The real problem with it, and this applies to a lot of these name-plate rehash things these days, is that the original meant something for performance enthusiasts. It was light, it handled great, it was fast for the time. This is none of those things.

The issue isn’t that it’s based on the Civic. The issue is that it is literally just the Civic.

Website infamous for its snark and distain for modern vehicles upset about snark and distain for modern vehicles from its users.

That...is actually the best explanation of Elon’s behavior that I’ve ever seen.

Plot twist: Kimbal is really the one in charge. Elon is his stooge, and does whatever he tells Elon to do.

I think the takeaway is “blatant insider trading but we are dancing around it for fun joke.”

what is the point of being rich if you cannot get richer???

35k is now a mid spec GTI

The metals got cheap enough that the thieves stopped bothering. They are through the roof again.

A tried and true mechanic’s rule:
Anytime the key is inside the car and you’re not, leave the driver’s window down.

In 27 years of being a mechanic, I have never gotten locked out of my car or a customer car when I followed that rule.

I won’t even pay BMW money for a BMW.

I own a GX460. Used to own a GX470 (destroyed by a fullsize truck going the wrong way...moment of silence). They don’t get any love around here, but these are simply some of the highest-quality automobiles money can buy. I think the people that don’t like them are mostly turned off by the “soccer mom” image and the…

If your pushing 30....your not a Millennial....Millennials are pushing 40.

It’s like Vine, but cool because Vine was a long time ago and therefore is lame and something only old people thought was cool.

I want to believe that I was smarter than this when I was 18, but I might just not have had the opportunity to be this dumb.

So many people chasing that social media fame. 

I think this is where a lot of the frustration from automotive journalism comes

Also, at least where I live, a lot more families are going single car so they get one SUV that can haul everyone. The other parent bikes, takes transit, or works from home, making a second cheap commuter car unnecessary.

To add onto this. If people were actually buying small cheap cars, no way in hell they would discontinue them.

I don’t really know how else to explain the broad and persistent demand for expensive trucks and SUVs