Honda Passport. Next!

For this budget, you can probably find a ~2012 Chevy Cruze. Newish, fairly reliable and should be cheap to run and own, and most importantly, don’t stand out anywhere in the country. Good for the time you need to spend the night at a Walmart parking lot.

My friend’s brother did this, and he even drove to Alaska during the summer, all in a Civic coupe. He was a relatively small guy, so he was able to sleep in the car, but there were definitely some sketchy moments. There was a time where he was stuck in traffic in Tennessee, met a “nice” couple, and they invited him to…

We recently put fresh much around the house and it required about 12 (!) yards of it. Everytime I go and buy 10 bags (about the limit for the MDX without folding down the seats), it barely covered a tiny area of the yard.

Exactly my thoughts. If you mountain bike, a hitch carrier would be what you’d use with this vehicle, or most SUVs as well. I have a 1UP for my SUV and it’s a great. Before that, I had a roof rack on my GTI, which was fine, but most roof racks on SUVs would be too high to get the bike on or off.

With the optional hard tonneau cover, I believe the bed becomes lockable.

As an owner of a Stumpy, I approve of this message. A Santa Cruz, however, is very nice and would fit the theme.

Auto-off headlights. Why would car makers ever thought that allowing the headlights to be on indefinitely after the car has shut off was a good idea? Luckily, I think most (if not all) cars after 2010 have this feature.

Thank you Mr. Ford PR guy (or gal)!

My memory is fuzzy, but I seemed to recall a show in the early or mid 90s where the goal was to drive cross-country. However, you were only given a dime ($0.10, not drugs) and a full tank on whatever vehicle you choose. Therefore, you had to try to scrounge some money and food for the journey. You can add in a wrinkle…

I actually resent Orlove’s suggestion, it’s more of a joke than honest attempt to be helpful or even mildy entertaining.

I think you’re missing the target audience for this vehicle. As the marketing pitch goes, this is a “Sport Activity Vehicle”, which conincidently, was what GM wanted to market the Cadillac SRX as when I worked for them in the early 00s. This vehicle is intended for your weekend warrior that need to (perhaps 2x a year)…

Oh summer child. There is no way this “SAV” will start in the low 20s. High 20s or low 30s will probably be the starting point. There’s very little incentive for manufacturers to make a low-priced vehicle because the profit and sales number for this would be very low. This will not be a typical work or delivery…

Agreed. Advertising a static load capacity is ridiculous and potentially dangerous. It should be included for information, but the dynamic rating should be the only rating.

In my experience, the typical design load for dynamic highway loads is 3.5g. Applying that to teh static load rating of 700 lbs will give you a dynamic rating of 200 lbs. That seems reasonable.

Remember that about a year ago, hand sanitizers, clorox wipes, and masks were hard to come by. Well, they’re everywhere now. Paying markup for this is insane, but there are plenty of them out there.

I know some 20 and early 30-somethings that buys $50k cars, and I also know that this is the most broke generation in history. When you’re young, you should invest your money to reap the benefits of compounding interest. Just because you think you can afford (or “deserve”) a $50k car, it doesn’t mean you should get…

I don’t understand this “hate” of SUVs/crossovers by calling them mall-crawlers, soccer mom vehicles, minivan-lites, etc. Most of the US work in hospitality services, retail, healthcare, or professional services. Even you Jeep bros will admit that your lifted Jeeps with 35" tires, winches, and High-Lift jacks attached…

Because the general public is dumb when it comes to cars. You can go one step further and just publish fuel economy ratings, similar to crash test ratings. “Poor, below average, average, good, excellent” for all vehicles. This is a relative rating compared to vehicles in its class. Poor/excellent is 2 standard…