Wait, why should we pull the wheel off to plug a tire?

Wait, why should we pull the wheel off to plug a tire?

Forget Bowflex. This is the original and still the best all-in-one workout machine. Under 500$ new and even less if you can find used gear.

Forget Bowflex. This is the original and still the best all-in-one workout machine. Under 500$ new and even less if…

We ended up buying a Golf at that time. If you can compare a GTI to the C-max, I feel like we couldn’t have even been driving the same car. Perhaps it makes a difference: The one we drove was not the “Energi”. It was just a regular old C-max as far as I know.

Sometime around 2013, I walked into a Ford dealership looking for a family hauler. Thie C-max was the closest thing they had to a proper wagon, so we took it for a test drive.
It really was an interesting car. Interesting enough for the memory of the event to stick with me.

I’m confused. Aren’t there 3 standard nozzle sizes? The smallest one is for gasoline, the medium one is for passenger car diesel, and the largest one is for commercial diesel. I also carry one of those adapter funnels in my diesel cars for places that only have the large nozzle size, though I’ve only had to use it…

Money printer indeed. This is EXACTLY where my head went when the Bronco was announced. Give it the serious off road chops and the seven speed manual of the Bronco, and the payload of an early 90s compact pickup, and I’ll be your first buyer.

I applaud you for trying!

Same journey, same result. We might have even considered raising the budget for it (because it was SO nice inside), but the two pedal thing was a deal breaker for us.

I’m a little late to the party here, so who knows whether you’ll see this.

I am so excited to hear your impressions of this thing. It could make the perfect around the neighborhood vehicle for taking the kids to the pool. Instead of all of those too-expensive and too-same-looking golf carts.

Seriously. My household just won’t consider it without our preferred transmission type. I know we’re the minority, but this isn’t the kind of thing that people compromise on. It’s binary. You’re either okay with an automatic, or you aren’t. There is no “well, the rest of the car is good enough that I’ll buy it even…

I always find it odd that people can’t make the tiniest changes or repairs before the ad photo shoot. How much could it have cost to replace the antenna and the steering wheel cover? And why would you leave the air freshener in there? The car was clearly well detailed, so the seller was paying attention. But somehow…

Exactly. Rust belt here, and I’ve never had a lug nut that wouldn’t come off. Lubricating your lug nuts is not the right solution to this problem. Removing them more often is. How long are these people going between tire rotations anyway?

“If I don’t know how to wrench and what to look for, I should be finding a way to spend more money on a better vehicle.”

Yes, if you have a 3 member family, one of the cars in your fleet should probably fit all three. The original question asker only mentioned a 2 member family and did not clarify whether this would be his or her only car.

Maybe we Lifehackers should discuss how to “hack” these masks to solve the problem.

As someone with kids in car seats that ride in our Miata all the time, I have to ask: Why does having a 7 year old suggest you need a back seat? I honestly don’t understand. I just ran it by one of the kids. She doesn’t understand either.

I enjoyed this. Thanks David and others.

Like you, I have record of EVERY PENNY I’ve spent on each of my automobiles from the day I purchased them. Records come in handy when something starts to go wrong. And how can you make informed financial decisions if you don’t really understand how much your previous decisions cost you?

Only two kids. One parent and one kid going one direction, other parent and other kid going the other direction, still works fine with a 2 seater. We do it now pretty regularly.
These are the same arguments that tons of coworkers wanted to bring up. I’m not being obtuse; I genuinely don’t see the issue. None of them…