I’ve still got my e39 (it’s my daughter’s high school beater now, and currently at the shop for leaking injectors that I’m not willing to change myself in this weather) so I still get that “what’s going to break next?” thrill of discovery.

That last part is why I just picked up a CPO ‘16 Sonata Limited. It’s not the excitementmobile of my past vehicles, but damn...I can sleep at night without wondering what’s going to break next.

This must be what adulting feels like.

The Volvo straight six was originally 2.9 liters.

A good friend of mine in Mass. just picked up a pristine ‘88 Suburban from the PNW as a daily driver (after getting it rustproofed all to hell, of course.)  He gets compliments on it all the time.

Torch, is that you?

This isn’t the bigger issue with this car?

No. No hockey stick, lower roofline, “Hybrid” badge on the door.
The chrome strip on the windows lines up with the Fusion’s.
My images are getting Kinja’d but a google search will demonstrate that it’s a Fusion Hybrid.

I’m in the market for one of these. They hold onto their value WAY better than the TSX sedan, that’s for sure.

Cladding isn’t too bad if it’s well integrated (see: Subaru Outback, Volvo XC 70/ V90CC) but the Buick’s stands out in a way that looks like it was purchased at Wal-Mart and stuck on in the parking lot.

I sat in the Buick and it doesn’t hold a candle to the Volvo. The seats are the aggressively uncomfortable; the look and feel of the interior materials is a least one step below the Volvo, if not two; for its sizable outer dimensions there’s not a ton of usable room inside...and it’s impossible to get it without the…

Hey, now Ford won’t have to spring for a new one.

Runs forever; easy to maintain; can pick one up for beer money and is great transportation for someone not flush with cash.

I give you a C-.

“Corsair” would be a GREAT name for a Mustang based personal luxury coupe/GT car. Can you imagine? The Lincoln Mark IX Corsair...it would be a phenomenal car and I’ll bet you they’d sell at least 12 of them.

Please show your work.

Is his son in a rear facing car seat/base combo? Those things take up a very large amount of real estate.

The Flex literally replaced the Taurus X in the showroom while the old Explorer was being sold; it’s built on the same old Volvo platform with the same drivetrain. The Explorer didn’t move to that platform/drivetrain until, what, 2012?

Freestyle—->Taurus X—->Flex.

Yeah, but the Flex was really the direct replacement for the Taurus X; the Explorer was still a body-on-frame design when the Flex debuted in 2009.

Correct- J Mays; and when you see a ‘98-05 Passat and a Five Hundred next to each other, it’s painfully obvious.

We road trip in our Flex; two adults, three kids, Iowa to Massachusetts, annually.

No way in HELL am I doing that trip in something the size of a Datsun 510. I want my family to like each other when we get there (we did the same trip when there were only two kids in a Volvo S80. It was fine.)

I understand the point completely; GM didn’t when they originally built this car, which is why these can pretty much be had for beer money these days.