You’re right. I wouldn’t even say the Maxima is that great either. It’s turned into a weird oddball that nobody cares about anymore. It’s a far cry from the 3rd-6th gen Maximas.

Wouldn’t hold my breath for Subaru to make anything new/crazy/innovative. Source: EJ25

Still not interested in electric cars. You can’t replace the feeling of a manual RWD V8 with any electric car. Sure, a Tesla is faster in every metric, but it’s soulless and doesn’t offer the tactile satisfaction of changing gears or the satisfaction of a well-executed downshift.

Here’s my ‘05 manual 6 wagon 2 (canadian) winters ago. It was never good in the snow. The weight and the terrible traction control are probably factors. Also having that v6 routed to the front wheels with an open diff and a 5-speed meant it lost traction leaving every light when it was slippery out. What a fantastic…

Always liked those wagons. Not many have survived.

Seeing the beige 6 with the bumper off made me laugh. About 6 years ago when I was in college, a friend of mine had a beige sedan and we wanted to put HID in the headlights. We dropped the bumper in our frat house parking lot about 3 times to get them working. It was funny because bystanders walking by just looked at…

I just did this to my 07 6 hatch in July. I found a 2.5 from a fusion with low miles to be way cheaper than the 2.3s. I got mine for ~$200 with 9k miles on it. Couldnt even find a 2.3 in that ballpark (I’m in MI though). You’ll have to use the 2.5 intake and a throttle body adapter(or use a TB from a Speed 3/5). swap…

Thank you for posting this. Before I just dismissed the stinger outright, but now I feel justified. In no particular order: you could land a 747 on the bezels of that display. Where do you point the third HVAC vent? That shifter looks my corporate issued mouse, but probably feels worse. I can SEE how hard the plastic…

Those Explorers needed to die.

Yeah my answer to that was to get a wagon that has 85% parts commonality with my fun car.

Honestly there will continue to be a market for Bavarian Blue manual sports coupes with straight sixes for basically forever. That M235i, provided it’s not abused, will stand way above its peer cars of the same age and miles. It will never be a classic or a collectible, but will just command a better price as the less…

Your logic is sound and don’t get me wrong, I want manuals as much as the next Jalop. However the NA manual trans may not hold that power for 150,000 miles reliably and the diesel trans may have gear ratios poorly suited for the higher revving gas engines. I am hopeful one the manuals will hold okay because I NEED to…

People who are manual enthusiasts and people who buy brand new cars are often mutually exclusive.

Oh man the wagon is so gorgeous. Why must Mazda shun us in North America?

“If it had a manual I would by a used one in 5 years”

My daily driver is no longer a Nissan either, but I took a huge hit in fuel economy:

Hideous seems like a stretch. More like “not my cup of tea”?

Yeah I hope so. I mean, as crazy as these types of explosive devices are, they’re based on incredibly mature and well-characterized technology that’s been used extensively in aerospace applications since at least the 50's or 60's. When Takata asked for help from someone in aerospace, those people (Orbital ATK,…

Nice car - love the Squall Blue colour. I think we had this conversation before. 

There is another mistake. An ‘86 Corolla makes an appearance in the first episode, but hey, at least is another japanese: http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_936310…