How about a Kenne-Bell-enhanced, 5.0-powered Volvo wagon. A sleeper, that you could sleep in if you so choose. Long live the long roof! I miss the proportions and no-nonsense styling of this era of Volvo wagons. 

Cars have traditionally fit into tidy categories. The ones that sit outside of easy classification generally don’t do well, unless their new form factor launches a new category.

I do have a problem with the term SUV, and particularly with the S and the U. I have no beef with V.

I think this is sane and rational. As a dad and a spouse, safety for my loved ones and for me are important factors. We have three cars and two drivers. Our dailies are safe, modern vehicles. Our third vehicle is many, many decades old. It is a collectible and not driven often, but when it is driven, it is so much…

Totally uncalled for comment on someone’s appearance. Keep it nice. 

“It’s hard to fault Lexus or Toyota — some Toyota models are also losing features tied to 3G — for something that’s out of their control, but it still seems like an oversight.”

The octane of the fuel wouldn’t cause a check engine light to appear. Bad quality gas of any octane could potentially cause a check engine light, but generally be remedied by the use of some fresh fuel.

For that generation of Coyote, I understood the HP on 87 octane to be 402, which is a drop, but for non-spirited,…

I understand that not all auto enthusiasts also enjoy wrenching, so I’m not criticizing you there. I’m a Mustang guy, and I do enjoy wrenching, but not everyone is like me, and I don’t judge. Hopefully what I’ve written here is helpful, and enlightening.

But one need not be a gearhead to know that a dealer isn’t the…

Yeah, but you had to buy a Subaru to get those rates.

Canceling the card can hurt your credit score for a few reasons. 

You need to invest in a code scanner. You should go into the dealer with an idea of what’s wrong. Also, why on earth are you taking an 8 year old domestic car to the dealer?

In the end, it may have been cheaper to just get a new car.

At $7,500 ND.

I love this generation. The /8 was a game changer for M-B.

I’ve owned many M-Bs over the years, and few I’ve loved more than the 115 and 123 cars I’ve had.

The 115 I had was a 220, but not a Diesel. It was a spry little car. I got it cheap as a non-runner, a few parts and a few hours later it was a…

This is a comment magnet and likely will get more flames than praises. You knew that going into this, right? . That usually happens when someone has an unpopular counterpoint to something that’s otherwise been decided by reality and history.

No argument that a business has the right to take back the money when the law allows it. Legal rights are not always equal with things such as kindness and thoughtfulness to people.

Did the company miss an opportunity to show some character and humility here? What would have meant to their bottom line if they would’ve…

I’d have to Google that. 

I like when Chinese companies have nearly cloned the designs, or key design elements of luxury car brands. 

Power to you for sticking it out as long as possible. I couldn’t imagine working for someone who believes they can’t trust their employees to do the right thing. Sucky culture. 

I wish the conservative POV wasn’t just to take an illogically opposite stance on anything anyone else thinks as good.

I love people who are…

Kudos to H-D, hybrid work is the future. The office still has a place, and a purpose, but it isn’t the only place people are productive. I think many of us will argue that we’ve never been more productive since our offices were closed more than two and a half years ago.

The balance and blend of home and office work…

Sure, here’s an idea. Hit it form both sides.

1) Gamify the speed limit and capabilities of a car.

This will be super easy on EVs where everything is controlled by one, or many microprocessors. Let someone’s credentials based on experience, driving record, recent and long-term habits, and even account for the…

One state even has an 85 mph limit on a toll road, though many seem to treat it like the American Autobahn. They’ll ruin it for the rest of us and prove again that we can’t have nice things. 

You’re making a lot of good points, so I’m not here to debate, but to add some other thoughts on this topic. It’s a good one. It is also a confusing topic that is complicated further with layers of subjectivity and relative comparison.