At the risk of being mind-numbingly unimaginative, I have to think that the right answer is the newest / fewest km Honda Fit you can find.  With winter tires ours is a trooper in the snow.  It gets phenomenal fuel economy.  It’s got the best size : space ratio of any car I’ve owned.  And it’s as reliable as hell.

It seems like a lot of people are confused about why the CVCC engine was so revolutionary.

lol, the pic w/the truck towing the more capable SxS’s just says it all about these stupid things.

In regards to 2-stroke vs. 4-stroke for Honda motorcycle racing, I’m also fascinated by development of the 270° Crank on motorcycles. The uneven firing is a compromise between traction recovery and crank balance.

Elwood Engel was the genius of design behind these, and then took his game to Chrysler where he designed all of the Mopars that make Mopar-people crazy.

Don’t forget the Hondajet, which gained efficiency by putting the engines on top of the wings. It wasn’t the first plane to put the engines there, but it was the first plane that got more efficient by doing it.

When these were new I was on an Accord Coupe budget, but vowed to trade up someday. Too bad Acura stopped making such tasteful, perfectly-sized, timelessly elegant cars.

The current gen looks great, and that’s where it ends. I went to buy one in 2019, but after actually crawling around them and test driving a couple trims, I ended up buying a Colorado instead. The Tacoma was worst in every way.

There’s just a certain something about truck loyalty. I’ve been a Toyota truck fanboy for most of my life, and I really couldn’t imagine owning a truck that isn’t a Toyota...

Yup.  A friend of mine got one two years ago.  It feels like its from the early 2000s in regards to ability and comfort.  It gets the job done but when you could have had a Ram for about the same price I don’t get the appeal. But everywhere you go, you see them.

but the drive feels a little more exhilarating so you don’t fall asleep as easily.

Which will be good for all the legacy vehicles that will remain on the roads.

For the sake of Porsche and other ICE cars we don’t want to lose, I hope this does become a viable thing in the future.  But I think it will be very expensive and only used in higher end cars and by the people who can afford those cars and the high price of this new fuel

165K Miles, its a Honda, NP

You’re asking for a car so I’m ruling out boats (we live near a dock and I work near a dock), bikes (I currently commute by bike), and planes (because that’s ridiculous).

An AWD PHEV diesel station wagon would be my dream. Something with just enough EV range to cover the commute, but has the fuel economy of a small diesel for a nice range on road trips. A 240v outlet would be great for backup power after a storm or rolling blackouts during the winter.

“I can tow a space shuttle, I saw it on an ad once!” -says guy who doesn’t have a space shuttle.

I find most of them granny the accelerator pedal, just hoping that they can get from 12mpg to 13mpg.  But only if they are really slow coming off the line.

But people who tow a boat twice a year (and spend the rest of the year complaining about gas/diesel prices while getting 8mpg) sure do love to brag about the tow capacity of their vehicles.

Yes, I am very satisfied with my Ridgeline. Does everything a truck needs to do in comfort, short of towing heavy things for long distance, which almost no one does.