As I looked through the list of states that do not require a front plate, I couldn’t help but wonder what the correlation looks like of no front plate states to state per capita income. I suspect it is a high negative number. Not sure what this exactly means, but it’s there.

Counterpoint: Barstool Sports is hilarious

What this guy said.

“The 4Runner is a reasonably priced, body-on-frame, solid rear axle-equipped SUV that can fit lots of stuff, offers okay ride quality, can be optioned with decent interior luxuries, and has enormous aftermarket support.”... and will last the next four apocalypses without an oil change. It’s that last part that’s tough…

...so a Land Cruiser competing vehicle at Land Cruiser prices with Jeep quality. Sounds rational.

It’s to address fans’ complaints of there being too much passing.

Interesting. I get it, but like others here, the infotainment system ranks in importance somewhere around the color of the valve stem cap to me when judging reliability.

How does a 4Runner, Tacoma, or Camry not crack the ‘best’ list?

How Jeep could make the same basic vehicle for so many decades and still have it be so unreliable blows my mind.

I swear, if I see one more commercial touting the glories of German engineering...

Yup, just looked again - the clearance just in front of the front wheel appears to be about 1/2". The car looks fantastic, but c’mon, there’s just no way.

2013

I love my ‘13 for the reasons you point out. I don’t care about the bare bones interior either - I’d rather see the money go to the mechanicals. My point (I thought I was clear) is not about the interior, it’s about the rest of the car where the quality of construction seems poor.

Their lack of caring/investment for a company that has been printing money for the last decade is upsetting and at the least not worthy of the ‘Love’ that their owners have for them and that they push in their ads.

I own a WRX. Shockingly, it is 100% stock. I do not vape etc. I really like the car for the reasons one would like a WRX. That said, I don’t get why people love Subarus so much because the quality (and yes, I know I have a cheap interior - I’m not talking about that) is pure crap. There’s shoddiness everywhere. Like…

Honest question: for how long have VWs been reliable? My only knowledge comes from friends who owned them in approximately the first decade of the 2000s, during which time they were unmitigated pieces of nightmare.

Great comment. Enthusiast cars shouldn’t bloat through time. Unfortunately, there are very few of them and everything else does bloat, but 99.9% of American car purchasers aren’t like us. They want cushier and more gizmos. Basically, they want a Grand Marquis hatchback with AWD, i.e. a large cushy SUV...and that’s…

NPR and BBC News aren’t for people over 80, they’re for people who seek real news about the world, not what the Kardashians are up to. They have been the go news sources for everyone I know since college. And to be clear on what you’re saying, when CNN et al were being used by Jussie to report on the purported…

I had no idea this was a thing. I am confused and horrified...and that’s just by the Grand Am.

So Jon Mayer says the body is a wonderland of design cues. Huh.