Explain.

It’s primary for children only in NH. There is no seatbelt law for adults in NH according to your link

Holy Moses! A beautiful BMW that hasn’t been overstyled! It CAN be done!

Welcome to the state that holds the first primary in the nation. A state no politician with presidential ambitions would want to piss off.

In this case, too, you could call it “Live free and die, and possibly kill others in the car with your unsecured corpse because Ayn Rand’s ghost is a poor substitute for a seatbelt.” But that wouldn’t fit on a license plate.

There are 50 states. New Hampshire is the one.

I like the weirdness of having a tire in the engine bay. But it’s not a great packaging solution in general.

That’s because one US state doesn’t require adults to buckle up.

I think it’s also about the hierarchy of priorities. Once you get past VFMSS, you have to prioritize emissions and fuel economy, which involve everything from underhood plumbing to aerodynamics to weight savings to thermal management.

Did you read the article? He explains it.

Absolutely. If someone asked me what my favorite AMC, or Buick, or Packard, or SAAB, or Lancia was... I could not answer.

I sold Mazdas and Hyundais for a summer when I was 18... in 2001. When we sold an Accent, we’d get $50 commission. The dealer made $64 over invoice if we sold at MSRP, which we almost never did. The biggest commission I ever made on a new car was about $400 for a loaded Mazda Tribute.

That’s exactly what it was supposed to be. It was slated for production, but got canceled.

To me, the A7 looks like it’s a ship sinking from the stern. Droopy ass syndrome, for sure. But all Audi sedans these days look brick-like and too conservative for my tastes.

The first one was an instant classic. The current one is overstyled and unattractive to me.

That rear overhang looks so massive, the car looks like it’s going to pop a wheelie any minute.

I used to sell Mazda B-Series pickups in 2001 and we’d advertise loss leaders for bare bones models for under $10k. I agree those deals were available.

I chose 1997 because it’s 20 years ago.

The base price of an S10 in 1997 was $11,703, according to kbb.com. Adjusted for inflation, that’s $17,900.

Nope.