Completely Agree with your points, however...the new Toyota is 3.4L (advertised as 3.5).

I don't judge you for not being in the majority my friend. 

Yep, I'm sure. 

“The 2022 Honda Passport TrailSport also has things that rear-wheel drive, manual transmission freaks don’t care about, but the rest of us do, like driving assistance features that we’ve come to expect from most new cars.”

I thought this same way about 15 years ago when I was working for Cargill and they had an article in the internal news feed that stated they were testing this concept on one of the cargo ships they owned. As I recall it was in partnership with a university on that initial test. Either the snake oil of this concept is…

Grand Touring Manual has a LSD...worth that upcharge. 

Ha I was wondering if that was the case given your post wasn’t negatively written. Nice that we agree on this 🙂🤙

To my knowledge there have been 2 Si’s with an automatic - 6th Gen (EK) JDM Si-R that had a B16A VTEC and the 4th Gen Prelude Si with a H22 non-VTEC.

You sure care about your neighbors’ opinions a lot.

I’m under the impression that the Type S will also offer a DCT option while Si/TypeR will be manual only. This allows for Honda to maximize profit as they get to upcharge for the automatic while also charging more for the premium Acura badge as well. 

I’m with you on this...”boring” is being thrown around like it’s a bad thing. I applaud the designers taking elements of the 5th/6th Gen Civics and 4th/5th gen Preludes spun into something that for the most part works (given no two door options, it's always going to have some a bit of ungainly side profile versus what…

You’re stating this as though it's a *bad thing*... personally this makes me like the design more than anything that's come since the EJ and EKs. 

LOl That’s why they offer bulk buys

An older Honda (80s-early ‘00s)...a few 10mm sockets/wrenches and JIS screwdrivers will give you access to 90% of what you need to replace/work on. 

Physics (i.e. Momentum). The front of the Accord got ‘hooked’...this is why the perception is it’s the Accord’s fault as their wheels were turning left at moment of impact. The left turning front wheels allowed the rear to counter-rotate versus the direction of travel and ended up perpendicular.

Yugatti be kidding me.

Dogleg 5 speeds left out in the cold on this one.

Throwing that word "driver" around willy nilly regarding FSD supporters

Miata soft top - convertible (roadster)

Name another inexpensive manual RWD coupe.