Yeah, even though they’re a little small for me, I keep looking at them and the price is just too much for too little and that’s before getting into the RF, which is the one I like. But, it’s the color options thing really annoys me. I HATE all the extra crap that comes with higher trim levels in cars and certainly don…

Good point.

It really is amazing how cheap it is and it’s even built on the opposite side of the country from where the Uyghur slave labor camps are located, so they’re probably paying for labor.

Same here! Well, Boston proper, mostly. The time I forgot about the sides sticking out I was about 15 years younger and it was move-in day at BU and 80 degrees, so the women were wearing accommodating clothing. With this going on, plus pedestrians to watch out for, I was also trying to find a parking spot as close as…

I had to drive an NPR sometimes for work and, even with a blown turbo that made some traffic moves a challenge, I didn’t mind driving it. I definitely prefer the cabover to standard configuration. Sure, mortality was more on the mind when I was the crumple zone, but that thing was more maneuverable in the city than…

Yeah, I don’t get it, either. It’s not small, it gets in the same range of mileage as full size competitors yet with less power, has less capability, far less available configurations, and isn’t even cheap. I hate trucks, but need to consider something to (frequently) tow a small power boat I’m building. Even the 5k# t…

They’re so full of manly independence that they make life decisions based upon how think they would end up looking to other men who judge men on how manly they appear based upon some standard none of them had a hand in determining.

Yup, any time I needed more vehicle than my Focus hatches or Legacy wagon, I’ve needed to rent a box truck because a pick up also would have also been substandard to the task.

Was just about to post that I’d prefer the electric Bradley, but the Wikipedias tell me the electric utilized the GT II body, though the boxed in taillights of the alternate ElecTrek do look like the GT II.

If they can be found cheap enough, a Mk3 Focus with a manual transmission. That last part is important (and requested!), but with that transmission it’s bulletproof with better mileage, handling, and more power over a Corolla. Might not even want to waste time on the G-body afterwards. Unlike some of these grouches, I…

Probably a moot point as (unless things have changed) these kinds of windshield-less things aren’t road legal in the US, but at least in some states, it’s illegal to wear a helmet in an enclosed vehicle. I encountered this when I designed a tadpole with a sliding canopy roof. I would be required by law to wear a…

I have the idea of modifying several different cheap cars to be like this (except with a minimal windshield more as a wind/bug deflector than anything) in my head, but I’ll never build them because I don’t want a second car and I especially don’t want a second car that is only useable a few times a year (I live in New…

Agree. I also think it would look better with dual windscreens shaped like the forward part of a fighter plane canopy. Not sure how that works regulation-wise, though. In the US, they’d legally have to have a wiper and washer, which would require the windscreens be made of glass (or the wipers never used as they’d…

I like assembling (and often have no choice with what I build), but hate getting everything straight, so I assemble, ball park the alignment, and pay to have them trued up properly.

Right now, prices are higher due to pandemic riding (though i would guess that’s dropped a little recently), but if this is over next summer, there might be some really good deals on bikes from people who decided they have other things they’d rather do now that they can do them.

You’re forced to if doing something weird, want separately painted parts and don’t want to mask off every spoke, or have something that isn’t standard or commonly stocked (90mm OLD antique front hub and wood rims, IGH, symmetrical track hub with disc and 6-speed free wheel conversion for a cruiser bike). In his case,…

Yeah, I don’t think I ever recall reading a good report of the shift action of a manual from MB and what’s appealing about most of their cars is largely at odds with what someone who wants a manual would be looking for. Really, the AMG GTs are the only ones I could see with a manual, but that class of car and power…

Meanwhile, I keep getting annoyed by an open recall notification for the hatch that might not self-disable above a certain speed resulting in the possibility that it could open if the hatch button is pressed while driving. I tested mine and it doesn’t do it and I wouldn’t give a shit if it did as it wouldn’t be worth…

Funny how things don’t change: my 1984 GL was about the same 0-60 and 1/4 mile as an ‘85 Plymouth Voyager.

My sister’s Ascent has it and it sucks. Those noises are rage triggers. Oh, we see that you’re near the yellow line because you’re leaving room for a jogger who refuses to use the fucking sidewalk that’s 3' away and chooses the street instead. We will now punish you for your basic courteousness with an obnoxious sound.

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