True. If anything was ‘forced’, you wouldn’t see huge-ass pickup sales so strong. Or Suburbans.

That’s the main reason I’m keeping my HHR. Headroom of a Silverado, and plenty of legroom. Laugh if you must, but I love it.

Look at percentages. Do you own an iPhone? How do you feel paying $600 for something that costs $84 to make? Apple makes way more profit than Porsche.

With all the Honda experts on this, could you answer a burning question I’ve had for a while after reading these...

Long legged people beware! My friend had one of these. It’s okay, I guess, but my long legs hated this. There’s like, a foot of floorboard, and that includes the room the pedals take up.

I don’t consider most of my color choices ‘choices’ at all. Young and broke, I bought what I could afford to keep running. I was concerned with condition, and whether I could work on it. Color was way down the list.

Neutral. NO. Because if the Feds are nuts half the time, the States practice idiocy on a daily basis. Just think, a few bottles of whiskey, and Arkansas can outlaw C-pillar blind spots. Georgia can require all pickup trucks to be at least 24 inches off the ground. Florida can require sharp spikes on the front…

Good read. This generation is trying to use the same tactics our Grandfathers did after WWII, which aren’t working as well.

Yep, the kits are getting easier. Looks sloppy, but a Pi and an old WD Passport drive makes a cheap little media server hooked to a TV.

Pontiac and Oldsmobile had been reduced to merely rebadging and trimming up Chevys. They aren’t going to ground-up build a development division for new ones, so who cares? At least Buick is a somewhat different and individual brand.

I think the general consensus is that it would take your entire weeks vacation just to drive to the campground.

Yes. If we could build something nearly as good as the Honda Fit, we could sell it in Japan. But we don’t make that for ourselves, much less anybody else.

I’ll agree there. Even their Motorcycle licenses are rated by what size engine you want to ride. And there are streets there hardly big enough to get a Civic down. I didn’t see any Silverados there.

Yeah, well how fast have you gotten to uphill?

Funny how they tied traffic fatalities to road conditions. Not that any blame rests in the hands of Hellcats, Boss Mustangs, Ferraris, and ample access to booze.

When I was young(er), I heard about the problem with bird strikes and wondered why they just didn’t put a cover over the engines. That would keep them out.

1941 Dodge, the last built before everything went to war production. Owned by a guy in my barracks, and I got to take it around the parking lot a few times. One center-mounted turn signal, and a few other oddities.

That saying is getting more useless every day. The so-called CUV market is the fastest growing. By the time gas goes up to $4 again, half the planet will be driving Subaru Crosstreks.

And real dogs, not actors, approve of the hatch version.

I love the Encore, too. I was going to seriously consider one this year. But the Encore is an Opel with a Buick badge. What will happen to it? Will they just dress up a Traxx?