I think most of the “lifestyle” argument is that people don’t own their own homes and have the ability to charge.

“You can buy a last-gen Honda Civic Type R that’s been whipped on mercilessly for the price of new base civic that hasn’t been whipped on mercilessly”

I mean, their reputation is now so bad that the only people buying Nissans are the ones who are credit-challenged and can’t get approved over at HyunKia.

Yeah, Nissan. Why would you want to be a subsidiary of an automotive brand that’s known for everything you’re not? You know...quality. Reliability. Longevity. Not being the only thing that someone with a 385 credit score can get approved for. 

I still remember a delivery company I worked for a gazillion years ago that utilized those small Nissan pickups. They all had 250k on the odometer, manual transmissions, and still drove wonderfully even after all the abuse teenagers gave them. What the happened to this company?

You reminded me of the last high school reunion I attended.  

Nissan is like the online dating profile that says, “I used to be a 7, now I’m a 4, but I still act like I’m a 9.”

“a 2021 with 35,826 miles, and the dealer is asking $34,885. That’s still $12,160 cheaper than a brand new FL5-gen Type R”

Well this one has the unfortunate reality of being both a Korean make and an EV. That’s a double whammy for depreciation because it’s bad on Hyundai, Genesis and Kia models.

Best advice: Make the wife ditch the Ranger for a minivan or an Explorer and keep your fun family car. Honestly, minivans are the only good vehicles for taking dogs on road trips. Their crates fit comfortably in the rear and they can freely walk around the back if you want to let them out.

And even if they never have a 2nd kid, once thar kid is over, say, 4, they will frequently be traveling with a friend.

False. The answer is wagon. Fight me!

The answer to this is a Toyota Sienna.  Or a Honda Odyssey.  That’s it.

My ‘73 Duster had sprayer nozzles that one could adjust up or down. But the cool thing was that the wiper fluid spray was operated by a manual foot-pump that was down on the floor near the high-beam switch. The pressure/velocity of the spray depended on just how hard one pushed on the little manual rubber pump.

I wasn’t sure you were *really* from the Midwest.  But then you called it “pop” and all doubt vanished.

Pretty sure my whole midwestern family uses soda but had friends that said pop. If they are over 70, it becomes sodie.

In college I would keep a few Frozen pizzas in the bed of my truck during January. Made a great place to keep those totinos party pizzas when you could get them for a buck a piece. 

Came to the comments to make sure someone has mentioned this. I’m from the midwest so we consider the great outdoors to be our second garage (or third, if you’re fancy and have a garage fridge) during the winter months. Carbonated beverages are one of the exceptions to this otherwise cheap and easy hack, and I learned…

Leaving cans of soda in a freezing car is also not great. 

If I do this, I will probably use an IPA solution as well, but that is for drinking while I work.