I’m no hipster, but I too disdain SUVs. Somebody hit a nerve. 

I liked my ‘96 Maxima: nicely-appointed interior; satisfyingly engaging manual transmission; responsive and (relatively) powerful engine. In fact my current V6 ‘06 Accord is essentially the same car (with slightly updated electronics and more power.)

A Ford Falcon wearing a fancy hat.

Mr. Brown: This is the incorrect take. As with humans, the best looking automobiles have curves.

“Alexa, empty my savings account, draw down my 401(k) and hire a tech contractor to re-wire my whole damned house to incorporate all new appliances and controls so I can live “the Connected Life.” That way’ I’ll never have to push the garage door button again and Whole Foods will automatically deliver de-fatted sesame…

Did you say Cadfael?

Reverse:

I owned an early 80s 505STI back in the early 90s. I bought it used and foolishly. It was (or had been) nicely-appointed, and while struggling to pay my law school loans, it allowed me to enjoy leather seating, A/C, and a well-sorted 5 speed manual transmission. During my ownership, it fell apart. I can’t blame the…

C’mon, you made “LaForza” up, didn’t you?

When I go to a restaurant with companions, conversation is always contemplated. High ambient noise impairs conversation. Interior designers can enhance or inhibit conversation using choices of table orientation and (among other things) the hardness of surfaces. A few decades ago, “industrial” became a perplexingly…

1st Gear: “Wall St.’s confidence”

1st Gear:

I was very disappointed to realize I had leapt to an incorrect inference based on the headline.

When Honda is getting 300bhp out of a 2 liter four, yeah, more than twice that displacement is big. Is it as big as Caddy’s 500 cu in? No. (But then again Caddy didn’t get much HP out of that monster. Now torque — well that’s a different story.)

Why does this shit keep happening?

“Roundabouts” are what rotaries are mis-named in the UK. Here in the real world they are “rotaries.” and we drive around them counterclockwise (not “anti-clockwise” as they call it in the UK. What do the Brits have against clocks anyway? Oh wait; I know: their best days are behind them and the future has no meaning to…

In the 50s, the “environment” was simply the existing barriers between now and what you needed or wanted to build.  You’re right, we know much more now, but we’re still far short of being able to justifiably disapprove about how prior generations abused our natural world. 

Find a non text-based comments section. Yo.

I’ve not ridden one. I’m familiar with the Indian Scout but my impressions of the Bobber are from Mr. Brownell.

Me? I’ve ridden a 1st gen SV650S for 16 years.  Maybe it’s time to diversify?