Agreed. Within 30 minutes of using the Backbone, I realized it didn’t solve anything for me and that using a tablet + Dual Sense for remote play was the better option anyway. I sent it back and probably won’t try another cradle-type controller designed exclusively for phones.

I applaud Sony for trying to do something meaningful with its Remote Play service, but this ain’t it. I recently ordered a Backbone 1 PS Edition for Android while they were on sale and sent it back after a few days, but that experience made me realize that what I’d actually be in the market for is a purpose-built…

AMC Spirit AMX or its cousin the Hornet AMX. And I don’t even care because I’d love to have either.

Exactly. At best, they only work as a finishing polish after wet sanding with progressively finer grit sandpaper. I’ve had good results with Meguiar’s Plastx as a finisher, but don’t even bother buying the kit with the useless drill attachment. You can run a drill through every battery pack you own and it won’t…

Didn’t clean anything and gave me cancer. 1 star, but YRMV.

You know, that’s the kind of optimism we should approach life with and I can’t disagree! (Still not buying it though)

I love it. Weird ass cars like this are my love language. But now that I’ve had a moment to collect myself, this is probably an $8k car at best if I’m being generous. And that’s coming from someone who also finds the Europa to be uniquely sexy.

The V60, Polestar 2, and Mazda3 were already nominated and are indeed very, very cool. While probably not as cool, I am going to roll with the Hyundai Santa Cruz. It offers just as much “truck” as most people need 90% of the time, in a more livable package, and without the lifestyle tax of absurdly priced mid and…

Mazda dealers (at least in North America) being woefully incompetent at diagnosing or fixing any condition instead of throwing up their hands and saying “welp...let’s just replace the whole engine and see if that fixes it” contributed to that perfect storm as well. A lot of the remanufactured engines were bad, most of…

Personally, I would choose an Evora over the Elise if daily driving falls anywhere within the “sort of” category. Although the Elise is razor sharp at handling, they are absolutely tortuous to be in for more than 30 minutes, especially if you’re on the taller side. Service can also be a pain depending on location.

While…

For something more ordinary and further downstream from aspirational, I’ll nominate the Fiat derived Dodge Dart. It didn’t have a storied reputation to live up to, but people were genuinely excited about Dodge getting back in the small car game with something that had the potential to be good. It really disappointed…

I’m not a credentialed “Lotus Builder” but are the 4-pot Series 1 Esprits really desirable enough to justify that price, especially when the onus of reassembly is being passed to the buyer? I’m seeing plenty of well-maintained Series 1 cars on auction sites for about 50-60% of this asking price, that don’t require…

I’m not concerned about Volvo striving to move more units or ingratiate itself to a larger customer base. Those are the fundamentals of a profitable business, and niche players have been getting squeezed out since the turn of the millennium. You have to adapt to globalization and emerging markets or die.

Anything and everything from this era of the Dodge family is the only answer. Sure, we can consider a lot of older cars to have shitty interiors by today’s standards but the lack of effort on display here was just unapologetically shitty. Even Dollar Store toys are made of higher quality materials.

How about a movie about a car part, specifically a tire that becomes sentient and goes on a homicidal rampage? If you’re looking for something incredibly strange and fun, I highly recommend 2010's Rubber.

GOT DAYUM!

I have the same opinion of the final 9-5 and still think it holds up as one of the best looking large sedans from the 2000's. The wagon variant is especially striking.

Louisville KY, so lots of F-Series trucks due to an assembly plant being located here. They come in multiple flavors:

NP for a pristine time capsule, especially if you were a 70's or 80's kid with fond memories of being carted around in something similar. Just looking at the pictures, I can smell the interior when opening the door on a warm day and almost feel the vinyl on my skin. To somebody, this is a memory box of vacations,…

These have long tempted me, and every few months I’ll start looking at them again and think, maybe?