Honda actually did dramatically reduce the quality of the 9th gen Civic. It was supposed to come out at the end of 2010, but then the subprime mortgage crisis happened with the bank-killing, wage-cutting, and job/house-losing effects. Honda delayed it a year and spent the time slashing content and mechanical…

Background: We drove a 2018 Journey for a month as a rental while our van was in the body shop—we have 4 kids so a 3-row something is non-optional. And you know what? It was just fine. Not awesome, but perfectly acceptable as mode of transportation. Reasonably comfortable, understated styling, handling that’s…

It’s basically trickle-down, last-gen Acura styling.

Could I be ungrayed sometime? I promise I’ll be nice

It reminds me of this:

1. Subaru SVX

It really looks like a 2008-2011 Huyndai Genesis to me. If the bottom light on the taillights are reflectors, it’s a really close match. It also has the turn signals on the mirrors, brake light above the deck lid, logo close to the trunk-mounted license plate, and densely-spoked wheels

The absolute worst drive I’ve ever been on was I-90 West through South Dakota. I was helping my girlfriend (now wife) move from Wisconsin to Montana where I lived at the time. The boring view would have been bad enough. But then there were... the Wall Drug Store billboards. Every. Fucking. Where. It started out being…

I’m pretty sure that Michael’s previous career as a contributor to Forbes and other financial publications makes him a little more qualified to speak about economics than you give him credit for.

Awesome link, thanks!

Disclaimer: Not a photographer. That being said, it’s not just the lighting, the car actually appears differently proportioned in the two photographs. The greenhouse appears much larger and the side mirrors stick out further than in the top photo. There’s also no reflection on the windshield of the bottom photo, so it…