I did what was described in number one, and while it felt dumb putting money down on a car I didn’t own, it’s not like I needed the car that I was trading in anymore.

Not necessarily confused, but every time I get in the shop truck at work, I hit the dead pedal instinctively.

It was actually one of my proudest moments when I realized that after dailying manual for a couple months, I was shifting subconsciously. At a certain point, it became like driving auto. 

My knee jerk reaction is bad. Deadspin, as fantastic as it was at times, was mostly internet filler. I really only think this model works for stuff like the athletic that is actively trying to replace the sports section in the newspaper. They had a loyal following, but its probably not big enough. 

Here here. The used market has been pretty damn pricey for a while now. I’ve been casually looking at crapcan commuters for over a year, and you would not believe how much of the 5 grand or less market is outright junk. What’s wild is you can get a retired car service Town Car at 100k miles for the same money, which…

Neutral: I think the real issue is that if what a lot of what people are saying is true and a lot of the business world is going to shift to a more work-from-home oriented future because Covid proved that we can and most people want to, then widespread EV adoption probably gets kicked further down the road. Having to…

Yeah, Kinja is wack. And every time there is some sort of improvement it just seems gets worse. I haven’t even tried to use the site for mobile in years. I normally just google bits and pieces of articles I remember and hope for the best. To that point, “Jason Torchinsky Safety” brings:

I think it’s less about quantity and more about tone. It’s hard to describe, but every one of these types of blogs (and it’s not exclusive to Marquis) reads like they expect the audience to be one of two things:

Ehh, agree with your basic sentiment, but there’s a real argument that having a central hub to base your entire transit structure around is better than having everyone going every which way all time. It just depends on what the capacity of said transit structure is. 

Indeed. I’ve always casually looked at the 80's/90's Bronco/Blazer market, albeit just for daydreaming, and the prices in the last 5 years have gone from “huh i guess these are pretty popular” to “oh sweet jesus who is buying these for that much”

I agree with the fundamental point this article is making. But it’s worth noting that Tesla lost a *lot* more money for a *lot* longer than most “startups” do before the Model 3 really started to take things mainstream and the books started to balance. Tesla really is the first car to make EV’s go borderline…

Yeah, but I’d say that only works for the 4D Bronco if you can take the back seats completely. That was commonplace for SUV’s and even mini-vans in the early 2000's but has gone away since then. It’s one of my least favorite developments of recent memory.

One of my best friends from high school just picked up a loaded Sentra. It actually has this dope tan quilted interior. The car is nicer than I was expecting. 

It’s an inherently illogical hobby, after all!

Great idea, but to match this price it would either need to be closer to 20 years old, or north of 150k miles. Appreciate the input. 

It does have heated seats. That was definitely a requirement.

I know, right? That was the first thing I looked at when I started searching, and it totally crushed my spirit.

Much appreciated for the input. I actually DD a mustang as well, but had the luxury of borrowing my Uncle’s shop truck this past winter. I’m thinking of going for the TC instead of snow tire myself because I work in construction, and I’m going to use it for going to job sites at least once a week even when the weather…

Most of these are fair points, although it might help if I gave more context to my situation.

Literally cannot find one for less than $8k without an alarming amount of rust :(