Right? Nobody wants sedans *or* hatches, so just go for broke with the hatch!

I’ve heard in two places now that the WRX will be CVT only, leaving the STI as the only way to get a manual Subaru that can get out of its own way. I’m crapping my pants over here, Subaru. Don’t do me like that…

Looks well sorted, but $20k?! No way.

I seem to recall reading an article written by a petroleum chemist that said that the color of oil means almost nothing. Like, all you can really tell is if it’s brand new or, we’ll, not. The only way to tell if oil is actually worn out is lab analysis. Outside of the obvious things like fuel dilution or contamination…

I think the answer is “whatever they want to save up for to buy themselves.” I got a part time job and saved up a few thousand dollars to buy my first car. I may not be the youngest guy around here, but I’m not enough of an old where my experience differs that much from kids nowadays in that regard.

Your mistake is that you rented from U-Haul. They’re a massive ripoff. They cost probably twice what Penske does, their trucks are ancient, and they don’t take care of them. Last time I rented a U-Haul it cost a fortune, it had 350k on it, burned oil and left a cloud behind it as we went, the door locks didn’t work, an…

Or, the firmware *should* have that. Sounds like it didn’t.

I’m a car guy, so I’m looking at this the same way as if the engine in your car blows up if you rev it to the redline. “Redline” is defined as “maximum permissible engine speed without damage.” If the redline is set to 7000RPM and I rev to that, it should be fine. If it’s not, the manufacturer built the engine…

I’m not even going to start looking at Mavericks until my current car is paid off in two years anyway. Maybe by then things will have gotten less stupid.

Because we can’t agree on what “clean” means. The US is more worried about NOx emissions and things like acid rain, while Europe more worried about particulate emissions.

If you want to put a rise in the Levis of car manufacturers, seriously talk about unifying vehicle safety and emissions standards worldwide so they only have to make one version of a car. Good luck getting the whole world to agree on what it should be, though. You’ll drain the ocean through a drinking straw faster.

As long as you’re clear on the existing issues with a platform that they never bothered to fix, e.g. the last year of the Focus with the PowerShit transmission.

Then what are these documents the DMV sends me that say “Certificate of Title” on them that I get when I transfer ownership of a car? They have my name listed as “owner” and I use them to prove ownership of said vehicle and to transfer ownership of it when I sell it. I get the same one regardless of whether I finance…

I have the title locked in my fire safe along with my other important documents. That, along with the bill of sale that has my name as the buyer on it, is what I need to prove legally that I own it. Also, I *can* sell the car without paying off the loan. If I sell the car without satisfying the lien, it would remain…

An active member of your HOA board, I see.

Keep us up to date on how those Gravelock things work out. I’ve been considering those for a section of my lawn that often gets used as overflow parking, but I haven’t pulled the trigger. They seem expensive and I haven’t had any issues with the lawn being damaged by the parking, I think due to the fact that there’s…

When I buy a car with financing, I receive a title to that car that has my name as the owner. Same thing with my house that has a mortgage; the deed has my name on it. They both have liens on them, which represents a financial interest, *not* ownership. The bank has certain rights in regards to those properties should…

Oh, good. They fixed the name. They went from a name that normals thought meant the car could drive itself without help to another, clearer name that in no way implies that the car can drive itself with no help despite disclaimers to the contrary.

Fasteners are ugly and break up flow of a design. It’s true that you can incorporate them into your design, but you’re generally going for something intentionally industrial and/or crude like a Jeep, or something cheap and cheerful like your Pao.

Are you trying to argue that VW has never made an interesting car and that taking them to task for building a bland heap of boringness? That’s kind of a strange take.