Well the question is daily drive, not just own. So it would have to be reliable, get good fuel economy, and be fun. With that, I’m going ‘73 Celica GT. It looks like a 3/4 scale pony car, has around 100hp out of a 1.6, decent handling, and will probably get decent gas mileage (especially compared to its…

GM has often been weirdly ahead of the curve, had bad sales, then immediately bailed. Quadrasteer for trucks, Hybrids for full size SUV’s, etc. A little over a decade ago GM actually made a Tahoe Hybrid with a 6.0 V8 and an NMH battery. A modernized version would probably sell quite well with the 6.2 and a Li-ion…

Didn’t read the Reuters article so I can’t speak to the span of time over which the instance took place. But generally speaking when you operate dangerous machinery (saws, presses, plastics machinery) there are around 18,000 lacerations, crushing injuries, abrasions, and over 800 deaths per year. 8 per one company…

Didn’t read the Reuters article so I can’t speak to the span of time over which the instance took place. But generally speaking when you operate dangerous machinery (saws, presses, plastics machinery) there are around 18,000 lacerations, crushing injuries, abrasions, and over 800 deaths per year. 8 per one company…

Cadillacs and Buicks are driven by old people. You’ve seen them in the left lane doing 10mph under the speed limit. You’ve seen them meander over into your lane. Then you pull up to see the driver with coke bottle glasses hunched inches away from the steering wheel and most likely on 5 different pills that they don’t…

Honestly, any smallish SUV/Car the GM makes you should assume is made in SK. For a global market is makes sense, especially as many of the cars are destined for Asia. GM’s Domestic (US, Canada, Mexico) production stuff is mainly their Truck/BOF SUV lines and even then they are assembled with global components.

I remember that’s why I had suggested it.

It is made in South Korea so I would assume it rolls off a Daewoo line-

Definitely check back in on that.  I’m curious how well they honor it.  The big service is the timing belt at 150k so that’s the one I would look out for and maybe try to get it done under warranty if possible.

Oh I didn’t replace them before the OEM’s were worn. I had a nail in the sidewall that was irreparable and the rest were at 5/32" or so, so it was time.

Hmm... maybe it was just lack of development.  This is certainly a case where Subaru should lean on Toyota for some of that sweet sweet hybrid technology.  They just don’t seem to do great outside of building boxer four cylinders.

Not sure about the cheap to own part. Maybe under warranty but once that turbo starts having issues, the timing belt needs replacing (it’s submerged in oil), or any of the other wonderful things that can break I’m not sure that it’ll end up being cheaper than anything else, especially a NA Toyota 4 cylinder.

GM’s partnered with Daewoo for pretty much all their small cars for a long time. The Chevy Aveo, Cruze, and Sonic were all Daewoo’s. Apparently back in 2010 1/5 or so GM products was Daewoo based, probably less so now without many cars in the lineup.

I have a 4runner and I quickly replaced the Dunlop’s with a pair of Michelin’s.  The OEM tires were twice as much, had a worse wear life, and were not as highly rated in any metric (noise, wear, wet/dry traction, etc.).  Bought some tires from Costco and haven’t looked back. 

Irrational NP, as is the case with anything British.  I loved the body style of these and found it far superior to the XJ and more harkening back to the old E-type.  I didn’t like any of the preceding XK’s until the F-type came out that to me looked like more of a future iteration of this car.  The supercharged V8 is…

Ferrari F150. It doesn’t have a bed or 4x4.

Indeed and probably most of the ones on the road still have the updated plugs in them by now.  The ignition coils on Fords are notorious for causing misfires and most mechanics replace the plug at the same time as the coil.

That’s one thing people don’t get about timing chains. The chain itself can probably last the life of the vehicle but the plastic guides and tensioner that has been hot and cold cycled over and over again in an oily environment probably will not. I haven’t seen one skip time yet but I have heard some rattling chains…

No, I am not, although multi-piece would be a better way to say it since it’s more like 3 pieces. Essentially the top piece (the metal threaded part) either completely separates from the porcelain, separates from the electrode, or the porcelain cracks under the torsion applied when removing. Motortrend has some good…

Unless you are talking about a new Honda Ridgeline, which is legit quick with a 0-60 of 6.2 seconds, then I think that the ‘09 Colorado V8 would handily beat it’s contemporary Ridgeline-