So corporate executives are cultivated fungus that grow off dead trees. Checks out.

This discussion reminds me of an ‘82 Chevy truck that I had essentially sold to a guy and as the test drive had us returning to my house, the thing quits, erupting into flames. The fire trucks came, the guy backed out of the deal, I called my wife for a ride.

As watertight as the original Beetle?

I see what you did, there. Take a star.

Stereotype: Drivers of lifted Diesel pickup trucks with huge tires and large diameter stacks sticking out of the bed are dangerous racist jack-wagons.

They saw an untapped demographic that had no current brand loyalty and decided that the only thing that mattered about a person was not their sexuality but the color of their money. And it paid off for them, big time. LGBT communities still have a lot of residual brand loyalty to Subaru for treating them like actual…

Just flag in CL. I just did (and always do).

Automatic No Dice the moment I see this crap at the bottom of an ad:

Having lived through that era, I think that era, I think that “Sport Size” means “too large on the outside and too small on the inside.”

Let me address the common complaints, one by one.

It has been ages since I was in Europe, but two cars I really remember catching my eye were 2CVs (no surprise there) and Renault Meganes, the early-mid oo’s ones with the big butts.

Station wagons. In the US they’ve all but died out in favor of crossovers, but in Europe they’re alive and well. Seems like nearly every sedan model has a corresponding wagon variant.

In Iran, I got super pumped to spot a RWD 405 (a bastard child of a Peugeot of the late 80's, originally FWD, and a Hillman Hunter from 20 years prior), which the ever-quirky Iranian automotive industry produced for a few years.

This might be one of the best unexpected things written here in a while.

Even though school busses tend to be one of the safest modes of transportation, any time ANYTHING happens, standards and new rules are enacted. ( Well at least for districts with the money).

I think they are packed too closely to blend. the inside seats are probably pretty safe. People tend to forget life before air bags, we had meat bags and quite a high proportion of children actually survived childhood.

This may not be the car for you but you cannot question the value for money, this is the easiest NP in ages.

American performance SUVs

You can’t buy taste.

Weird how so many embezzlers/Madoff schemers have bad taste and no investing skills.