I picked one up a similar one around the same time - LTZ. I was driving ~600 miles a week in a Focus, sometimes 250 miles at a time. It was nice to be able to feel my legs at the end of a trip. I had to get out and do literal jumping jacks to get blood flow to my legs halfway through each trip in the Focus.

The article is spot on. It’s not a sporty (or incompetent) car to drive. But between the comfort of the seats/suspension, the available features, the mileage and the price, it’s a great commuter vehicle. A manual transmission greatly enhances the enjoy-ability and thriftiness.

Good points. I would add 3 similar points.

You installed them upside down.

I think that’s all true for many “truck” people. For people who have lighter duty uses like bikes, camping, kids stuff, home depot runs, etc the story is different. This segment is more efficient, easier to park, fits in a garage, and is still plenty capable. The cheaper price for content, even if it’s small, is just…

So we have a case of one infinite value being larger than another infinite value? Crazy!

Mathematically speaking (though I’m no mathmagician), I believe any state with coastline has an infinite coastline depending on the level of granularity you measure at. So technically they’re tied? Or maybe this is related to coastline you might actually enjoy if you hate hypothermia and shark bites.

Maybe it should say “more alligator and shark free coastline than any other state.”

Not too much time, auto show week appears like it will include multiple 50 Degree Plus days.

The BOF Pickup is leaving this same Warren plant for an all new line in the currently Unibody Chrysler 200 plant. This tells me two things.

More than anything I’m curious about the performance/price combination. The easiest thing to do I think would be to actually put this above the V8. This would also make things like AWD (doesn’t that appear on most of those pricey performance hybrids?) and tech gizmos a little easier to fit into the budget. The…

Retooling an existing Mexican plant for the Focus and paying higher wages in the US vs. Mexico will eat up all of that given enough years of paying higher wages.

Mexico also had better trade relations with South American countries than the US. GM needs to produce cars sold in those countries outside of the US in order to avoid huge duties into places like Brazil and Argentina.

If you’re in too much of a hurry to boil water, throwing a large brick and your windshield will usually knock off most of the ice.

I always thought that since most truck nut fanatics likely bought their truck to compensate / enhance their own genitalia, the truck itself represents a giant penis , and therefore the truck nuts are usually installed in the correct position at the base . In fact , I assumed the owner was just using the nuts to make…

I agree that improving the dealership experience is key. The experience is inconsistent and often enough (anecdotally) bad. Even if they improve, however, I think it will be tough to overcome perception.

My next car will be my first car as a dad. A high-power(ish), stick-shift, mid-sized wagon would be perfect. I thought I would have to spend tons of money on a used CTS-V (maybe I will anyway), but this might be the more reasonable and more likely choice. If we don’t get that specific combination of options in the…

Everyone knows a junk yard is the best place to find a Ford. /trolling

Um, it’s a joke . I’m not actually criticizing the parenting skills of a stranger based on a single comment he made on the Internet . I would have hoped that was obvious , but I must have forgotten that some people take Internet comments really seriously . Hopefully the op just keeps parenting the hell out of all his…

Isn’t all meat local to somewhere?