Agreed.

I’m a big proponent of these small body trucks - I think they are hugely under-appreciated by today’s truck buyers. (that’s a rant for another day).

I can appreciate your comments about digital simulation of analog instruments. Part of the issue - I suspect - is the difference between passive (reflective) light sources as you get with analog instruments, and active light sources like screens.

A few general comments:

I own a CR-V - a 5th gen in fact.

Buy something cheap you know you’re going to hate for 5 years, and then think about sinking serious money into a next car.

On the other hand, the car hasn’t been beaten to shit, and most of the work it needs is relatively minor stuff.

No. Just No.

I presume that in part they are looking at the success they’ve had with the Transit Connect van and are once again thinking that there’s a market for a small body pickup truck.

The worst experience I ever had was a Ford dealer with my then-partner’s Escort.

It’s damned easy for a car the size of a Mini to disappear into the front blind quarters of a dump truck.

Uhm ... yipes?! What is that guy thinking?

Wanders off to watch *Lucifer* ... yeah - you’re right - even he has better taste than this. 

That’s a hard ND.

What the hell is with the monstrous protrusions on some of those wheels?

They want how much for a dodgy home-built that has been sitting around idle for the last several decades? Whoever is selling it is in for a big disappointment. I wouldn’t even offer $500 for it in that shape. You’re apt to have to rebuild the chassis at this point.

NP, but not a bike for everyone.

a) That’s what rain gear is for

Someone put faux woodgrain on an Accord Wagon? Why? Just Why?

The 350/370 Zs just didn’t manage to capture the attributes that made the original Z-car look so good. Instead of looking “ready for action”, they looked rounded and stubby - as if they were depressed to even exist.