That too, but my point is that to say the bike is bad because the range makes it too inconvenient for cross-country trips isn’t particularly relevant.

I thought HOG folks hated the V-Rod.

Not quite sure how comfortable it would be to ride this cross-country given the lack of fairings. Maybe I’m a pansy, but I much prefer tourers over a naked anything for those kinds of trips.

Yes, they’re going because it’s closed (which means no fees).

This is infinitely more interesting than the Planelopnik click-bait over the weekend headlined with “Airline Fatalities Are Up 900 Percent”.

I’ll concede that it’ll make far more torque earlier in the rev range, but the regular Forester makes 176 ft-lb peak, which isn’t that much less than 187 ft-lb. Also, where did you see that it’s 1 second quicker, or are you extrapolating based on the Crosstrek Hybrid vs regular Crosstrek?

Oops, I must have missed the part about comparing it to diesels. Mea culpa.

It’s the new STI trim that stands for “So...That’s It?”

This is based on the upcoming Forester eBoxer Hybrid, which has a combined system output of about 155 horsepower and 187 lb-ft of torque—not bad but not STI-worthy, either.

You could reduce that speed by 90% and it would still beat out the LA commute.

travels slower than freeway traffic on the surface

Interesting. To be frank, I personally would like to see this kind of stuff make its way into the safety rankings. The safest car is the one that can avoid the accident, and things like better brakes inherently make the car less likely to be involved in a frontal collision (or at least reduces the impact).

Right-of-way shouldn’t mean that a pedestrian can just disregard proper situational awareness. Short of a driver actively trying to mow someone down, many of these accidents can be avoided if either party paid more attention. It may not be the pedestrian’s fault, but in many instances they very well could have avoided…

If we’re talking about limiting cars based on pedestrian safety, then we definitely need to ban Mustangs.

If that’s the case, shouldn’t other active safety characteristics such as braking distance, traction control, etc. also be part of the equation?

Jewish-American Princess? That’s what it’s used to describe around these parts...

The rear reminds me a lot of the Veloster, which is to say, it’ll have a lot less cargo room than you’d expect out of a hatchback.

It looks like an elephant sat on the back of the old one...which itself looked like it got sat on by a hippo.

TTAC had a pretty good article about what makes the ZF9 such a far cry from the sublime ZF8: https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/02/zfs-9-speed-9hp-transmission-puts-dog-clutches-on-the-leash/

ZF9 transmission? No thanks. Having had the displeasure of driving cars with that transmission, I can honestly say I would rather have a CVT. It’s just that bad.