My first car was a 2008 Saturn Astra XR (4 door hatch). My family purchased it new when we were living overseas and needed a summer car. For the 3 years I drove it, I was in love. No, it wasn’t “fast” but it was unique. Unfortunately, I learned just how hard parts were to find for the poor car after being rear-ended…

And yet autonomous “is only 2 years away”... Yah, no thanks, I’ll drive myself.

There is only one reason I remember the uplander besides being in a GM family. For whatever reason, the Chinese got the same exact thing but as a Buick called the GL8. Because my family lived overseas for a few year, I distinctly remember the disintegrating pile that was a chevy/ Buick/ whatever brand you want minivan…

I’ll be honest and say one or two thing did irritate me... The 4 speed auto could be described as “To Downshift or Not to Downshift”, the washer fluid froze every winter and parts were painful to find after people clearly failed to see the bright red car in front of them. But compared to the other “economy” cars GM…

California... Where common sense has permanently left the state and regulations rules all...

2 years, 2008 and 2009... But it was produced/ sold in such low numbers that it barely has any replacement parts...

I can’t believe everyone is forgetting the one great hatchback that came out of late 2000's gm... The Astra. Yes, it was an opel long before, but it was such a fantastic car here in the US... I also may be biased towards my first car...

I think it also depends on how the power train delivers said power to the road... My family had a 14' srx fwd... The 300(+) hp was nice but the front wheels couldn’t handle it... I have 300(ish) in my 17' terrain awd and it’s plenty to get the box moving, but the transmission doesn’t always understand the idea of 6…

I’ve only done 1,000 mi on my 17' lease and will probably get the oil changed (again) or at least topped off until I can find out if my car is supposed to be consuming (seemingly) copious amounts of oil...

Due to my dad’s position in a certain company, I have a very keen eye for vehicles, especially if they are manufactured by that company... I could instantly recognize the longer, more angular trim on the rear door compared to the SS’s. Also, that was a older 8th gen, not a newer 9th gen.

Looks 100% better than a model X...

I thought that it was external combustion that made cars move... Guess I’m wrong...

IDK about the whole snow tires thing TBH. Then again, I prefer the ESC/TCS off and slide around approach. But in all seriousness, the all seasons on my car have been fine in what would already be a “harsh” winter elsewhere.

I remember one particular drive to high school that was nearly an unpleasant experience for my already unlucky (but loved) car. its about 6:30 on a 4 lane road, not much traffic (thankfully) and I’m doing about 45... I see a deer off to the right of the road and have a sub conscious though. “Hmm, deer normally travel…

I distinctly remember shoving way to much stuff into my car this summer due to my job... Thankfully it’s a two year lease...

I love going to college in the UP for one particular reason... (Mostly) Ice covered by a consistent layer of snow... Couple this with figuring out how to disable TC and ESC/ StabiliTrack and I can thrash my poor lease around empty parking lots all night... Having not driven a AWD vehicle in the snow before, I have the…

My first plane ride was in a 747... Because my dad’s job was paying for the flight, we got to sit in the upper deck and visit the cockpit pre-flight. I will never cease to be amazed at how such a massive vehicle is able to fly...

I actually liked the 17' terrains over the equinoxes... Somehow the design teams swapped because I like the 18' equinoxes over the terrains...

Maybe if you actually cared about what nice vehicles the Americans are now producing you would in fact realize that it is a 2018 gmc terrain Denali. Most likely a 2.0 turbo with awd because it’s press/ show vehicle. Also, Toyota is crap and Honda is boring.

Self driving cars == lazy. It’s for people who can’t look away from their iDevice for 2 seconds and thus can’t be bothered to drive.