Even in Elite guise, the fit and finish and interior materials are still what you find on a base Pilot. The MDX (across all trims) has considerably more NVH insulation, and the doors close with that satisfying German thunk instead of the tinny Japanese clang. There’s more soft-touch materials in the MDX, edges on the…

I think they only feel bigger because they’ve become more efficient at packaging the interior and stretching out the wheelbase (but not necessarily the overall length). For instance, the Accord sedan has only grown about 3 inches in the past 15 years, which is not all that much if you ask my wife.

The Accord has pretty much always been longer than a JGC...

As someone who swapped the TMIC for a FMIC, I can honestly say for driveability I prefer the TMIC. The FMIC just adds so much lag for not that much of a gain until you go to a larger turbo. 

Lopez sealing Milwaukee’s 114-102 victory over the Jazz with a cold-blooded, Steph Cury-lite three-ball would be a fever dream to a 2013-era Brooklyn Nets fan.

I had an XB12S

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.