While the volume control placement isn’t ideal, most drivers rely on the volume controls on their steering wheel, so if it works well/better for the passenger, it’s fine by me.

It looks like there are three wipers, in front, under the open hood shot.

Counterpoint - many commutes involve stop-and-go traffic where one-handed driving is perfectly fine. I’m far more concerned with distracted, inattentive driving than where drivers are putting their hands on the wheel. Plus, while not applicable, here, manual transmissions require taking one’s hand off the wheel pretty…

The standard Crosstrek is a good choice for crappy Midwestern streets that aren’t all that much smoother than many off-road trails, plus they’re good in the snow. This may be “elevating their game”, but at that level a “real” off-roader (Wrangler) is probably a better choice.

I’m old.  I passed my driving test in 1969, and I last renewed my license a couple of months ago, and I was surprised that I didn’t even have to pass a quick vision test.

Interestingly, yesterday’s Geo Metro is now (just barely) over 50% (by 3 votes).

Alternate take - acquire a utility trailer to haul the messy stuff and focus on a fun-to-drive sedan (with a trailer hitch, naturally). Maybe a used Mustang Mach-E, maybe a used Chevy Volt or a new Chevy Bolt?

Hauling 4 adults and/or their stuff + great fuel economy + fun-to-drive are all kind of mutually exclusive. Why not just keep the (presumably paid-for) Miata and Ranger, and just replace the Jetta with a Tesla or some other EV? Unless real estate/places to park the two little-used ones is truly an issue, having one or…

Emergency vehicles are also getting harder to hear as efforts are made to protect first-responders’ hearing.

ANY speed limit is an arbitrary trade-off between “safety” and “productivity”. Speed limits tend to be “too high” where people (complaining) live and “too low” when we’re trying to get from Point A to Point B, especially outside of our own neighborhoods. You can never be “too safe” nor “too productive”.

A lot of the last mile delivery people are switching to things like the Prius or Bolt (way lower fuel cost) or tiny cars like the Aveo or Spark. The small van’s major issue is that they’re pretty expensive (more than a mid-size pickup + cap) and you can get a “small” full-size van for not much more. Really, it all…

I wonder if “none of the above” was one of the available survey responses?!  All I want/need to have connected is a radio and my phone.  (Yes, I’m old.)

Given how our criminals love to steal both catalytic converters and whole cars (especially Kias & Hyundais), what would/does keep someone with a pair of bolt cutters from going after all of these owner-supplied power cords?

Here’s an idea - just raise the fares to cover the costs!  Let the actual users pay for the service!

Around St Louis, they don’t even worry about fake temporary tags, they just either drive around on expired ones or with no plates, at all. Enforcement seems to be non-existent, especially in the city, proper, so temp tags that expired more than a year ago aren’t that unusual . . . Here’s one from last December:

Blast away. Anyone can make allegations in a lawsuit, that’s why we have courts (to sort out the facts). Given that the article states that the “lawsuit also claims that the flight attendants were untrained in resuscitation”, (which I find to be a highly suspect assertion), I’m taking the allegation about a “dead…

We traded in my wife’s ‘15 Mustang GT for a ‘15 BMW i3 and were very surprised to see our insurance not go down . . .

We live in an imperfect world. Only a minority of places have well-trained staff (on CPR), much less defibrulators, so this just looks like another ambulance-chasing attorney going after some deep pockets.

The minivan. Dodge Grand Caravan and Plymouth Voyager. The rise of Honda Odyssey and Toyota Previa & Sienna. The fading GM options.

“The answer is always Miata”©