Competitive analysis is nothing new and it isn’t necessarily a sign of incompetence on behalf of the one doing the teardown. Automakers have been doing teardowns of competitors’ cars for decades. I would not be surprised if Hyundai, Toyota and VW were also tearing down Civics, and Honda was tearing down Corollas and…

+1 on the Blizzaks. I had them on an 03 Accord an that car was unstoppable! I got so cocky, I tried to drive over a 4 foot deep snow drift that went for about 15 feet! I drove the car on top of the dift! I had to dig the snow from under the car until the tires touched the ground and I drove though! As long as I had…

The correct answer is: any car you like as long as you install a good set of winter tires.

I’ve plowed snow in a slammed S195 with Blizzaks and outside of the low ride height causing problems it was one of the best cars I’ve driven through a Wisconsin winter. Right now my daily is a Doug Nash 84 C4 Corvette with some…

N/A Mazda CX-5. Sure, they’re a little slow, but there’s not much to go wrong. I have a N/A Mazda 6 with almost 140k on it, and the only thing that’s broken has been the serpentine belt tensioner.

Just stick with what I already own—my ‘69 Charger:

I rarely have to use quick chargers, and I don’t know what they cost in other states, but they are still much cheaper than gas for me (at least for full ICE cars, haven’t worked it out for hybrids).

Well said. I see charging locations broken into 3 categories:

I learned my lesson years ago after years of driving thru winter with AS tires on my Jetta. I slid down the driveway backwards with 2" of snow, and pirouetted into the front yard barely missing a transformer. The next day I put winter tires on the front and never looked back. Since then, winters in southern CT have…

Thought the exact same. When I think of a great garage setup, I think of a combo of cars that combined tick all the boxes of practicality and fun with minimal number/cost of total vehicles. This case seems like one that double ticks the fun boxes, and another that single-ticks the fun boxes and does ok at some of the…

This. It’s rather counterintuitive, but chunky mud treads look as though they ought to do great in snow, and generally aren’t. (Tread design as well as compound plays into it.).

I tell people snow tires are called snow tires for a reason. And mud tires are called mud tires. People think one tread will magically work everywhere. All I know is that almost every CT I’ve seen on the road is rolling on all-seasons with the “concept” cut on the sides for their rim covers.

Let’s wait until we see the actual crash tests before jumping to any conclusions. Tesla is known for its safety and being at the leaderboard of crash tests, so to design a vehicle that would perform poorly on safety tests doesn’t really align.

But BiffMagnetude is talking about the Ridgeway and not the Ridgeline ;D . Seems very familiar with this Ridgeway and so I’ll have to believe him.

After two Tacomas and their horrible seating and cramped cabins, I’ll take my Ridgeline hands down. I don’t tow and I don’t bro. I’m a carpenter and a mountain biker and it…

Having had two Tacomas, I can tell you that my current Ridgeline beats it hands down in the way that I use it. (Carpenter and mountain biker, not an offroader).

That said, I’ll have to look into this “Ridgeway” that you mentioned several times in your analysis ;D

Yeah, I have 4 near floor level and 6 up higher in my Silverado. My previous Colorado was the same way. It’s very rare I use the high ones. The lower ones are so much more useful.

$48,500-ish. 

they showed them in an interview they did with tfl talking trucks when they were talking about the new rams.

Any car that’s all Trumped-out. You know the one. Trump bumper stickers, Trump Flags, hand-written Trump pronouncements. You just know that the driver is someone you never want to sit next to at a party.

Any lifted full size pickup.

Wrangler with the “angry face” grille.