Thats about the best you can do, but there are some areas in the north of this country that in the summer, no matter what you do, you’re gonna get eaten by mosquitos.  On calm night you can hear the air “buzz” with the sound of them swarming everywhere.  You venture outdoors at your own risk haha

Same, my 17 year old Volvo wagon feels to me as fancy as I ever need to get. It rides like a cloud, its dead nails reliable, super comfy / heated seats, AWD, good mpg, its safe because its a tank, what more could I want in a car?

On the MPG front, we have had 40+ mpg cars around since this period. I had a CRX and a TDI…

I kinda feel the late 80's - 20010 or so are peak car.

By this point in time, All cars had lots of the basic features we feel are mandatory today.

-Fuel Injection
-Electronic ignition
-Power Windows and Locks
-Cruise
-A/C
-Gas engines were now well enough engineered that they would last more than 50k miles before they need…

I mean, the F150 isn’t for cities, but you see them all over the place anyway.

I’m ready for this guy to get canclled. He’s like your casually racist uncle that you don’t really like, and his music sucks.  I’m embarassed to say he’s from MI. 

The b5 Audi A4.  I had the 12v 2.8l v6, but that was a pretty bulletproof engine, esp. for an audi, and and old one at that.  I expected that thing to deplete my bank account, but it was one of the most reliable cars I owned.  I think they get a bad rap from the 2.7t engine and or kids modding the 1.8t’s to oblivion…

Blow-off valves and externally gated turbos with screamer pipes.

“Why? Because Volvo’s buyers love sitting up high.”

As a Volvo owner for the last 15+ years, no we don’t.  I fucking hate it. 

Any RWD Volvo...

As a yooper living in exile, yooper roads in the winter are a hoot!  Though, Houghton/Hancok’s yooper loop is a special kind of traffic engneering...

This truck doesn’t accelerate, so much as it slowly acquires momentum.

Touchpads suck, touchscreens suck, just give me a damn button or slider.  Might also not make your base model cars cost over 30k either and drive down costs for bs no one really asked for? 

This article is the definition of Virtue Signaling.  

Further evidence on how broken healthcare is in this country. Not sure why so many people clammer around the current systems and defend them like they’re working.

Weather the solution is a state run single payer system or a re-vamped private system, we need to DO something. Because what’s in play right now, is…

Wonder if this guy previously worked at ford torquing down head bolts for the RS lol. 

See, this still sucks tho.

The best solution is what you said in the beginning, the car should just tell you the code and tell you whats wrong, without having to buy some scanner. Car’s are so advanced now, and you’re telling me we can’t just have your car tell you, “Hey, your 02 Sensor isn’t reading right, please…

If it wasn’t for PB Blaster, I’d be fucked. 

This data kinda proves to me that our current state of driver safety isn’t working.

Really in the US I feel a large reason for why our death toll is so high is that obtaining a drivers license is an absolute joke. You’re “Road” test more of less consists of making sure you follow road rules and if you can parallel…

“Overall, 14.5 million cars and trucks were sold in the U.S. last year, down from 17 million in 2019.”

It still just amazes me that even that many cars get sold in a year in this country.  IDK who’s buyin em, but man thats just incredible numbers I would have never expected. 

Bought my Latest Volvo 940 Turbo with 273,000 on the clock. Had a Honda CRX Si that I sold with 362,000. Both are / were fantastic cars.