4Runners are not very big inside, but they do seem very solid.

They sell these in North America? I thought they were all rebadged as Lexuses (Lexi?) with prices to match.

I am a Jalop to the extent of loving station wagons, and the Outback is about as fine an example of that as is currently made. It holds three hockey players and all of our giant stinky bags, or four skiiers and gear, or the booty from a day at IKEA.

Ha! So just by enjoying our reliable, icy-mountain-roadable, capacious family wagon, we get a slight halo of progressiveness? Bonus!

Hahaha! Well said. I wanted something with flair, eccentricity, and what have you but at the end of the day, I needed one car for the family that could do everything, on somewhat of a budget. Outback it was. I was emotionally indifferent but after 8 years I have come to trust, understand, and love this…

My wife and I are not lesbians, but the nickname “Lesbaru” is heard all the time in Canada and is highly endearing. (It is said affectionately, I believe.) I am not really sure where it comes from. The dog friendliness? Did the marketing go after that segment hard?

Thanks, that was insightful although I don’t know how much of it applies to Canada. My local dealer did not win me over nearly as much as the car itself. For example, my first encounter was with a Forester with a half-assed dog gate installation that, during the test drive, fell over with a startling crash. They have…

The old Ranger is a proper size truck for someone who lives in a city, maybe has a landscaping or home repair business and actually wants to be able to park it in teeny-tiny urban parking spots, or just likes having a clearer view of what is in front of him/her than you can get in a massive, swollen “standard” pickup,…

Edgy take, AVClub, giving this one worse marks than the abomination Chastain ep.

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The ultimate ending is that Dany succeeds in her task, which is breaking chains, not necessarily in winning the throne or surviving. I think that her arc is the most crucial aspect of GoT, or else why would we have kept cutting to her desert story for, like, eleventy seasons when the fun stuff was mostly happening…

It is not a good idea, but the cats like it, so he does it.

Yes! But the emotional climax for me was the throne battle. The moment where hero and villain ignite their laser swords, solemnly face each other, and....whirl around to stand back-to-back. Acting together, as they both wish to be. Probably for the only time in their lives. It’s crushingly bittersweet, as were the two…

Because movies need to be “properly” explained i.e. to sooth the jangled nerves of superfans whose speculations were incorrect

Yeah, now that the question has come up, it has given me a couple of minutes of thought and I have the same speculations as you do. I do think that it worked so well cinematically (it’s beautiful) and narratively (Holdo the condescending adversary to Poe *can and will* play the self-sacrificing,…

The LOL is to let us know that D”TR”J is still a regular human, despite the abundant contrary evidence.

The faction system in Divergent is ridiculous. The Sorting Hat in Hogwarts makes similar outlandish attempts to organize humans into clans by one personality characteristic, but being in one house or another didn’t seem to have much to do with your life apart from which Quiddich team you supported. Divergent makes…

That looks nice, and they could go even farther back into their design past IMO. The Mk IV was one handsome ride, built to exacting quality for the time, and with a power convertible top - unique in sedans.

What an insult, to be compared to Divergent. Maze Runner is neither ludicrous not incoherent. MZ and Scorch Trials were well made, effective thrillers, with acting that was much better than it had to be - these kids lift the dialogue from mere functionality to something approaching warm and human. The series lost all…

Multi-configurable (removable seats) hybrid power (gas/electrons, with solar panels) 4x4 minivan with good ground clearance that doesn’t cost $100k