None, those trends were well established already. This spike started in early 2020, whereas SUVs existed before then. 

I love driving and have several cars, but I also bike around my city a fair amount. I am not exaggerating when I say that over half of the time I bike by a car or look through a window to try to make eye contact or make sure the driver sees me in the bike lane, the person is looking down at their phone. I am terrified…

Maybe it’s just me, but, the sheer amount of people I see driving while using a hand held phone, texting, surfing the internet, or even reading an effing book (saw it last week) has gone up, not down. What the hell?

Oh, god no.

Somebody is tired of replacing head gaskets as routine maintenance. 

I had the opposite experience, the low seating position, long hood, RWD, etc of the BRZ really makes it feel special compared with a sporty hatchback. I love my GTI, but a sports car it is not.

I’ve always said if thru some act of magic these would’ve been made in the 90's, they’d be considered grails now. I don’t get why someone would look at this car and then go buy a civic si. I also don’t get why people don’t understand regardless of faster cars that are FWD, FWD never feels better than RWD. You have…

Yes, but this is where the whole “equal representation” thing comes in. Look, you have to give your fellow citizens a seat at the table even if they are dripping CSF onto their steamed peas. Tyranny of the majority is a legit bad thing we should steer well clear of. Disagree with your fellow citizens in forums,…

I would say that it has a lot to do with smaller/less government too.  Living in a city means another layer of government usually.  Same for suburbs with a neighborhood HOA.  The more rural the area the less government telling you what you can and can't do.  Usually just a few basic county zoning requirements that…

Wow. I knew an Erik article about trucks was going to have a bad take in it, but I didn’t realize just how bad until I read your comment.

Stop it with your calm, reasonable take ;)

Centennial is far from a hellhole.

I have a personal hot take on 3rd gear. Here’s the thing with me - I support all the usual Transit Memes for New Urbanist Teens measures. Cities should serve their citizens. Walkability and density should be prioritized over roads and parking. Resources and entertainment should be well-distributed into the urban…

“but our towns, suburbs, and cities choked with six-lane quasi-highways are really unpleasant places to walk.”

I don’t understand why so many people...usually non-truck people...equate a single-cab 8-foot bed truck with “work truck”. Granted, most manufacturers present their stripped-down extended-cab models as work trucks for fleets, but most independent contractors and tradesmen I know drive crew cabs because they like them,…

There are real uses for four door pickups.

You should give a warning for such a retarded take.

Sure, I am an original Ranger owner, for over 28 years! I had a 1993 XLT Supercab with the 4.0L engine, even had a camper shell. Just sold it hours after posting on Craigslist for $4,000 (a grand more than I originally wanted), even though it had terrible paint, falling down headliner and 200,000 miles!

Everyone here pretends single cab pickups are viable and manufacturers just refuse to make them.

Depends on the truck, the 4-door trucks started internationally by the way, everyone blames the Americans for making everything too big, but it was the international market that created the 4-door truck and the midsize variants we have today.