I would guess that that is not a Pekyan, but the original Hillman Hunter GL Sport model, with the Holbay engine, which had a different front grill and dual front headlamps, vinyl roof and those particular style painted steel wheels (cant remember the description), unlike the standard model with the square lamps. Mine…

You can rent my car from Turo any day!

Agreed, in fact a ski-rack will hold 6-9 sticks, if they play travel. I did that on my outback for years

I would have thought that it was obvious: Roady McRoadface

Just bought an XC70 , 140000 miles, $12000 and my god does this thing fly. Build quality is superb compared to similar year subaru outbacks. Definitely recommend one to someone looking at an outback

There’s one in the showroom at Groove Subaru in Englewood, Colorado too

For people of my generation, we softened a lot on the royals because of the fact that the Queen hated Margaret Thatcher and that to some extent she kept her in check from completely selling off the country to her rich friends. The royals have a lot more sense of country and history than most elected politicians, and…

Not really true, although the speeds have climbed, the number of fatalities hasn’t jumped particularly. For example there were 6 fatalities in 1952 against a highest ever 9 in 2006. There have been subtle improvements to the course, particularly in road surface quality, as well as run-off protection on some corners…

counterpoint: The fact that taxpayers in moderate climate states where roads last a lot longer subsidize Northern harsh weather states where the roads have to be repaired much more often is a good thing, after all, isn’t the point of the interstate system to bring the country together?

Just had a look at the Breeze site, I saw that you had to pay your own maintenance which is serious, but I rent Priuses (plural of prius is Prium?) through a platform called Hyrecar and I’ve got a pretty good handle on the costs involved in renting to Uber drivers, and I can tell you what killed Breeze is the cost of…

Well, there’s hitting a deer (60 pound doe) and hitting a deer (400 pound stag) and hitting a deer (1000 pound moose). Damage ranges from minor front end to complete destruction of front end and death of occupants. Type of deer not explained in article.

What, no Adamantium? probably a cost-saving measure

Yeah, even 30 years ago when I lived in Maidenhead it was a big town (not a city - no cathedral) on the outskirts of one of the most ethnically diverse areas of the UK (West London -> Heathrow -> Slough)

That’s easy - I’m white, clean and upper middle class

My dad had one of those and it was by far the most frightening car I’ve ever driven. I remember the body roll and when you braked hard from >40 mph the back end would just sway from left to right. Even he thought it was awful and he had owned a series of terrible cars before then - Hillman Minx, Vauxhall Viva,…

I rent cars to Uber/Lyft drivers and I budget $16/day to pay maintenance and depreciation, and that’s for 5 year old cars. Now it’s true that the mileage is very high (4000+ miles per month) but that’s offset by no financing costs so the number seems pretty reasonable for an all-in cost of a newer vehicle if it…

And no vehicle was more exciting when the sub-frame rusted out, placing the body of the vehicle directly into contact with the road!

As someone who moved from somewhere with arduous inspections (UK & France) to somewhere with no inspections at all (Colorado), it amazes me how few accidents seem to be caused by failed components, and ultimately, what a waste of time they are . The kind of problems that used to be failure points 40 years ago (when I…

Counterpoint: Cash flow.

First car I ever hit 100mph in on a public road was a borrowed gtv6, downhill, wind behind. Must have been 1978 or thereabouts