oh, and electronic nannies accord either...truck is abs only.

like Raph and Torch, i own a Beetle. it’s older than i am. we also have the Accord, that’s older than the kiddo who has her license...it was new the same year i graduated high school. currently, i have more confidence in it than i do my pickup (7 years newer), which suddenly developed an intake leak, just a couple…

personally, i love how understated it is, though i agree with (as i saw noted either here or in the linked article) the wheels are a little too throwback.  i think it’s the departure from the high beltlines of almost everything nowadays that really makes it.

Jucy might work for that, if they had more locations. they do offer one way rentals, but it looks like just SF, LA, and Vegas at the moment.

happened to my dad once...ended up talking to the manager, who claimed NO idea what happened to the license plate frames...except they were laying right on top in the open trash barrel.

in this vein (and i’ve stated it previously elsewhere), i will NOT buy another mazda as long as i live in the area i do. not because of issues with the cars, but issues with service (especially related to recalls, since you’re stuck with the dealers.

kind of like the wrong way driver i intercepted once...”but i didn’t know” as she attempts to CONTINUE the wrong way...i back up and intercept her again...again her response is “i didn’t know”...um, but now you know, so stop it!

not uncommon for sandrail use, too.

The part that stuck out to me was the peoplewho already arent able to afford the car paymemts.... forced to pay a fee to be able to respond to being sued, or face a default judgement against them....talk about set up to fail.

as long as it doesn’t fall into the “Premature Detonation” population...

Theyre JK welds....as in Just Kidding!

Except for that extra fee hike for the "special event zone".

We arent even talking straight piped ....completely bone stock stuff (i hear r6, especially) will trip the sound meter at seca.

i honestly wonder, if (aside from most people’s general apathy about cars and driving skills in general) big parts of the problem are due insurance driving up operating costs and ridiculous restrictions on operating times/days. the latter ties with the general public’s lack of care, and i bring that up with laguna…

as an aside to this, if Erik has a Les Schwab in the area, they will do alignment checks for free; i think their quote if it needed aligning (on the accord) was around $100 (it didn’t). that one is kind of beater status now though...minor parts here and there (plugs and o2 sensors to keep passing smog/kill a CEL), and…

and VIN number...and “For Your FYI” (yes, a high up at work actually sent that in an email...)

some form of weight sensing? can’t speak too much to the programming (other than experiencing its failings), but there’s no mechanical connections under there like i’ve seen in similar vintage tacomas (axle connected to frame, inline with the rear brake lines), and in can attest for my truck’s willingness to swap ends…

have had a similar experience...not fun. we get cold enough for light ice (high 20's to low 30's), which means...the reservoir doesn’t freeze, but first time you spray....ice.

probably similar (if not same) programming/system as my 04 mazda pickup, which..isn’t a very smart system. between the weight bias and a little stupidity i ended up going through a stop sign (thankfully, no traffic) due to the ABS.