Lol, You’re probably right. I’ve been shopping for potential project bikes lately (not these, but just browsing) and it’s rare that 500 buys you anything running these days (at least around where I live that’s what it seems).

This would be a crap off roader, and a worse than stock road bike. Plus, this is the going price for a REALLY nice condition stock one.

This is a 750 dollar bike.

IT’s tricky, every car is different. It is easy to say “oh, don’t put XX” on a car, that’s too big. Because every car has visual mass that is different. 19's come stock on cars now, because they were designed for big wheels - but nothing was designed to roll on 19's 17yrs ago so they look silly. And it’s not just a…

IT’s really nice for what it is, but a bit too steep.

It’s gorgeous. I feel that while I really like mclaren cars, there’s always something fussy about the styling (usually with the front clip). This is the most handsome car they’ve ever made, and while it seems a bit bland compared to something like the 720, it’s supposed to be the classy touring one so that’s fine.

I was in the Denver/golden area last weekend. 1/3 vehicles were subarus, and most of them new/recent. I feel like Subaru could sell vehicles ONLY in Colorado and still do better than 1/3 of the other car manufacturers, lol.

Ive been riding for nearly 20 years. I piddled around a neighborhood before I took the class, but largely let it teach me good habits before I developed bad ones.

Exactly. I’m 6'2" with what is like a 6'5" person’s torso and at 240lbs am on the bigger side too. I have little hope that i’ll really be able to fit for more than just a short drive with a kinked neck.

How does an over 6' driver fit? Any chance of a helmet?

I legitimately don’t understand the point.
I don’t see any reason why a woman can’t drive as well/fast as a man. From my experience in autoX and some club track driving, they can/are JUST as fast and as skilled.

I think numbers are the problem, sure - less women seem interested than men, so it often SEEMS like they…

I love these cars. In the ever-growing mass of blob-y generic bubble and ripple sedans, this thing looks tough. It reminds me of some mobster car - a cooler higher performance and more luxurious version of a simple 4-door sedan. Like the Crown Vic, Lincoln Town Car both had a photo of this thing on the wall as they…

Ford uses an unconventional method of loaning Mustangs out to crash leaving car meets because without REAL pedestrians the tests are just hypothetical.

That was beautiful, brave and a very good read. Thanks so much for sharing.

For a long time, I always hated “progress for the sake of progress”. Every manufacturer and/or every individual car hits a “peak” where the next model or era isn’t quite as awesome as the previous. This is (of course) subjective, but I think everybody knows it and has their favorite genres.

If they tossed in a 2.0t and it could tow 4000lbs or so that would make it soft compared to things like a gladiator/taco/ranger/ even a ridgeline etc but honestly i’d be more interested in this. It’d be better on gas, have a nicer interior and be better the 95% of the time you weren’t doing truck-stuff. It’s plenty of…

I think the wrangler is one of the few vehicles that follows NO normal depreciation and used market trends.

You’re more than welcome. Not everybody is on the internet to be poisonous, lol.

Hell, one step further - people still turn their nose up at it when standing on the sidelines at an autoX. One run in the passenger seat and they’ll be flabbergasted and talk about it for a month.

“it was a reminder of how absurd the concept of tracking a car is—that no matter how cushy modern vehicles get, the act of speeding around a race track will forever be absolutely nuts.”

I currently own a TJ wrangler, and am assuming i’ll replace it with a gladiator in a few years - at some point during it’s first gen life cycle.