Bradley: my apologies! I didn’t realize it was you responding! Okay, got it re the Accord. But I still like the GTI/GOlf better than the Mazda3. Also, for the purposes of a family car, I like the awd Volvo station wagon — yes I live in the NE. When my wife totaled her XC70, nobody was hurt. The insurance agent said…

I don’t count the little SUV, and he seemed to be focused on the Mazda3 in its sedan form and the Accord also in its sedan form.  

Instead of the Mazda3, I would substitute the VW Golf/GTI/R. Hatchback is more useful, in my opinion, and the VW drives better.

Good point.  Didn’t even think of scratches!  I just think about my iPad or iPhone, how sometimes an inadvertent impact causes dead spots. Can you imagine how maddening it would be to have a dead spot in the middle of your car dash?

You’re probably right and that statement in itself is kind of sad.  The irony is that Cadillac, Audi, etc. are supposed to be the high quality makers, yet the push to incorporate technology ends-up making their products shorter lived.

Similar discussion as the article by Kristen Lee.  I’m not a fan of this trend as: (1) screens can be tricky to operate when driving, especially absent any tactile feeling; (2) fingerprints when the screens are off; and (3) screens are all or nothing affairs that can control critical parts of the car’s operation.  If…

I completely agree.  On the other hand, how many times do journalist complaint about cars with “too many small, confusing buttons and switches?”  It is a mixed message that is send to car makers.

Progress is progress.  It sure beats a downward trend in year-to-year sales. 

I personally like real name cars, like the Acura Integra (which I adored when I had it). I even like the VW GTI, though that’s sort of straddling the realm between alphanumerics and stand alone names. If you say that I have a GTI, however, most people will understand.

Anything to reduce the number of cars and coffee videos, I guess. It’s a great program as you don’t even need to bring your own car (hence the reference to saving tires).  This is smart of Ford to do.  Now if there’s only a way to automatically keep Mustangs away from cars and coffee . . .Maybe a special paint that…

I agree. My car is a decently fast station wagon, but I have nowhere to drive it fast. (I could track it, but who’s got the time?) On public roads, I spend all my time looking out for police, and on rural roads, I expect deer to jump out and commit suicide. So maybe I can his triple digits from time to time for very…

That you did.  read your post too quickly.

It’s not the people who read and comment on this website that are the problem.  It’s the teenager who’s on the cell phone talking and not paying attention that rear ends you when traffic stops, AND STILL DOESN”T GET OFF THE PHONE WHEN EXCHANGING DRIVER”S LICENSE AND INSURANCE INFORMATION.  Yeah - this happened to me a…

I’d be curious to hear from anyone with actual knowledge about making vehicles crashworthy.  It would seem easy to make an SUV strong enough to protect its occupants especially compared to a small car, like a Honda Civic.  The SUV has more space to work with especially crash zones, and it seems that you can beef up…

Thanks for your post from RL experience. I love the way the 5 series looks. RS5 would be my dream car, the Avant even more so. The S5 was something I was considering at one point, though I didn’t pull the trigger.

Ford made a calculation that it was cheaper to pay off injured owners and passengers than it was to fix the problem.  

The point is that regulations missed barring cars like the Pinto, but catches a car like the STI. That’s the irony.  

My life is too short to own an Alfa. I already have to spend too much money on our cars, even if they’re running well.  Just a couple days ago, my wife backed our Volvo S60R out of the driveway and into a BMW parked across the street. I am not kidding.  She totaled one of her prior cars rear-ending another car.  Add…

Thanks to all of these regulatory bodies, regulations, and red tape, we can all sleep better at night (being sarcastic). Ironic that Subaru has so many problems selling the STI S209, but Ford could sell the Pinto (explosion upon contact) without any problem (okay, eventually some problems).

Official Adult Response. This was a terrible thing to do, the Jalopnik community should discourage such rash recklessness. Think of the people that were endangered by their shennanigans. Think of the waste of fuel and resources.