2004 Lexus GS300.

On the Jeep, it's because the doors come off.

Everybody failed to answer the question that was being asked, and answered a question that wasn't being asked.

By now you heard the story bout how I got caught

Affordable true 4WD family SUV. Meaning, with a 2 speed transfer case.

Rob restarted his search, once again faithfully sending me listings from all over Northern Europe – France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and even Switzerland. But he would often send cautionary notes, mentioning that the cars had issues: some were automatics, or they had high miles; some needed work; some were…

That's exactly what I'm saying!

Amen! Impractical, but Amen!

I thought the Buick Encore was a Chevy Captiva (rental-fleet-only compact CUV)

Definitely need it for my weird European cars. Weird fluids / weird bulbs / weird everything, I need it written down in something that's definitely correct.

Watching that gave me a hangover

I have a BMW and my wife's Volvo is FAR more luxurious than my b-word.

As recently as 2005, you could walk into a Lexus dealership and buy a (2JZ) I6 RWD car.

I believe the proper nomenclature is "samsquantch."

You're totally right.

Fun game: when you see a car with the huge "HONDA" on the windshield or a huge "FORD" on the rear, or any other obnoxious/ill-advised vehicular hubris, walk up and say

What everyone wants to say and isn't: I want to the quality to be the same, but I don't want to look like a fool when I buy a Chinese-built Volvo that is a lemon.

THERE WE GO - it's even better than the outgoing jellybean WRX hatch. It's more of a wagon and less of a jellybean. I couldn't figure out the last-gen WRX hatch/wagon's use of space at all.

Bingo! A utility trailer is 4x8 with no wheel arches - so, it's bigger than the biggest truck bed. And it costs $500. Not to be too understated here, but most folks spend a lot more than that owning and operating a pickup truck.

They're more like $40K here. $28K could get you into a nice 2007 with only 150K /s