mattdistro
mattdistro
mattdistro

You demand a small, economy-biased, manual-shift truck. You get one, and you hate it!

I think in the not to distant future a manual transmission will command a premium. Those that want one will seek them out and pay for it in a dwindling market.

You sound liked a total stick in the mud. Old is fun, slow is very fun, and carbs are great once you figure out how to adjust them.

Anybody who votes CP on this should be banned from the site forever!

I don’t like his face. All this other evidence is unnecessary.

That photo is beauty and horror in equal measure

that worked faster than I expected

No of course it isn’t. The 3 wheeler is the coolest.

The appearance of socialism is just a ruse to get American university professors to buy our capitalist-produced wagons and flat-pack furniture.

Automakers are considering cars “mobile computing devices”

sounds like you need to move someplace cooler.

But your car will be managed by Swedes this is an improvement.

This guy. You can pick up a ‘05 or ‘06 for under $30k. That’s about 70% depreciation in 10 years, 10 more and if you can find one that’s still running I’m sure it’ll be much worse.

Seeing that my cell phone won’t hold a charge after 1 year, I’ll guess in 20 years this won’t go far.

Luxury? Check

$90k+ new riding on a silverado platform, the ground comes up fast since people put miles on these trucksters.

Chevy Equinox, or really any american little SUV. They build a ton of them and they don’t have the reliability reputation the Toyotas and Hondas have. They are cheap to start but you can clear over almost $40000 when you option them out. But with so many out there the options will not translate to used car values as

Considering this thing can already be had with a hefty discount.

According to my own very complicated and difficult to understand mathematical algorithms, in only 10 YEARS time it will cost you approximately $2.73 to dispose of the pile of scrap, bolts, and used oil that was once your Alfa 4C.