This article overcomplicates the shit out of a simple question. It’s the damn doors. Take anything you’re on the fence about...if it had no doors or sliding doors: you’d call it a van. If it had forward hinged doors: you won’t call it a van. Automakers know this, that’s why America is driving almost nothing but…

Demand a raise, Torch. 

With an SUV, one parent can climb over LJ into the cargo area and root around for random crap while the other keeps driving.

Saw that movie as a child

Seems to be the case: when most of sales sales are manual, the Fords do well. Also the difference between the average Euro car usage and the average ‘Murrica car usage has been discussed.

If you had more of the powershift Fords in Europe the Focus and Fiesta would have a reputation for poor reliability.

Boatloads of freshly laundered money ?

Interesting to see Nevada’s biggest trading partners are Swiss banks.

Sorry, Buddy. But it’s time.

Focus Doug will have to be put down.

1st Gear: Ive always been a Ford/Lincoln person and usually back them on their choices, but Im hoping this bites them in the ass. I’m the kind of shopper that doesnt want or need an SUV/CUV or truck. Ford has basically given shoppers like me a great big middle finger and said my business doesnt matter. Far as buying a…

On the plus side, for a 30 year old, low volume car that was never sold in the United States and has most of its literature in Japanese, you couldn’t have asked for a simpler fix.

I love that Nissan wrote you back

Does that mean he’s not coming on then?

That IS the Homer mobile.

I'll take the corvair with incorrect tire pressure, thanks. Hell, a pinto, even.

I bought my Chrysler T&C and found out after buying it, it had the el cheapos put on right before sale. I couldn’t even stand to run them down. Horrible. Noisy and ridiculous brake dust. Napa Premium Rotors snd Napa Adaptive One pads, its exponentially better now (Got a great deal through work from Napa!).

If you plan ahead you can get the good quality wipers from rockauto for less than $10 a blade, and the same ones from the store shelves for half price, you just need to purchase a few sets at a time to offset the shipping charges. I just ordered 2 sets for 2 of my cars for less than $8 per blade for Bosch icon…

You clearly dont understand how OEM supply purchasing works. They dont go to FRAM and say “I need a filter, made to this spec...make it happen.” They go to Fram and say “These are the specs I need to work in my engine...what do you have that will fit? Great...I need to save another .02 cents on each one...where can…

You’re wrong about the brake rotors. I say stick with OE. Duralast rotors are made with cheap steel and warp in a year. Honda rotors last ten years (at least on my car). Your call.