Just something with enough power, and enough handling, and 200-300 miles of range that is small, nimble, and handles well would be fine. An electric Miata or Fiesta ST equivalent with 250 miles of range would be great. Slow, all things considered, but fun. And doesn’t need to look like a potato transformer catfish…

Man it sure seems like cops picking on ex marines all the time could go really really poorly for them if their frustration exceeds their sense of right and wrong.

I was able to return my lease after 60 days because my Giulia was in the shop most of the time with un-solveable brake and trans codes/lights. I tried really hard to wait it out because I had a similar issue with a Fiat 500 Abarth but in two months of my lease I was able to drive the Giulia for a total of 9 days…

Broncito!

Nah my daily is almost always hauling just me, maybe the wife. The FiST is fine right now but the wear and tear on my elbows is killing me - and I’ve spent way too much on surgeries to risk it lol. Hasn’t been an issue for almost 2 years but I finally had to head back in to the office a few times and spending an hour…

I’m pretty out of love with VW’s, I’ll only ever own another modern VW while it’s in warranty, and even then they’ve been kinda boring since... mk5 or so? I test drove a turbo mustang and it felt a bit porky, and where I plan to park it isn’t quite long enough. It would fit in that end of my garage, but I wouldn’t be…

I come to the comments to see if someone dropped the list here so I don’t have to look at the slideshow - if not, I’m out.

I’ll have to see if I can go for another spin. I have other faster toys around, just looking for a daily that isn’t straight up boring. I did drive a veloster N and wasn’t really into it, need to go test drive the dual clutch version. It’s a bit too much, I don’t need something “fast”, just something reasonably…

Yeah I just need a daily I can park outside and not worry about, and since I can’t realistically do my own work/maintenance anymore I figured a toyoburu would be pretty reliable and easy to maintain. My wife said “what about a camry?” and I died a little inside.

I’ve owned too many VW’s to want another vw ;)

I’d love to hear some long-term feedback. I currently have a 2017 Fiesta ST as a daily, but after a string of arm surgeries, my doctor has essentially ordered me to stop driving a manual. I was really really thinking about sampling an 86, either an older one or a new GR - but was wondering if it’s awful with an…

Doug DeMuro should go investigate lol

Ah gotcha, I wasn’t paying attention - thought you were the smog dude :P

The taurus in the first pic made me dry heave.

Thanks. I think I’m 1.5 years out from my first smogging and don’t exactly know where my stock IC is... The car’s been in for service a few times and the techs didn’t notice the IC - I’m hoping the visual is just a quick glance. I doubt I’ll get ref’d the car is otherwise stock, I just got tired of constant limp mode.…

Ha yeah, test driven twice - it’s not *that* great of a car. I’d rather less horsepower and weight, it feels pretty porky on the road for it’s size.

What about an intercooler? It looks stock, how hard do they check? I don’t relish peeling the front end off my car to go back to a stock IC just for a smog check, but with the stock IC the car’s in limp mode basically all summer long :|

This reminds me of when my wife said I needed to sell one of my old motorcycles, so I put it up for sale for 10x it’s actual value lol. “Sorry honey, no bites yet!”

Selling a car is bonkers right now. I have a 2017 Fiesta ST with 30k miles on it that I bought new for $17k, and I was just offered offered $16.5k from carvana. Absolutely nuts. Would’ve taken it if a replacement was reasonable right now, but near me there are just no cars to buy (that I want). I was thinking about…

He’s against abortion isn’t he? Wasn’t remdesivir developed using aborted fetal cells? I could be wrong but I think I remember reading that... so, won’t vaccinate, is against abortion, is taking a treatment that was possibly created using the results of abortions.