (another Meh Car candidate). It wasn’t bad. the seats were hard as rocks and it’s biggest feature was the pass-through to the trunk.

In my high school they called this “Checking the oil”. I ran XC and the true XC kids were all pretty chill but the wrestlers also joined the team to stay in shape; they were the ones that were always trying to stick broom stick up someone’s butt, fill your jock with Icy Hot, or give a “headband”. A headband consisted…

We planted a pair of pluot trees and after 2 years we finally got fruit, 2 pluots. The stupid grey squirells that are the bane of my existence climbed the trees and ate them before I could sample the sweet nectar of our home grown pluots.

Well played.

Beware the Nissan. Japanese pricing with ‘Merican reliability and German repair costs.

Sorry, no. I bought into the “hype” surrounding hybrid drives when it was time to expand the boot drive on my main rig. The hybrid drive has been nothing but a disappointment from the get go. It might be a little faster then a 7200 rpm platter drive but it is not even close to as fast aqs even a SATA II SSD.…

So, here i am a 16 year old with a newly minted driver’s license. My dad and I travel 3 hours to catch a basketball game (The Jazz lost, stupid Rolando Blackmon). We hit the road immediately following the game and once we are on the open highway my dad pulls over and tells me that I am driving so that he can catch…