For a second car 200 miles would do all my local driving, and some long trips.  I live in a semi-rural area and go places with no chargers so my other car would stay ICE

There’s a long tradition of making rear engined monsters out of small hatchbacks from the Renault R5 Turbo through the Festiva SHOgun and the occasional big block Chevette (use a Toronado transaxle). I'm sure it's interesting to drive, but in hoon like crazy way or hit the wrong pedal and it's backwards into the woods 

In the interest of completeness Ford also had the Ranch Wagon which was the lowest spec model, with the Country Sedan and Country Squire above

These numbers are mind boggling. He went from making big money, by my standards to not much more than I make now. He bought a billionaire’s car on a thousandaire’s income and now has as much negative equity on his car as I have positive equity in my house.  He makes the TikTok lady look almost sensible.  He doesn't…

That was my first thought,  take the star

I haven’t noticed issues with my Scorpion Evo compared to my old Shoei full face. If anything visibilty is slightly better since the Scorpion has a tinted inner visor so I don't need sunglasses 

I don’t live near most of these and don’t want to go to any state with a Wawa. I will keep in mind Love’s may have better food than Pilot but I rarely eat in truck stops. Besides the Pilot I pass most often in Chemult has a great pub next door.

The Toyonda Tax also applies to Subaru,  at least in peak areas like the PNW and New England.  It's part of the reason I have a Mazda.  The early Forester is a good car but not $8,000 worth

I read this as Tesla exhausting the supply of CyberCucks.

Related trivia on Central European vehicle regs, Poland is the only country where a Harley Davidson VR1000 is type approved for street use. At the time World Superbike required it to be street legal somewhere.  

If you struggle with the d rings shop around, some helmets use a seat belt type buckle, set and forget. Flip fronts are nice for street riding, although they are not allowed for racing.

I think those wheels look like C4 Corvette and this give New Balance and Jorts vibes. ND because original and unmolested are out there 

Chevy and GMC square body trucks from the 70s and 80s have become very expensive because of this nostalgia and “hierarchy”

One of my neighbors was hauling 12-16' lumber in a Chevy Avalanche,  one of the few,times I've seen a Midgate in action 

In middle school I was fascinated by a Bradley GT a few blocks away. It was fiberglass over a Beetle floor pan and the gull wing doors were bent plexiglass but in blue metal flake it looked cool in a 70s sort of way. There was also the Rover 3500 P6 (with 3 hood scoops in a desperate attempt to prevent overheating)…

I thought self immolation was a Lamborghini thing

Ah yes The Wagovan

I remember the SC2, having owned an SL2 for 15 years. The rear hinged door came from extended cab pickup trucks which had similar access issues.  Besides the crossover shift, costs killed these since getting two pillarless doors to line up costs assembly time and money 

Thos 80s "bread van" Civics were peak Honda. I can appreciate their charms after driving an equally basic 2000 Civic hatchback.  It did exactly what it was supposed to nothing more, nothing less. 

Sadly the Mazda5 has been off the market for years,  the only other van I've driven was a Kia Sedona,  which accelerated faster than my car