Be fair, if you wanted a car that could only be totalled, not dented it was that or the Corvette and the OG Saturns (provided you changed the oil occasionally) would go 400K easy (I’m unclear on how long a similar Corvette would go since they pretty much all crash before 400K). That deserves Toyota level respect,…

I rented a 2019 Chevrolet this week...it had both touchscreen bits and actual physical control bits. While driving it I used the physical controls 95% of the time. In a phone there are restrictions on adding too many buttons but on a car...not so much

If you squint your eyes it is the spitting image of the 2025 Honda Ridgeline but the price is okay. I’m not drinking the hatoraid but I am looking at my 50 year old truck and going no, you will still be here next year.

Let’s be honest for a minute and less click-baity. Saturn was ultimately about brand engineering. While I do miss Saturn’s original offerings (which were stellar economy cars) they were not adding anything after the first generation, they were rebadged Opels (and whatever else, Honda even) with a side salad of…

Don’t limit yourself. You could also opt for the Australian Camaro sedan (G8 GXP) or the affluenza Camaro sedan (Cadillac CTS-V) or even a 2 door luxury coupe (GTO)

Oh look, it's a Studebaker Wagonaire.

What constitutes “top tier” exactly? All the fuel allowed in my state (excluding specialty fuels like Sunaco) flow in a common pipeline. There may be an extra 8oz of Xylene (sorry, "Techron") at the Chevron pump but it’s all the same stuff really

Feel free to pillory me for everything I said about the SS-manual 2 year model vs the G8-manual 1 year model. Since faster CTS-V-manual cars now exist for similar money consider those. I like the G8 styling a lot more but that is personal preference. I also like the interior more and *something something* *google*…

Ah yes. I’ve always wondered if they even bother to publish phone books. There have got to be 300 pages of Nguyen’s since that’s roughly 50% of the total population.

Um...do they not still sell Goldwings and Fatboys?

Perhaps you’re thinking of SMOG which is kind of not an issue now that their heavy industry has been shuttered for decades.

David let us down because clearly an engine swapped Citroën 2CV is the correct answer to high performance and reliable sedans. It isn't but we both expected it.

Well, except for Samcrack he will take whatever and refurbish it with a $99 HF mig welder and $28 worth of angle iron.

“in every area that matters to mid-size truck buyers”

Meanwhile...the leather in my Ford endures after 24 years despite having a Kbb of maybe 800 dollars

My Dodge has had none either but it is old enough to feature zero electronic parts. There have been complaints....

My own experience is a bit different since I buy old cars and keep them until nobody will sell parts to me anymore but I take your point. We’re just buying cars at different points on the depreciation curve.

You can’t maintenance away wear, this wasn’t cracked it was worn clear through...just like several electronic dash components that failed soon after, but that’s a story for another day

Forget NSRO, past 15 years there aren’t too many car-makers that will sell you factory parts.

Best of luck then. The only “safe” option for modders in CA are pre-1976 cars and even that has limitations (if you aren’t running a pre-1976 motor your car can still be cited).