The 2nd gen Honda Odyssey (2998-2004) was rock solid in every way. Twice I moved cross country and slightly exceeded the 3500 lb tow rating capacity. The first time I pulled 10,800 lb and the second was around 8,500. (I know because I had official weights on both for a military move.) It never whimpered or even…

I mean look at Ford, they pretty much made a Crosstour our of their mustang and people love it. The Crosstour literally was ahead of its time. 

Eh, politicians are much more willing to do something resembling the right thing where there’s no chance of the other party actually benefitting. 

It may be a stretch but I’m going with: Honda’s reputation.

The Crosstour was ahead of its time! It was a bit odd looking, I’ll admit. But CUV-ified Accord would sell like hotcakes today.

The Ridgeline has a very unexpected following, considering how much the car community seems to pick on it as “not a real truck” or whatever. They hold their resale value incredibly well (even by Honda standards, which are already high). The people who have them seem to really love them.

“Spanking” in terms of “being better than,” not in terms of sales. Everybody talks about talks about how great the Ridgeline is to drive compared to basically any pickup truck, but Honda doesn’t seem to eager to say “everybody buying Rangers and Colorados and probably F150s should buy this instead.”

This is probably illogical, but I think the truck is worth at least a mechanical restoration. It would be fun to cruise around in and take to car meets. The engine needs a rebuild whether you want to keep it in California or not. Source a newer bench seat and wiper/washer stalk from a junkyard (ad says both still work)…

Most 70's Japanese cars had a single DIN with the upscale models having a double DIN for the equalizer and or cassette tape player. 

Came here to say this. Looking at you RAM!! The climate control stuff was separate but the auto locks...lights...any settings you might want different between you and your spouse? All buried in the tiny infotainment screen that also refuses to acknowledge cell phone notifications because...reasons? I didn’t need to…

This x1000.

I don’t want to tap through seven menus on a slow moving, half-baked UI to adjust a climate setting. Give me knobs or give me death.

Every manufacturer has gone to plastic badges except Chevy and Toyota. Those old looking 4x4 and Pro4X vinyls just look so bad and need to die. And I don’t understand why Chevy still does it considering GMC even does plastic badges now.

I smirk a bit when I see photos where someone has added “=16" to those badges.

Remember? Have you seen a new Ford lately?

My brother had an F250 that said 4X2..  umm what?

4x4 Z4X OFF ROAD oh wait that's today.

I laughed.

If I use both “bridge” and “drive” loosely, the most memorable span I have traversed is the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales. Boating ~130ft over a river in a narrowboat is quite an experience.

That is the free air flat land human powered record. Fully enclosed recumbent streamliner IIRC.

Ohi know target fixation well. "Watch out for that rock" off road is the worst advice you can give someone riding down a trail at speed.