I have three:

If it were me I’d search high and low for a great-condition Honda Element AWD with a stick shift and happily pay $15-20K or whatever for it. I’d be economical, relatively fun, reliable, roomy for all my stuff, and you could nap/sleep in the back in a pinch. Plus you could do some basic jeep trails with it. And it…

The mouse under your palm or the phone/tablet in your hand right now was made in China, and I bet you didn’t search high and low for a more expensive USA made alternative when you bought it — in fact, I bet the low price was a significant factor in your purchase decision. The generations before us opened the…

lol -- glad you knew what I was going for there; clearly MY brain has yet to be effectively caffeinated today!

I typically keep my cars for about 10 years. Honestly, if you stay on top of the maintenance and keep them clean, a car from 10 years ago is just as nice and functional (and about as safe) as a car from a decade ago. The amazing savings from not having a constant and always-increasing monthly payment is icing on the…

I can see this car’s future: It gets bought by someone that craves the status and style but needs to make it “their own”, so the wheels will get plasti-dipped or replaced by some cheap black rims. It will get a sticker or two, and by month’s end there will be a small dent on a fender that will never be fixed. Six…

Exactly. The open road has pretty much given way to near constant congestion, so you might as well adapt to it. Plus, for all of us that have and can drive manuals, 99% of the time you’re practically a human automatic transmission anyway — it’s just so ingrained you don’t even think about the shifts you’re making.

Funny, I just commented on its cousin, the Dodge Caliber. You nailed it with the review.

I rented a Dodge Caliber about 20 years ago to drive from Vegas to Tucson. My word what a piece of crap that thing was. I saw tumbleweeds blowing down the road that looked to be more substantial and more likely to make it across the desert.

Home Depot tool kit? Nah, Ikea. 

Trump hires only the best people. 

Exactly. I think we can go ahead and close the comments section on this one.

Tough call, but I’m going ND. These things are neat, but is having one of these REALLY worth $4k? I mean, are you actually going to use it much or is it something you’ll ride around the neighborhood once or twice and then park it in the garage and throw a tarp over it? 

best bet is to have a CC for whatever airline you fly most and use it to buy your tickets. That usually gets you a free checked bag and some other perks. If I’m traveling for a day or so I try to travel light with just a backpack, but if I’m going for a few days I check that bag. The real key to airline travel these…

Yikes indeed. So will this kill the Volvo EX30 that was to be built in China? Or does it suddenly become more attractive to build it in North America? And you just know that this tariff move is going to generate a retaliatory move by China, and it’s probably going to harm that one U.S. company that’s making lots of…

Funny, I just rented a Kona (previous generation) and over 500 miles of city and highway driving I never once thought that it was slow or needed more power. We’ve come a long way from the 70s and 80s and the truly slow cars. We’re living in a great age when the slowest cars you can buy now are pretty much faster than…

I’d pass. If this were bone stock and a better color, sure. But the thing that makes the SVO special it that it was *Ford’s* Skunkworks special — a wink and a nod to the enthusiasts. This one is just another of a million fox-body Mustangs that’s been modded into a less desirable project car.  

I’m going to be a contrarian and go NP — assuming you get a PPI and find out what that code is. Otherwise it’s a clean, low-mileage car and, to my eyes, better looking than a lot of the models that come after it for the next 15 years. Plus that sweet V8 and relative simplicity of the car compared to the frightening…

Is there something wrong with me in that of all the cars listed, I’m most interested in the 1986 Blazer? Priced at $17,995. This ought to be Monday’s Nice  Price or No Dice feature. I mean, it’s got Yosemite Sam on the back!

I hate to break it to this guy, but you don’t get to just select a jury of 12 parents. You get a jury of your local peers, which might include -- the horror -- people of color, educated people, and maybe even a ride-share driver or two.