At least get through the car’s break-in period before putting people’s lives in danger. Cheese Louise!

The best dang movie 1992 had to offer: Universal Soldier

You expect me to live in that? For how long? Does it even have a refrigerated room for me to sleep in? This is the absolute minimum I require when I go play off grid 

They probably get a lot of business from the Bandimere crowd

Which station?

They used every cubic inch of space under that big hood, there is A LOT going on in there

You got me all wrong, I’m not saying he should get a Tacoma with a topper. I’m saying despite some pretty good suggestions he still might. I’ve been seeing more and more toppers these days. 

Please give us a poll to vote on writer submissions so he may complete ignore it and buy a Tacoma with a fancy camper shell. 

Asymptotically faster would be more accurate but not everyone maths

I have absolutely 0 statistics on the issue handy but I don’t know if I agree with you claim. An engine can die for many reasons, and with all its complicated parts those reasons could be plentiful, and like you said without mechanical shifter linkages if it died in gear it’s staying in gear.

They probably forgot to put the stickers on, those would’ve recouped all the lost HP and then some. I think each K&N sticker is good for something like 6-10 horsepower, correct me if I’m wrong

Offroad trims take a penalty from other configurations on the vehicle. We also have different (higher) standards, drive more miles and have overall higher speed limits. I’ve seen a Lada packed with a tonne of mandarins, just because it’s possible doesn’t mean you should do it on American highways. 

While I like your take about knowing your vehicle and being responsible all these ratings are a specifically defined set of conditions. These conditions applicability to the real world may differ based on a lot of factors.

The hatch is the main factor but ride height as well, yes. And it should come with higher profile tires with different tread. I see more Crosstreks get dirty than BoF SUVs or Tacomas 

I say potato tomato on the wagon hatchback thing.

That’s because people wanted a WRX but I personally think they settled for sedans. Not having two body styles may have business sense so I would have preferred wagon only in that situation 

Subaru always had that front overhang, it’s the just how their engine and transmission are laid out

Wagon WRX was by far the more popular body style where I live, and the few years STI came in wagon that’s all I saw as well. Frankly especially now with everything being a CUV why would you not offer a wagon. Mine was actually a very practical vehicle. 

It’s a volume thing. As much as it sucks, if it were too easy to just buy and ship a foreign market car we’d get flooded with shady dealers trying to sell us shady cars. For example that recent article about Latin market Renaults or something like that being absolute garbage in safety ratings, people would try to get…