When I was starting to think about retirement I decided to get myself in good physical condition. I dropped close to 50 lbs of “dad bod” weight and started walking and exercising. I’m almost 70 and can do a 6 minute plank and can do 80-90 pushups in one set. And it’s not because I’m special, but because I’ll just do…

Miata is always the answer.

If minicars were desirable in the US the Fiat 500 and 500e would be selling like hotcakes.

I’ve got an NC2 with PRHT with 74K miles and have little reason or interest to “upgrade” to an ND. And while I love the PRHT I’d never buy a RF.

Buying an ND will also lighten his wallet, too.

One thing hurting Nissan is a lack of hybrids.

The fact is bucket seats have done more to reduce pregnancy than childseats have.  Notice how birth  rates have dropped now that there are *no* cars with front bench seats?

My wife bought her CR-V there before DARcars bought the dealership.  DARcars reputation is pretty bad - probably the worst in the DC metro area so we will not be back.

Jalopnik is *that* desperate for writers?

1988 Fiero - that year they fixed many of its worst flaws. And then GM killed it.

I turn 70 in less than a year, and I drive a NC Miata and an Golf Alltrack - both manuals. If I had a boatload of cash to waste on cars I’d get a GX 550 and a LC 500 / Emira / Boxter GTS 4.

Hadn’t heard of oil leak problems in NCs, so I did a quick search.   Turns out that the oil leaks are a bigger problem with the NA and NB than the NC.    And the engine sitting back is done for weight distribution - and it’s still easier to work on than about 99% of the vehicles out there.

I’ll let Doug Demuro respond to that:

Just look at used EV prices - they’ve cratered.   People are so far underwater in their EV loans they make the Titanic seem to float.

Bench seats and going to the drive in movies with my girlfriend.

We have some houses similar to this in our neighborhood. It’s harder to see what’s going on in the driveway from inside the house, and the shorter driveway can create parking problems - it’s not unusual when there are more than two cars in the driveway for the last car to hang out almost into the street, blocking the…

If they *really* cared about costs (and maximizing shareholder benefit) they would cut executive pay and benefits.

The Beetle will be back as an EV, with the engine in the back as God intended, and not like the front engine atrocity known as the “New Beetle”.

If you are just leasing, the other options have some traction.  If you are buying and planning on keeping it beyond the warranty period then you are out of your mind to buy the G wagon or Land Rover anything.

Cheap tires aren’t that big of a bargain - by the time you add in mounting, balancing, and alignment the savings become quite a bit less as a percentage of the total cost.