Again, the third row takes up all the underfloor space for it to fold into.

All modern vans have a big well for the third row seat to fold into, and Chryslers (last three versions) also have wells for the second row seats or hybrid batteries, hence the position shown here.

Hey at least they included that lovely plastic shield for the spare.

Again, what brand and year car? In my 2018 Forester it’s unobtrusive. 

What kinda car is that?

Does this count both the original CVT Compass and the CVT-less update and also the newer one that’s completely different?

With AC on every car there’s no doubt a lot less window opening than there was in the olden days. 

The adaptive cruise on my 2018 Forester pretty much works fine. I use it all the time including in slow traffic. But it’s not smart, so it can’t tell that a slower car leaving the lane up ahead is actually leaving so my car can speed up. But your brain can, and your right foot can take over. Same thing with stopped or…

Who opens the windows when it’s freezing out? Is there a manned toll booth at the end of your driveway?

I think “moonroof” is what Ford’s ad agency came up with when glass sunroofs were first introduced.

Musk certainly deserves credit for recognizing that new battery tech makes electric cars semi-practical, getting investors on board, and actually starting a new car company producing actual cars that besides the electric part have been a design influence. That’s all pretty huge.

American Versas were probably Mexican built. 

Maybe a Versa SL hatchback. It would be worth the extra grand. 

Our perception of a car has a lot to do with noise, particularly I think the high frequency more grainy noises of tires on the road and mechanical engine noise. It would be easy work but time consuming to add sound insulation to this but it would improve the perception a lot.

In the olden days base models of Big 3 sedans were also shockingly unequipped. Example I am familiar with: 1958 Chevrolet Delray/Yeoman wagon. In that chromey trim bedecked year for GM at least it didn’t have the Cheapskate Dad black rubber around the windshield and/or rear window like previous years of any base car…

Once you get it rolling you still have those stick shift gears to provide whatever gear reduction you want. The trade off in lower highway revs should be more than worth it.

In case anyone is unfamiliar with places like southern Arizona, what rain there is comes in summer thunderstorms. There are a lot of small or larger dry riverbeds (called “washes” at least back when I was there) carved into the ground that would be fine for driving through until they aren’t. The water can come all at…

Her car must have gotten stuck first before actually sinking. If it had gone right in and she had to get out through the almost frozen water I don’t think she would be acting so casual at that point.