@texan01: It wasn't just poor at selecting or holding a gear, it also tried to shake the entire car apart whenever it was idling and in gear. Additionally, the CD4E was infamously unreliable...

@Novaload: I'd never ass such a thing of him, butt I am glad that his days here on Jalopnik aren't entirely behind him, and he'll be around to occasionally discuss arse when he ass a free moment.

@S_Mazza: Yeah, that's true, I didn't think of that. Definitely worth a look - it'd tide me over nicely until I find more comfortable seats.

My usual farewell is "have fun and don't die", and I believe it applies here.

@87CapriceEstate: I see one just like that, though light blue instead of white and with some unusual antennas mounted on the back, on a regular basis. The driver's kind of a dick, though - he's the fellow who regularly throws his recyclables, still in plastic bags, through their respective windows rather than emptying…

@BrtStlnd: They do indeed, but with a (hopefully) more reliable, but also more complicated, electronic setup rather than the original electromechanical system.

@MushyHeirloom: ...or double Dark Portofino Blue, to match my Volvo 244's interior.

@brachial_plexus: I'll take one in double aquamarine...

@mytdawg: I learned to drive mostly in a '97 Mystique. I miss it for its handling and reliability, but not so much for its interior (which made my Volvo's collection of future plastic shards look sturdy) and its hateful, miserable, Biblically-horrendous CD4E automatic. It was eventually donated to charity.

@Turboner: Yeah, I agree with that. I'm not sure it's genuinely not as good as it used to be, but some of the community gearhead patina has been polished away by continual new blood, from Facebook commenters to one-post wonders to flat-out trolls, as we've become better-known.

@TexanIdiot25: Demands his star, and cult of cars: My understanding is that the S10/S15/Sonoma was half G-body, half oxcart.

@dkissam: "Good driving" and "skilled driving" are two different things.

@MasterxAce: The 5,000-pound behemoths were the modified sedans shown in Popular Mechanics. The RSVs can't be that heavy if they could manage 32 MPG, but the 1.8-liter EK1 from the first-generation Accord only made a meagre 72 horsepower and 94 lb-ft of torque - enough to get a reasonably-aerodynamic subcompact with…

@virages: As with an old Volvo, the excellent visibility is to help you plan ahead - far ahead.

@habibus: You've made me want a G8 quite badly now - at six foot even and one-fifty-something, I'd have to be able to slide my Volvo 244's seat back another few inches, right to the front of the rear seat cushion, to be able to lock my knees. As it is, on long drives, I have to tilt my leg to one side or the other so…

@ChiefPontiaxe is now also Chief VolvoWagonAxe: An electric roadster?! Pops, that's crazy talk!

@HoonThatFerrari-isNowHooning a Maserati: It expands to fill the assembly-line space available.

@F. Paul Russell III: It's a lot closer to "all set", actually.

@LandofMinos, In Soviet Australia, internet censors you: Agreed. As I understand, the Aurion sells only passably there (and the previous Avalon went over like a lead balloon), the Taurus was considered a hilarious joke, and buyers stayed away from the 380 (current Galant) in droves? Frankly, if given a…

@RalphieDC: Precisely. A Mercury is a Merc. A Mercedes is a Benz.