I saw quite a few in the Swiss alps 15 years or so ago, but outside of that region I’ve never noticed them, and all the Euro manufacturers have “outback-ized” CUVs or small SUVs these days so it’s not unique.

My parents had an Outback (‘12?). When they got older I to schlep them around to medical appts, etc. I really hated that thing. We lived on rural back roads, and it just bobbed and pitched back and forth all over the place, never a settled ride. The CVT, the lawnmower sounding engine, the crappy interior. It’s fine on…

I think just about any car can last that long, properly maintained, the question is can you stand it that long? Most people get bored, or frustrated when they start needing upkeep more regularly. I drive what Jalops would consider the crappiest of crap cars, a 2010 Focus. I was going to replace it 5 years ago, but I…

Informative video. Thanks for sharing. 

Operations, maybe/maybe not. To me it seems a regulatory failure, which could be state/local or fed, related to the at-grade configuration of the crossings. This type of train should be grade separated at crossings, except maybe for rural areas. It’s not entirely the victims faults (humans are stupid) but there are…

I really dislike Corollas, but the hybrid version is probably the best normie car you can buy if you don’t like cars.

I like the Trax, but have reservations about the powertrain. A Corolla hatch doesn’t seem like a like4like substitution though. That would be the Corolla Cross, probably more expensive, but as dull as any other Toyota. I know they run forever, but they just look and feel so cheap doing it.

Agree on GM shifters! Otherwise, my rational brain would be fine with pushbuttons, saving even more space. The Ford Maverick really should have a column shifter.

Actual 1st world countries don’t have high student loan debt loads.
I could see the feasibility of some car-makers financing arms refinancing and rolling a portion of the student loan debt into a loan packaged with the car load, but such an scheme would only work for the those with excellent credit and future earning…

This would be fun, but it’s just too far gone. ND + sadfaceemoji

And they purposely do it when going under overpasses or any other scenarios where it echos. Peak d-bag.

10-15 years ago in the US it was all “Agenda 21"

Not super-weird, but the Renault Avantime had an interested 2-stage kind of hinge setup to make ingress and egress easier with the large, long doors. Something the GM “colonade” and other big coupes of the 70's could have used with their long heavy doors.

My assigned parking spot neighbor has a smurf blue M2, with manual. Not a car I could ever afford (or want) but I've always like the smaller proportions of the 2 series- although they're hardly all anymore.

I had a Samsung flip phone like that. Survived a fall from a 16th floor balcony, multiple drops on asphalt, and a submersion or two. I “upgraded” and put in a drawer for a couple years, then reactivated it and used it for a couple more years.

Where all Mitsubishis go. The junkyard.

Ford has overlapped F-150 generations before, at least one time I can recall. With vehicle prices escalating like they have, somebody else should figure out how to keep an old but affordable model going. There’s probably a market somewhere.

The headline is stupid click bait, as most of these sites were not merely abandoned, but replaced by something better. In other words, new infrastructure.

Last I checked most Toyotas still had “market adjustments” in my area, especially hybrids, and even Corolla Cross, which isn’t that great and I’m not longer interested in.

I like Prius a lot, but sort of wish it was just a tiny bit taller.