I drive by about one major crash a week that occured at a low speed traffic light controlled intersection on my short commute to and from work. About the only we these could occur is if someone blows through a red light, oblivious to all oncoming traffic.

So we have CAFE fuel economy standards and we have EV tax credits, then we have the section 179 deduction that basically lets any business deduct over nearly $30,000 in the first year of ownership of any vehicle over 6,000 pounds gross vehicle weight. So you can buy a big heavy luxury SUV to drive your ass to work at…

Lots of benefits I agree with, but downside is lots of inexperienced kids getting killed on bikes by all by themselves or by others. 

I think I test drove one, I know I looked at one on a lot, long time ago, don’t think it was a turbo, if I drove it obviously didn’t leave a huge impression, but a real long time ago.  Believe it was a Chevette platform basically, so POS description may have some merit.

You know what is better than a Scirocco?, a rear wheel drive Scirocco.

Just to make it worse, sure I would buy one, 10 years old on the used market to carry loads and run the dog around for the weekend.  If manufacturers built cars for me I would be happy, but they would go broke.

Same here, only rational reason to buy an Aerostar is that it runs, costs less than $2000 dollars, and you have given up on life...

Serious question, are you saying car crazies should hop on this unicorn, or anybody is crazy to spend that much money on an old beat up French car?

My dad had a Dauphine as our first second family car, I was probably about 4 and thought it was really cool. I don’t know if he hated the Dauphine, but he did buy a R10 after having a VW or two in the interim. He loved the Renault, the heater worked (not great praise, but contrast to Beetle), he said it rode great and…

I agree about the looks. I thought they were pretty sexy in the early pictures I saw, but in the flesh they look like an early 2000s Hyundai Sonata with an Alfa Grill. Pretty mundane.  I am hearing some say these are reliable now, early reports I read did not indicate that.  Anyway, I want a two out of three car, with…

I have been like a broken record here saying it is pretty crazy to buy a rapidly depreciating asset that is likely to need expensive repairs, but this baby should be pretty much depreciated out. If you keep it going it may cost you a bit, bit if you keep it going and looking good it won’t depreciate anymore. Pretty…

Yeah, but MAGA counts immigrants differently for statistical purposes, each South of the boarder immigrant is multiplied by a scary factor of 5 over Europeans.

You have bigger cajones than me, my friend.

Wow, the Cali sales figures, out here in flyover country Teslas are not exactly a rare sight anymore, but they are far from best sellers. As far as today’s contest, it is a lightly used car, whatever KBB or Edmunds or whatever says.

Welcome back Rob, I hope you enjoyed your week in Mediterranean paradise.

No, literally no, but it is hyperbola. Like if somebody wrote the headline “Poison Detected in McDonald’s Hamburgers”, and the story read “arsenic was discovered in testing of samples of McDonalds hamburger, the samples averaged 3 parts per billion, well under the threshold for safety set by the CDC.

Toyota starter breaks, replaced with rebuilt Auto-zone starter.  Counter reset to 384,000.  What could go wrong??

I agree, maybe I am getting to be a boring old dude, but Everytime I drive into our state’s largest city I see people driving 20-30 miles an hour cutting through traffic like a crazy person. Speed makes driving dangerous, but big speed differentials make it even more dangerous. The ten over is reasonable to allow for…

This is one of the few in this series I can really get behind. Plenty of money for a daily and a fun car. I would try to find the rare Crosstrek with a manual for daily duty, and the $20-25 you have left for a fun car, Miata, BRZ/FR-S, Boxster, Corvette, BMW Z3, Solstice/Skye, MR2 Spyder, lots of choices.  Or, instead…

Chevy’s smaller SUVs. Someone I work with owns one. I can never remember what it is, even though I have ridden in it and helped load it a few times.  I usually remember people’s cars better than people’s names. Looking it up it might be an Equinox, but I am not sure.