THIS is exactly the kind of classic you want. Reminds me of my old Frankencar, a 1962 356B T-6 Coupe. Had the engine from a 64, was painted decently a light yellow color but it was originally blue which you could see when it chipped anywhere and some areas of the interior, but it ran like an absolute top and needed…

If I had room for a classic Saab in the garage, I’d be writing him a check right now.

The Volvo 122S is quickly becoming one of my favorite little collector cars, because the lines are simple, and it was underappreciated for so long.

Holey cow you are harsh man.  That rogue will be plodding along long after your german and italian rigs have gone to the junkyard.  All the things you mentioned are subjective bs that don’t matter to most folks.  Every newer Nissan product I’ve driven recently has been just fine. 

I don’t want to know where you get these “human dollars” from, but it sounds illegal. 

You also forgot 5: Nissan dealer won’t finance you, but Mitsubishi will!

There hasn’t been a new car that is “dangerously slow” since the 70s. 

Have you driven a new one?

Yeah, agreed. It’s fine! Look, we all miss the Lancer and aren’t fans of Mitsu’s dealers*, but (admittedly overdone chrome aside) this looks like a solid entry for a good price point. It’s not competing with a Palisade, it’s competing with a Rogue and a Sorento, and looks like it’ll be competitive while doing it.

I actually really like it. It doesn’t look like an intentional “cheapest car in the segment” anymore - the exterior styling looks pretty decent and the interior looks pretty neat with the design language and loud colors. I can appreciate it when companies making an inexpensive car try to do something to make it stand…

$2,900 for a piece of Roadkill history? Sure. Just not this one.

I have a rule about never buying someone else’s deathtrap.

Again, I agree. Except your point on thinking how long it will take to change our culture. It will be a quick change for one of the two cultures of America, and never a change for the other. Like most things these days, we are of two sides, and neither seems to be influenced by the other. 

I get it, and understand that it is asking people to make changes to their lives, but then, what you describe are all outliers of the curve. Just as someone who lives in a very urban environment would look at car ownership very differently from you and people who are more dependent on them as they currently are. A…

The demand for electricity would severely tax/overwhelm our infrastructure,

Sad as it is, this is very spot-on American thinking.

By the end of this decade your statement is going to be laughable. Listen to anyone who has their thumb on the industry and they’ll tell you that there’s an EV Tsunami coming and it will make ICE cars appear ridiculously outdated in a short amount of time. Think like its 1908 and someone just pulled up next to your…

A full quarter of the country voted specifically for ignorance in every way (and about another quarter only didn’t because some random line was finally crossed in their mind). We don’t do, “Change our perceptions based on reasoned facts” very well.

Ten years from now, we’ll completely own the buggy market!

Looks like Toyota is taking that same tactic that wagon-makers made when the first Model-Ts were being produced.