I’ve noticed Toyota’s don’t get deeply discounted around here much. I know the last year we were selling Xterra’s at Nissan (2015 when they ended production) we were dealer trading them from Texas and other southern states where they don’t sell, and selling them for full sticker. We were also buying up used ones from…

Oh no, you got a rare, highly sought after car for under suggested retail price? What a terrible deal.

This was when I was young and dumb, but after my now-wife and I had been dating about a year, I wanted to get a little nicer car than the old Merc 560 SEL that I had for most of that time. So we were looking around at some of the local dealers and found one with a couple of decent cars to check out. The dealer had a…

Meh. I off-road a Land Rover LR3. Never had any issues with the fully independent suspension. Maybe that’s just me, but the gold standard here for off-roaders in Colorado seems to be the ability to run Red Cone Pass (which I have done). Anything more intense and I would want a off-road dedicated rig anyway (which you…

When I was selling cars at Nissan, they suspected someone put larger turbos on a GT-R and then swapped it all back out when the transmission exploded. They required the GT-R to be hooked to a diagnostic computer and live-stream the diag to Japan where GT-R specific techs looked it over. It was intense.

Kia Stinger is proof that sedans don’t have to be boring.

It has nothing to do with that. The original LEAF actually had enough power to make the front tires squeal, but when you add low-rolling-resistance “green” tires to maximize range, you’re just sitting and spinning your tires. The battery packs are also designed in such a way to maximize interior space while keeping…

That looks like Mosquito Pass between Leadville and Fairplay. I like that trail a lot.

They won’t see off road use 99% of the time anyway. And even then, you don’t NEED solid axles to wheel anyway. I have an LR3 (fully independent front and back) and off road with Wranglers all the time.

We need FancyKristen to confirm.

I agree that blue has the widest variety of shades that cars look excellent in. My all time favorite car color is still banana yellow. Hashtag sorry not sorry.

I used to actually work for Nissan and sold a fair number of LEAF electrics. The math was simple. You lease the car and you would get $3000 from the manufacturer and $7500 “on the hood” from the feds. On a $30k LEAF it would work out to under $300 a month a lot of times, and you still get money back from the state on…

I totally get it. I sold on the floor for 5 years. People are incredibly rude about new cars especially, and you have to be soooo nice to them because of the pass-fail survey system that most manufacturers use.

Land Rover LR3, dubbed #snowbeast due to amazing winter capability.

HOLY SHIT I THINK I OWNED THIS CAR! Maybe not, this one looks a little different. I did own a 1985 Subaru XT in that color in Denver about 8 years ago though!!! Loved it.

As a former car dealer: Amen.

Yeah, the looks definitely grew on me the more we’ve owned ours. We did a cosmic blue one with white color studio accents though, so it turned out looking pretty nice.

I disagree with the Juke being dead. It had a wonderful little motor. 1.6L turbo-4 good for 188hp, in a car that weighs barely over 3000lbs even with the torque-vectoring AWD. The chassis and suspension was reasonably well set up for canyon carving too. The only limiting factor there for fun was the CVT transmission.

I also recommend the Juke. We have one. We like it (despite some reliability issues). But it’s quick enough to be fun without being trouble, decent in the corners, and ok enough space if you have very few people to haul.

My LR3 is 6000 pounds propelled by a mere 300hp. I want more.