If that color wasn’t a branding tie-in with the farm where it once lived, what are we even doing?

I gave it ND, but yeah...if you have this kind of money for a weekend toy, the aftermarket warranty and a reliable DD could be the way to go.

The practical side of me loves Hondas; I’ve had more of them than any other brand. But the HR-V I drove several years back was just too soul-crushingly adequate to let me enjoy being smart and practical. We went with a CX-3, which is less efficiently packaged but perfectly reliable and lets me feel something when I…

Thank you! At first I thought the paint was cracking around the leaper, and then...c’mon man. Just a little effort, please?

Looks to have roughly the ergonomics of one of these.

That’s what the driver said: “It Hertz.”

I had a ’91 5-door, so I do appreciate these cars as nicer-than-average econoboxes of their era. As for this, I have nothing to add to Rob’s words:

Based on half-remembered hearsay, I’m going to say the new Wagoneer, which sounds like the return of the Commander. Way less room inside than you would expect looking at the outside. What is it with Jeep and interior packaging? Do they never learn anything?

It would take a...special kind of person...to look at that eagle every time they got behind the wheel without feeling a bit icky.

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I’m Irish and I’m feeling lucky today, so I’ll go NP with this. If it’s as solid as advertised, it’s a fine start on a restoration project. Love the looks, and you’ll likely have the only one everywhere you go except the Corolla Owners Club.

No vehicle has ever looked more like a potato than the Trax/Encore. But to Kyree’s point, the EcoSport comes close.

Wash away the color and ask yourself if you would pay $17K for that. Nah.

You forgot the cost of replacing those wheels and tires. Which don’t give me much confidence in the seller’s judgment about...anything to do with this car. ND.

I will call out trigger-happy cops all day when they murder citizens. This isn’t one of those times. This was not “She was holding something shiny that might look like a gun if you squint.” Nor was it “She moved her hand to her waistband.” This was a knife literally in mid-swing to a human target. I’m sure there are…

I feel like this kind of build is intensely personal. For the person with the skills and love of wrenching to do it, the build is probably more than half the reward. Even if you buy with the right expectations about what it’s for and what it will do, owning it would be a hollow feeling. Cool toy, but ND.

For that money, it should come with a personal assistant to read Rob’s write-up for all the people asking what it is.

Strike’s over, but they struck the copy editors a long time ago, if they ever had any.

...but its affects effects will be with us for a long time.

Beautiful truck, but it’s got some boogers and questions. Cracked dash, obviously. And how are those meager miles distributed across 35 years? How long has it been sitting? Sad ND.