Same here. Early trucks were manuals (and Straight Six engines). Then, around ‘76 or so, we got one with an automatic trans. Then another in early 80s. Then a manual trans pickup in 1987, we still use that one on the farm. They all had bench seats.

Americans don’t care where their car is made, as long as it has an “American” brand on it.

What we need is a four-speed or a five-speed manual transmission woth a CVT transfer case between the transmission and the final drive.

There’s not a big downside here for Ford. If the market demands small vehicles, they’d be happy to import plenty of small Fords made overseas, probably with cheaper non-unionized labor. Most U.S. buyers don’t care where a vehicle is made, as long as it has an American ‘name’ on it. They can’t think any deeper than…

Given how my 2002 Accord coupe was perfect at nearly everything except power (the five-speed manual helped make up for that shortcoming), my money is on the current Integra Type S. It seems like a very well-rounded vehicle with some performance to boot.

I'm guessing the Scout will be  Rivian-based Bronco-killer.

That was my first thought.  Scout will be a re-badged R2 or R3.  VW will be getting revenge on Ford.

2025 is the year for new emissions standards (don’t blame the current Administration, as this has been in place for some time so that automakers could prepare).

So what? We put remote horns at each crossing? That will cost over 10x what we think it should cost.

Make it under $12k, can do 50mph easily and i would be interested...

We have a traffic light here guiding traffic across a one-lane restriction. One of the engineers told me that it is sensor-based, but also that the car needs to approch the light at a certain speed. Approach too slowly and it would fail to trigger the sensor (this was so the light wouldn’t be triggered by animals,…

Vehicles had poorer brakes back in those days, also.

As a teenager, i was taught that car maintenance is a necessary evil that goes along with the privelege of driving a car. I remember learning, the hard way, that lugnuts are reverse-threaded on the driver’s side of the late 60s Plymouths i got to drive, learned how to change tires and fix flats with rubber patch kits…

Side-opening tailgate on the Ridgeline. Makes for easy access to the huge trunk (which will hold four five-gallon water bottles, btw), but also easy access to heavy things in the bed (just this week i was hauling some heavy pavers, and did not have to load/unload across an unwieldy tailgate).

My wife has been ready to buy a new hybrid Accord, but Honda is not offering a heated steering wheel (even as an option), auto-dimming side mirrors or XM radio on the Accord, so we keep holding out for the next MY to see if Honda has come to their senses yet.

It doesn’t necessarily apply in this case, but statistics show that most boating accidents happen in perfect boating conditions.

I’ve always liked this car, as it seemed to be the RWD version of the sporty Dodge Daytona (they were actually very different cars, but filled their respective niches in the same way).  NP

IMO, Honda’s Autos division gets a lot of things wrong when it comes to marketing. Even when they have stellar products, they seem to ignore them for the most part.

Not an F150 fan. Have to drive them at work. They are twitchy going down the road and the interiors look like they were made from Lego blocks. Seats are thick and comfy but overall truck is jiggly.

Having too much oil in the engine can leading to the crankshaft whipping the oil into a froth and thereby reducing its lubricating capacity. This is more problematic on some engines versus others.