Compared to the original Rav4, it’s huge. It’s about the size of the first generation Highlander now. I would never call it huge.

That’s for the adventure trim. Google says starting is $25,600.

In Torch’s defense, Costco is kind of awesome in it’s own way. Plus, cheap fuel.

Have you considered that maybe your tastes aren’t the same as the majority of the population?

Don’t let the faithful hear that or you’ll be excommunicated from the cult.

I’m weird in that I see how Subaru has handled this and the Ascent recall really well. They find the defect and get out and recall as quickly as they can. This keeps their costs down fairly low and shows that they have decided not to be Ford or GM when it comes to safety issues. As a potential buyer, I view this as a…

I hate that I’m getting this way at 33 but chronic back problems are a bitch. For a fun vehicle, sure thing low is good, but dealing with it everyday is starting to take it’s toll on my enthusiasm.

That is an option, but my car goes to my niece when I get a new one. I’m pretty sure she won’t want it lifted.

I’m not particularly tall but the joys scoliosis make it a pain getting out of lower cars. We all have our reasons for what we like.

They’re very good commuter cars (without the manual? YMMV), and pretty much filled the hole of family with small kids and a Costco membership but want awesome mileage.

YOU ARE THE ENEMY OF THE JALOP!!!! /s

A “true Lotus” hasn’t been built since 1982 (1983 F1 season maybe) as far as I’m concerned. A “true Lotus” is the car that gets you to your destination barely and then self destructs once you’re there and frequently doesn’t make it to the destination before it self destructs. In other words, the Colin Chapman era of…

Or 220 MPH (supposedly) at LeMans on street tires. Picture is from Daytona.

In all honesty, I’d rather have the Peugeots that John Glenn drove to the Corvettes, but I’m a strange individual.

I wish my SportWagen had this. It would make it so much more useful.

What I meant was, that I don’t see those being cross-shopped by the average Outback buyer. Buick (since the Alltrak is going away) is the only one with something even close to the price range on the Outback and it’s still more money.

They finally realized that it didn’t compete in the real world?

The artificial harmonics is one of reasons I can’t stand to listen to anything he’s on.

Dammit, you just made me snort water up my nose.

He looks more like a young Rick Rubin to me.