Why would you listen to this crap over the superior Chris LeDoux version?

I’m in.

No, and even more so.

I’ve driven about twenty of the current generation of Mirage between the time I spent turning wrenches for a Mitsubishi dealership and the time I spent working for the biggest used car retailer as a technician.

“I’m sure there are going to be a lot of people in the comments saying things like, “That’s it, I’m out of here! I’m never reading this site again!” First, grow up. Millions of people read this site, if you want to stop, go with god.”

Well... this is it. This is the end.

This is par for the course with UAW-built vehicles.

All of them, I’m a BMW technician by trade.

4th-gen V8 4WD 4Runner. I’m partial because I have one, but it really is my answer as well. It’s not as wide or long as a LandCruiser, but is just as capable in most respects and is still incredibly comfortable for long journeys on or off road.

I actually know of a half-dozen or more. The II community is pretty tight-knit between the forums and Facebook groups, we even have an annual national gathering.

I know these cars pretty well. I’ve owned nine Mustangs in all (four foxes, three IIs, and two S197s) and currently have a ‘75 Ghia project car.

For you or me? No. For an owner-operator or fleet owner doing LTL trucking with it? Absolutely, it’s virtually a guaranteed return on investment.

Um... former Ford dealership tech here, no, it freaking doesn’t.

My grandmother fully bought-in to that advertising hype. When I showed her my 2nd car in high school (a 1984 Camaro with the 2.8L V6) the first words out of her mouth were wondering if it was “heavy enough” because a heavy car was “safer”.

Manual transmission makes it rare, and being a chassis-cab configuration puts it in a different emissions bracket in some states. Throw in the 7.3s durability and serviceability, lack of SCR, EGR, and DPF, and low cost of operation, some commercial buyer would make their money back on this purchase over the life of…

I owned one of these beasts, a blue ‘75 model, for three years in the 2000s. It was indeed longer than a contemporary stretch limo (I parked next to a Lincoln Town Car limo in a parking lot once), as wide as a ‘70s Chevy C-10 (I owned a ‘75 C-10 at the same time, in a weird coincidence, both vehicles had the same size…

Wrong.

1. Kia Soul: You’re not wrong on any account. It’s ugly on the outside, but so good from the driver’s seat and from an “everyday use” perspective that I don’t care, I’d drive one.

Someone ate a lot of paint chips growing up.

If you buy one of those misbegotten bastards, pay extra attention to the notoriously weak front suspension. Check your balljoints more often than you change the oil and you'll probably be fine, don't, and you'll be in for a nasty surprise with little or no warning.