Here's my issue with mods: The manufacturer poured decades worth of knowledge and millions of dollars worth of resources and infrastructure into a product that meets or exceeds their quality and performance demands. They extensively tested it in the real world to determine how their product would hold up, not just…

All the Ken Block shit is on Focuses.
While he may race a fiesta, all the upgrade shit and fifteen52 rims and shit are not even available for Fiesta. Not ONE person on Fiesta ST Forum, FiestaST.org or FiestaST.net has Fifteen52 wheels on a Fiesta ST. NOONE. NOT ONE.

The flatbillers are not to be found amongst Fiesta ST…

Also: Pot-stirring comment level 11/10:

The FiST is only available in a manual. Jalopness, confirmed.
You can get the Abarth in...wait for it, a slushbox. Boo.

Correction: The FiST is An American branded car, designed by Germans, with an engine and transmission built at the Ford Bridgend plant in the United Kingdom, and assembled in Mexico. Also, as a platform, the Mk7 Fiesta has been on sale for a while, and 1.6L ecoboost is a tarted up version of the same engine in the…

Let me preface this by saying that I really do love the 500 Abarth. It's about as much fun as you can have in a car. I love that it exists and that it's sold in America. Last year I almost bought one.

Except airplanes are maintained like yachts. Cars are maintained like a Gillette Mach 3 razor. People buy/change blades because the handle is heavy and the blades are affordable to replace, but when something goes wrong that takes more than a blade replacement, they go in the trash.

Except, eventually, you find the part that breaks every 10 years and you've already removed it from car #2. The parts that wear and break will not do so in an orderly manner; you'll have some random parts that never break and some that break constantly (with 20-30+ years of ownership, "constantly" is every 5-10…

Unfortunately, it gets even more complicated than that! After going through the process of turbocharging and supercharging this engine, Volvo decided to mate it to a plug-in hybrid drivetrain. So the new XC90 "T8" uses a 2.0-liter turbocharged supercharged plug-in hybrid 4-cylinder that makes an almost insane 400…

I disagree - once electronics came about in the 70s, almost all "state of the art" cars became impossible to own forever. Digital dashboards are dying and replacements are only going to get harder to find. How many 80s luxobarges will remain when they reach 50 years old? How long until the last vacuum hoses have…

A real proper sedan, no they don't. But a sedan that was really designed as a hatchback to begin with, yes.

Really? How much does it add? I thought that it ultimately hurt resale as they always end up leaking.

What does leather last better than? I mean it's better than the soft velour-y cloth that used to come in cars, but the modern spill-resistant fabrics in cars now will hold up a lot longer than leather will.

Funny, I specifically look for cars without a sunroof. Less weight, less complexity, more headroom.

You know that baby was a mistake, a guy who picked out those rims isn't making good life choices.

Everyone appears to be missing the point of this post. It's not so much that the guy 'customized' this car to the point it looks ridiculous and will be unable to legally register until you undo certain things... HE'S REPRODUCING.

The hood vents alone are enough to make me look elsewhere, but then you add the stupid wheels, the lack of a cat, and the other stuff I'd have to undo before I could drive it without shame? And let's not forget the finicky Haldex transfer case that has a tendency to want money when you add extra power.... As much as I…

The problem is that all traffic courts are kangaroo courts. If they actually had to prosecute you like they do most people for crimes with similar punishments, they wouldn't be able to bother at least 95% of drivers. I expect a freaking jury if they have any possibility of punishing me with jail.

If you think that's bad, try Phoenix, AZ. I refuse to return to that cesspool of a state. They have huge freeways marked with ludicrously-low speed limits and speed traps EVERYWHERE. They extorted many hundreds of dollars out of me for driving with one of their specially-marked rental cars (the state has stickers for…

Curious. I have a weird habit with guns, cars, and bicycles - I buy them, enjoy them, then leave them with someone that'll enjoy and use them. Of course, I also know that I can call up my buddy and "borrow" that built truck or go shooting, while my parents will always have a decent car for me when I'm there.

It's also confusing when you notice that the young end of the 18-year group are in college or just starting careers. If they really want to give useful stats, they need to produce a purchases-per-1000 number for each age group for every year they're comparing.