You know that Acura has seen some shit. The path from being driven home by a senior level manager to carting around meth heads and stolen cats is not for the faint of heart. And since it’s a Honda, it probably has another decade of human tragedy ahead of it.

I legit LOL’d at this. Well, played!

“We surveyed 100 people and asked them to name something you will find in ‘Plaid’.“

These are cutesy references, but I wonder how many purchasers they alienate with these outdated references to marginally funny movies that are pretty much played out as touchpoints. I’ve thought the same thing with their naming strategy. The Model 3 was originally going to be the Model E before Ford asserted a…

Sure, yeah, 35 year old stale comedy references are totally the best way to sell cars.

Its a reference to the movie Spaceballs. After Ludicrous speed comes Plaid. Its a hilarious scene and if you haven’t seen the movie you should.

1st Gear: How did that name get past the marketing department? Is there anyone who hears “plaid” and immediately thinks of luxury?

It’s a bit fussy, but not awful. The LX will be horrendous. I can’t wait.

“The Land Cruiser rides on a new platform called GA-F.”

Let me guess, he thinks three-fifths of $15 is a more appropriate wage.

You think someone deserves to get PIT’d because they wanted to find a safe spot to pull over?

cheap to build, expensive to replace when you kick them and they snap off.

I am constantly having to jump my mower (it gets used maybe once a month in the dry season) and once it starts I cannot get off or it will stop (without adequately charging), so I am constantly double and triple checking everything...

I have never CEASED being careful with jumper cables - they scare the shit out of me. (Not the cables themselves, mind you - what they can do - like this).

This.
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And a question:
I thought I wasn’t supposed to attach the negative terminal to the battery, but rather to something with bare metal on the car? The ground post?
Then again, now that I think about it, that rule as taught to me by my grandfather, for tractors and such, in case the connecting circuit creates a…

If you don’t have to manually search for every reply in the 400+ comment Maverick article, what even is the point?

I think it was a cost thing. It’s possible shift quality also factored in.

Rumor has it that the Chrysler transmissions had significant durability issues during development, which may have been why they were delayed.

I want a Maverick Lightning.  If EV’s aren’t the perfect way to bring back small trucks, I don’t know what is.

They would be fools not to build an ST version. They have a ST explorer for Christ sake, so there is no excuse.