Great article! I love these trucks... I’ve had four of them... 96, 01, 03 and now an 05 that has 114k miles on it, also a 6sp manual. I bought it in 2007 with 48k on it.

It’s stupid and dorky looking, but I like it. A huge improvement over the old ones. FWIW I do think a hybrid system would have been a good idea for urban areas... and AWD for ones used in the snow belt.

On the ride to work this morning, I passed an asshat in a red Hummer H2T with his phone up against the rim of the wheel, texting away. I looked at him, he saw me, and I shook my head and made the “Hang Up the Phone” gesture.

This is sad. It’s also why I, as a general rule, don’t own Fords. Had far too many problems with them in the past. This is turning into more than just a head gasket problem, it seems. From reading the article, it appears that this motor isn’t going to hold tons of power. And since it’s only being made for two…

This is EXACTLY why I hate cops so much. I’m no BLM supporter, but cops, plain and simple, are assholes. They get off being assholes. They do stuff like this all the time. Like all of them trying to figure out something to charge the guy with... it’s the, “I’m the one with authority, worship me” mentality.

Lane Splitting should be legal in all fifty (fifty-seven if you’re Obama) states. Seems to me that since motorcycles being legal in carpool lanes is a FEDERAL LAW, that we should do the same thing with lane splitting.

I think it’s great! Leave it be. People really do need the lighten up and stop being offended by EVERYTHING.

I’m glad you aren’t going to destroy the Alero. And why not just get a new radiator support and put it in? You can save the Kia too. At least it’d be more fitting to destroy it.

Wait, is it really $22,500??? If so, PASS. Yes, it may be in fantastic shape, but do you really want to spend that kind of money on something you’d have to try your hardest to keep nice? Like others have said, not really your type of vehicle.

Can’t agree there. I find most truckers to be enormous assholes. They will cut you off on the freeway to pass another truck moving 2 mph slower than them, rather than waiting five seconds for you to go by. Oh and it takes three miles for them to make the pass because not like they’d speed up (if they even can).

Yep, stay the hell out of the left lane unless you’re passing! And carpool lane should ONLY be used if you are passing traffic in the other lanes. It’s NOT a cruising lane anymore than the regular left lane is. I get so tired of people squatting in the carpool lane going the same speed as, or SLOWER THAN people in…

This is ridiculous. Slapping an STI badge on for pretty much no reason is sacrilege. It’s about effing time Subaru stepped up its game with the BRZ.

I’ve never been a fan of the Type R’s appearance but this looks seriously sharp. I like it!

When I first saw this article, my brain actually replaced “Outlander Sport” with “Eclipse” since they’ve stolen that sacred name and stuck it on a crossover too. Sigh. How far they have fallen...

I’m still of the opinion that police cars should be something like the Chevy Cruze diesel. Save taxpayer money wherever possible. If they want to haul people in, they can have a couple of Tahoes or Explorers for that purpose, but everything else should be low-priced, high mpg cars.

Makes me wish I still had my ‘86 Corvette or supercharged ‘98 Z28.

The plane crashed onto the Island, but nobody wants to talk about that. They were the candidates for Hurley’s replacement when he and Ben Linus were done.

Not a fan of all the “stanced” cars there. BTW I was under the impression that most modifications like that were strictly forbidden there, including window tint.

I’m the “OMG that thing is UGLY!” camp. I respect it for what it is, but OMG IT’S UGLY. I’ve seen two here in Arizona since its release... a white one near ASU in Tempe, and a black one yesterday on the way home towards Mesa. FWIW, I’ve seen exactly one Ford Focus RS on the road and that was back in Oregon.

So this was bracket racing? You could do that in any car and have a chance at winning... your Elantra would have been fine. But if it’s heads-up racing, you’ll definitely need a faster car.