As my wife once responded to an airline agent who asked her for a (non-existent) green card: “Why on earth would anyone want to stay there permanently?!”

Quite excellent when compared with what? A fridge freezer? That thing was shocking.

You don’t get to be the richest person in the world by being well adjusted.

They just don’t, though. I’ve used both and I’ve been driving for decades. All seasons are also designed for use in the cold, and will perform dramatically better in the dry than winter tires. Winter tires are fine, but you’re not going corner carving on a dry, cold day with them. And, they’re usually unpredictable…

More stars for you, sir. As someone who lives in an area where it gets cold but generally doesn’t snow, and as someone who has owned multiple sets of both snow and all season tires, I cannot overemphasize how much better a set of all season tires is in dry/wet winter usage than snow tires. Snow tires suck in…

Totally disagree. In fact, I just had a rental Mazda and was using Android Auto with their knob interface and it was so much better than touching the damn screen. You can confirm what you’re pressing before you press it and it’s really quick to move forward and back between screens with the physical buttons.

I see your comment, and I raise you: Touchscreens are the worst possible interface, full stop.

I mean—this is a choice. I almost bought a 2019 Lexus CT200h last year, which has the same basic powertrain as the 3rd generation Prius. They’re relatively durable, I guess, but the batteries do wear out, and much more concerning, the EGR eventually will clog up, and if you don’t preemptively address it, it will blow…

Oddly enough these situations never come up with the cars I generally buy—15-year-old models from discontinued marques sold by private sellers.

I really don’t understand these people who want to extend their lives for so long. The older I get the more I feel like ~70 years is more than enough.

It’s quite a thing to think there is a person who rents a car for that much money and then doesn’t want to pay more than one month’s rent to actually own a car.

Why are Saab’s so beautiful?

I love a good car audio system, especially a factory one that I don’t have to screw with, but it seems like something that manufacturers put at the very bottom of their priority list.

While I also hate this interior, I don’t feel as though you’re on high ground going by “CruzeHatch.”

The whole thing seems preposterous to me. Here in Germany there are three common grades of fuel available: 95 E10, 95 E5, and 98 E5. (There are some others, 100/102 at Shell or Aral, but I digress.)

After many years I only just realized that the name of this car is: A-van-time.

I’ve rented a few of them--I’m really not a fan. If you’re going to take a Chevy at the rental counter, I’d pick the Malibu which isn’t so utterly gigantic.

I didn’t know what the Corolla Cross was until you mentioned it—just did a Google search, and sweet mother of fuck that thing is a design abomination.

Dangerously slow, really.