I had a car once with seats that felt great for up to four hours, but anything after that was just about crippling. It’s not something I would have figured out on the test drive.

Here come the strangely defensive nerds. Popcorn at the ready.

Some stuff doesn’t bug you much right up front. I think most everyone has been there at one time or another, you think “It’s not that bad, I’ll get used to it” but over time the annoyance becomes hatred.

• No physical controls for convenience functions.

I’m still in the greys, and will likely forever remain so, but:

Better yet:

Oh... I, uh, don’t know if I’ll still come around anymore much after this.

Is it really supreme if the trailer isn’t topped with sour cream?

Yes. I voted nice price. Hear me out: the charm of NPoND is that some days, it’s a chance to discuss the merits and drawbacks of cars of all ages. And, in that group, there’s the class of cars that I would describe as capable of infecting visitors to this site with an STD just by viewing the pictures. In that class of…

Genuinely easy to see how many autobot trolls there actually are.

I like this, so NP.The Lorinser body kit is very subtle and understated, at least in comparison to some of their earlier masterpieces,

If it’s as good in person as the photos, NP all day

That is not expensive at all, especially in today’s market. I’d vote NP, but it might take some time to sell because it is not going to be for the ordinary market. This is for the buyer looking for something a little different, so they  may have to wait until that buyer comes around. Once they do, though, it will go…

Do you want steady decline or wild yoyo? Because the best Mercury Cougar was the first one, without question, but the car kept shifting body style and market position so it's hard to say it always got worse, but it did get dramatically worse multiple times.

Mitsubishi Eclipse.

Descending a winding mountain road justifies the existence of the shiftable automatic in my book

Yep exactly this. Small vehicles where you can reach across it was ok.

I had actual cranks break in half too. At least if I break the switch there isn't a sharp piece of plastic trying to get at my leg.

Being able to open the passenger window is pretty frickin’ sweet.

“I’ll stand by the towing use case for shiftable automatics.”