I’ve owned 10+ manuals over my lifetime. The higher the torque, the easier to feather the clutch and not peel out or stall.

I’ve been to my fair share of hot rod shows. While there are always a few diamonds, the vast majority of vehicles look virtually the same, save a few trivial details. The herd mentality is very strong with this particular car culture.

^^^^

^^ This is the 100% correct take.

I hope they dispense with the lie that it’s a wagon and will come clean and call it a CUV.

Aunt Becky’s biggest problem is she wasn’t rich enough to bribe through the front door. Make no mistake the 0.001% is the power behind the FBI’s prosecution of the 0.01%.

Agree 100%. Public school district diversity was and is a non-negotiable requirement for my wife and I.

I think you and I can agree on one thing : suburbs are less than ideal.

Exactly. You probably also figured out very quickly you had scant few white allies and most other white kids got defensive and start attacking you when you talked about the racism you experienced.

lein == CP

All of the above, plus the fact you don’t have to scrub the crap out of them and they are nigh indestructible.

“You don’t owe it” is close enough to “legality”.

Cities are big places with a lot of people. Yes, there are plenty of urbanites that don’t enjoy rural areas. But, I imagine that vast majority of people that live in cities - including myself - indeed enjoy getting out of the city on a regular basis and want urban developement to be confined to cities and not sprawl.

It’s one thing to despise urbanites. It’s another to contemplate economic suicide.

Wagon (long roof)
+
straight-bar roof rack
+
trucker-style self-wrenching straps
=
The answer.

I agree. Since China is a 1-party state, Communist Party == Chinese Government.

^^ This. Huawei is supported directly by the Communist party. It’s effectively a wing of the Chinese military. It’s also the most infamous copier/stealer of intellectual property.

Call me crazy, but wouldn’t it be cheaper to drive in as far as you can go, and then backpack the rest of the way ?

No. I had to grit my teeth with my 2016 Sedona purchase. I can’t recall a worse sales experience.

You and I - along with most Miata owners - have different ideas of ‘sporty’.