I see all of them all over Vermont, including a thirdgen Honda Fit from the inside. Yeah, a Civic wasn’t THAT much more but all the extra people space is eaten up by that ridicuhuge console, and all the extra cargo space by the Civic’s sedan-ness, and the base LX is CVT-only starting with ‘20, and by the time I’d gone…

Everybody here mocks the idea of a car as an appliance, but the Nissan Micra is an appliance in a good way. It just works. You want to go from A to B? Get in the car and turn the key and it just works. All the controls are where your hands expect them to be. It doesn’t make strange noises, it barely sips fuel, there’s…

My family, who lives just outside the rust belt, has had:

Not disagreeing, but if Toyota’s performance arm is “Gazoo” I’d vote for Mazdaspeed as the more mature name.

Mazda may not make performance versions of all of their products, but they bake sporting feel into all of their vehicles, regardless of segment.

Speaking of juvenile, I direct your attention to “TRD”

Mazda could use the MPS name they used in Europe. For example, the Mazdaspeed 3 was called Mazda3 MPS in Europe

“MazdaSpeed” does sound a bit juvenile if they are pushing up market, but go with a more subdued MSE badging - Mazda Speed Engineering, or similar. Or how about “Rx” branding, it’s a throw back and because you need a prescription for the speed! Also means ‘recipe’ in Latin (hence the Rx on med bottles) so it’s a…

Forsaken spoiled us. It was a apology and them trying to save face after D2. And they had 2 more studios under Activision helping them out.

There is nothing wrong with reform. But the very first step with police reform will have to be blowing up the police unions.

Far be it for me to continue to point out the obvious but the people talking about “reform” rather than “defund” are using Republican talking points and need to stop.

https://priuschat.com/threads/why-tow-ratings-are-different-in-the-eu-vs-the-us.165744/

I said in another recent article we need more cars marketed like this:

I find it so amusing that for DECADES, THE car to tow a horse box around in the UK, if not most of Europe was the Volvo 240. But over here, you need a gigantic pickup truck to haul a single horse around.

This is why I like the Honda E and base Bronco so much. They look like cheerful cars.

The toughest cars are not always those marketed as such,

We shocked a guy at the home improvement store when a full size hot water heater just slid in and the hatch closed. They are good.

I like Kia Souls! They look like cartoon characters. Specifically, they look like Gorillaz band members. And people say they’re good little cars that can hold a surprising amount of stuff, which is always a winning formula in my book!

If you’re not buying the horse, it’s actually pretty cheap. $200/mo for a couple lessons. Lot of other sports will run more than that.

Totally agree about keeping them even with prime mortgage loan rates. This is exactly where the government needs to step in and regulate. Young adults need protection from their inexperience. Student loans should legally be no higher than 4% (and even that is higher than our mortgage rate).