Try being Canadian. Military procurement decisions are just something our government never gets around to making. 

I’ll buy cameras, lenses, computers, phones, books, e-readers and even furniture online, but I would much rather test drive a car. No test drive, no buy.

I like driving. I really do. They can poke their self driving cars where . . . . well, you can guess where. I don’t want one. I like driving. I don’t like being a passenger. This is Jalopnik. I should be allowed to say things like that here.

Geez, that thing has more ground clearance than my Crosstrek!

You’re sure about that?

I don’t think I’d ever buy a used VW.

I like my Miatas to appear more or less stock. Call me boring. I’m glad you like it, though! 

That was very well written. Thanks for taking us along for the ride. 

I imagine the light was much closer than you’re thinking. It was probably on a light stand right behind the car, and then photo-shopped out of the picture. 

It looks to me like a cross between a Volvo and an early 1990s Camry.I liked the last one a lot more. 

Don’t worry, you’re not alone. 

That’s a Subaru thing, isn’t it?

Very nice car for the price! 

After seeing this list, I don’t trust J.D. Powers anymore.

The Lincoln Continental in #2. That’s very impressive. Lincoln is doing some good things lately.  

I’m in the same boat! 

This will never work. Most people are waaaay to busy looking at their phones to notice ANYTHING going on in the real world. I don’t know how many times I’ve stopped for pedestrians, and watched them step off the sidewalk, walk across 4 lanes of traffic at an uncontrolled crosswalk, and never even glance up from their…

It means “made in the Toyota plant, Germany,” right?

My 2018 Crosstrek is nearly the same. I have blind spot monitoring and a back up camera, but I still have real volume control knobs, real climate control knobs, a manual transmission, and even a CD player. It is way more manual and tactile than the competitors that I test drove. That is why I drive a Crosstrek. 

I did the same thing with Car and Driver’s annual ‘car of the year’ edition. I memorized the darned thing.