In my county of Sonoma, CA, there are incentives for used EVs. Check to be sure there aren’t any near you. And $20k for a Leaf is high (probably newer). There are 7 on CL near me for under $6000.

Is there some mythical place where everybody drives 300 miles often? I GET that some people, once a year do, but once a year I need a pickup so go rent one. I’m lucky to have that luxury but this terror of 300 miles is overused and excessive.

Leasing is a lousy way to buy a car you’re “iffy” about. Why get stuck in a 2-3 year contract you can’t get out of if you want to? You get the same warranty, the same customer service but no leash if it gets dicey.

My parents always had cool cars.. MGTC in the 50s. Then a Borgward wagon which they were crazy for. Then they regretted instanly selling it for a Sunbeam Rapier. In their words, “the worst car ever made”. They dumped it swiftly for what was going to be a Mustang- but then they cross shopped it with a Volvo 122 and…

When you can’t afford to hire a real designer, you get yard and a half of black plastic “mesh” slobbered all over your bumper. What happened to Mercedes’ integrity in design? This is just full-on tacky.

I hope all those geegaw vents do something. A car this focused should have function and refinement built into the style. To me, it looks too clunky. The headlights are worse versions of the Fiata 124's but the “mesh” air dams look better suited to an SUV from a few years ago. The rear looks as if it came from an MB.…

Lacking in a few qualities of a minivan but it certainly has some similarities... the steering wheel controls on the hidden side are just like those on the Caravan I rented. Further, the tailgate-open button is in the same place as every current Sienna. Both of them look better too, since neither will be mistaken for…

I’d like to know when they’ll stop designing it to look like a down-market Mazda wannabe. That’s about it. 

How I feel about the vehicle with the most gimmicks and design tricks? :(  Biggest compliment: Yay for amber blinkers. That’s it. The rest is astonishingly atrocious.

Yesss! I’ve had a fantasy of finding a well maintained, Le Car for about 10 years. They are FAR rarer than old Jags, obscure Ferraris and the like and it’s precisely because of what you say. Never meant to be coddled, the true collectors are the ones that nobody thought were worthy. Even if you don’t want an R5, and I…

It’s been a while since but I had three 9-5s. After seven Volvos, I finally read Consumer Reports to find that my consistantly troublesome Vs were less-well ranked than the 9-5. MAN!! What supreme vehicles the Saabs were. The level of luxury. The power yet the high mpg... flawless. I eventually got one just before the…

Thank you Jalopnik for publishing this facinating story! It reminded me of another real story of somewhat similiar components. I used to frequent a cafe in that catered to a rather wild, exciting group of customers- mostly gay, many artists, many crossdressers and transpeople. One customer was flamboyantly dressed the…

BMW needs to bite the bullet and hire a designer. A coffee maker designer? A pencil designer? A sticker designer? ANY DESIGNER!!!! This brand is so bland it’s boggling. Bring back Bangle. Bring in Designing WOMEN! Truely, anything would be more fun than their current design language. zzzzzzzzZMW

The market for the mmmMACHO Audi exists but the market for the simple, classic A6 wagon doesn’t? Asinine.

If you want another good Vibe, I can heartily attest, the Dirt Devil Vibe vacuum is also a fine piece of engineering. And you can call it The Vibe and it’s just a serious conversation about dirty stuff. Win.

I’ve read that when driving while tired -but too proud/late/stupid to pull over and get rest, it’s not rolling down the windows or blasting music that keeps you more aware.... but rather driving barefoot. Supposedly, you have more nerve endings in the foot which could help keep you perky, from the tactile experience…

A Sienna XLE or Limited from 2006 on. Bulletproof, surprisingly fun to drive, luxe (he said he liked heated seats and V6 power). I sold a Saab 9-5 Aero back in the day, to begrudgingly buy that Sienna and damn, if I didn’t love every minute driving the van. We still have our 325it and it’s fun, but the Sienna holds…

Thank you for putting “butch” between quotation marks. It helps. Seriously. Because automotive “butch” is a wink and a nod from mall-crawler but people love a drag-fantasy-costume.

Your idea is the same as my idea -for every minivan. They can add AWD (ok..only Toyota )and put it in heels with some black rubber junk around the wheel arches and SELL it. Hellllllooooo Vanagonsurfervagabond types. And sure, sell them a 500 while you’re at it.

Anyone who’s old enough to have been rooting for Honda to topple the Big 3 back in the ‘70s, with effeciency, fun dynamics and élan, appreciates that Honda used to say, “we make it simple”. That was rich. By default, it was claiming that their cars rock, without gobbledegook. It’s SO good that the Civic SI can be had…