Dammit. Now there is drool all over my keyboard.

Cheap Land Rover LR3 with a coil conversion. Mine only cost me $8000, I’ve put a hell of a lot of hard miles on it, and it runs great still. It’s also an absolute beast in the snow. Hashtag snowbeast. Just be aware, the ABS sensors like to eat themselves ($15 each on amazon) and the air suspension is notoriously hard…

I had an ‘05 Acura TL, and it didn’t have the little arrow that’s nearly ubiquitous in other cars. I had to pop the filler door lock from inside the car and just checked what side it popped out on. I almost never filled up in the car (extremely short commute) so I almost never remembered until I did that.

Part of the problem is that a fair number of the recalls should have been done by the previous owners. And if the fix doesn’t even exist yet, why should the dealership get stuck with the bill? It’s not about the dealership trying to screw anyone out of money, they’re just trying to move a (very expensive) product off…

The vast majority of car dealers aren’t shady, if you pay attention to what you’re signing, you’re going to be fine in most cases. However, there are definitely a few shady fuckers out there trying to make a quick buck at your expense. I even saw this from GM to GM when I was selling cars. Most GM’s at stores were…

All the testing in the world does nothing when the quality control guys roll all sorts of bullshit off the line. Source: I used to sell Nissan cars, I was amazed at the sheer quantity that came to us with orange peeling, fish eyes, and flaking paint. We had one car where the bumper needed to get resprayed because a…

When I was a salesperson, I usually could get a better rate than what the credit union or bank provided. I had some friends who came in with a pre-approval from Wells Fargo, I was able to beat the rate by a full 2 points, and still had some reserve left for us, and didn’t even have to switch from Wells Fargo. My…

Colorado had a law against leaving your car running in the cold specifically to combat theft. They only recently updated it to account for the fact that remote start systems have been a thing for years.

The car I’m maddest about in 2017 is the lack of anything resembling the return to the midsize truck market from Nissan. The Frontier has been soldiering on since 2004! I would think the new Colorado/Canyon, the refreshed Tacoma, and the imminent arrival of the Ranger would spur some sort of action. But nope. Nissan…

I disagree. I’ve been in the market for a semi-luxury sedan and the only car I drove that I liked half as much as the Alfa Giulia was the Jaguar XE diesel (and mostly because it was a diesel). The chassis, handling, power/delivery, and comfort are just short of absolutely unreal. I wasn’t ultra impressed with the…

Right now, it’s the Nissan Kicks, which was announced as a replacement to the Juke. I thought the (boring) Rogue Sport was replacing the Juke already, and suddenly they are going to bring an even smaller and even more neutered crossover to the market. It’s going to have 125hp, most likely mated to a CVT and a chassis…

I’ve considering buying one to replace my LR3. More off-road capability, a little better on-road MPG’s (even if comfort gets sacrificed), and you can take off the top and doors. Also, they depreciate way slower than basically anything else. Buy one, drive it for ten years, sell it without losing a shitload of money.

I would say general off road culture outside of the bro-jeep guys is excellent. Sure there are some guys who judge by equipment but they are almost never the ones out actually wheeling their rigs, because they don’t want to take their $100k+ rig out where it might get scratched, or heaven forbid, dirty. Most of the…

For the most part, I’ve enjoyed being a part of local off-road groups. I wheel an LR3, so you would think that I would be an outcast in a sea of 4Runners and Wranglers. I’ve never felt out of place. Everyone is always politely surprised to see a 3-ton Land Rover chillin’ on the top of the mountain next to the…

I mean, the Commander wasn’t THAT big....my LR3 is bigger and I don’t even consider the LR3 to be that big (full size trucks dwarf the Land Rover).

Stick with a Porsche, get a Panamera! You should be able to find decent examples under $40k.

My wife actually has a Juke. We actually have enjoyed it for the most part, its reasonably comfortable for longer trips (for two people, forget about using that back seat for anything more than a half hour) and it actually drives pretty well, especially when you have the AWD set to the torque-vectoring mode (clutch in…

I was like “oh man that’s awesome” until I saw the face. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FACE?

I assume it’s a little more economical (both to run and initial cost) than the current third-row offering from Lexus? (The GX)

80's Subaru XT all day. They have a funky interior, fun to drive thanks to the joystick-style 5 speed manual and selectable 4wd. No power to speak of but they look quick. I had one in my youth in these wonderful colors and I occasionally catch myself missing it.