Yeah it’d set up a nice thing where the 4Runner goes after the Wrangler/Bronco and then the LC is more positioned against the Grand Cherokee and Defender (with the Lexus GX covering the even higher ground)

The speculation I’ve heard is that the 4Runner is going to be aimed more squarely at the Wrangler/Bronco end of the market. 

Those legs will be up against Barbie and Oppenheimer next weekend...

26" tires? Is this for preteens?

I’m a bit skeptical of the numbers.

I got these hooks that slip around the headrest posts of my driver and passenger seats.

They’re...all over the place?

Recipe for success - take the MDX and put a fucking EV setup in it. Do that.

I was in Omaha a few weeks ago and was surprised to find that it wasn’t the flat desolation of, say, Lubbock. There were rolling hills and actual bluffs.

Don’t know how the rest of the state fares, but Omaha and surrounding was actually quite pretty.

I don’t hate it - and the shift away from the retro look is a welcome one (it’s been what...20 years now?). But after maddening interactions with the service department at the local dealership, it’ll be a looong time before another Mini gets my money. 

OVERALL, I think it’s hard to argue with either the Prius or the Tesla Model S.

I’d put the Model T above any of those. Its importance in initial automotive adoption can’t be understated.

As a former Defender owner, LOL at the idea of Land Rovers being the most reliable anything.

I’m sure that’s part of it, but I have to imagine that turning the vehicle into an experience in little ways like this also builds customer affinity, which spills over into repeat purchases, land-and-expand among families, etc. I have to imagine that’s more valuable than throwing a bone to the OEM parts operation. 

Generally, no, they don’t.

Man, fuck the back-office sports shenanigans of the mid-90s. This and the baseball strike the year before killed my avid teenage interest in both.

Not to mention, setting a speed limit well below the safe threshold for the road makes that drive more boring, and makes it FEEL safer, which in turn makes people pay less attention, which can lead to its own accidents.

One reason for this - cars parked in driveways frequently block the path of the sidewalk. It’s annoying to have to dodge around things every 60-100 feet, so people just move to the street instead. This is especially true if you’ve got little ones and are wrangling a stroller. My kids are thankfully past that stage…

Austin, TX here. Maybe it was the few months of the pandemic massively decluttering the roads, but if I’ve noticed anything over the last year, it’s the increase in sponge-footed, sloth-reflex, blissfully unaware dawdlers.

I see a lot of influences banging around in it - some Mazda, some Audi, some Porsche, maybe some more recent Hyundai in the front fascia.