Sat in one at the NAIAS, can confirm the Sedona's second row recliners are freaking awesome. The second row can move back far enough to make the third row feel like the back seat of a 2+2 sports car so you have more legroom than a human can possibly use. An NBA player could comfortably recline in the new Sedona.

Also remember that the 2000-2005 model was deservedly used as the base for the 2011 Mediocrity. They've come a long way.

I lease a 2013 2.0/6MT model and I have no real complaints. Sure it's noisy and the materials aren't the best, but it's a cheap car so expecting more is stupid. It's more than capable of accelerating on demand at any legal speeds and more than capable of reaching rather illegal speeds. Handling is surprisingly good

They did offer a manual before the first facelift, but only with the non-turbo motor which is unfortunate because the turbo car is great. One of my friends is on his second one and when I'm driving it I have a tendency to find myself at autobahn speeds without even realizing. I got a ticket in it once for 128 on the…

Maybe they do the Modular-era Lincoln thing and offer a stepped up version of a Ford motor. Say a DOHC Boss 6.2 or a direct injected Coyote 5.0.

I believe Bucket-O-Nothing may have been confusing two different DRM systems. StarForce was the one that was accused of impacting optical drive performance and/or damaging optical drives. Spore on the other hand used SecuROM which has had its own complaints but I don't believe any optical drive issues were on that…

Aw, man. I bought it only to find out it needs a 64 bit system (don't have one).

Basically a Clarkson-ized version of Oz and James Drink to Britain.

He did confirm allocation #1 on the TST podcast.

Not completely true in the Volt. If you're doing flat highway cruising with an "empty" battery and being powered by the generator, you'll barely notice a difference.

My preference has always been with the idea of an optional range extender trailer. All it would take is a generator capable of supplying somewhere above the average cruising load of the car. Electronically limit things if the battery is really low, but otherwise use it just like it's used in a running internal…

My thoughts exactly. Though I believe Musk is not a fan of the idea of range extenders.

That and the other guy was the worst part of season 1. Not only was he not a great presenter but his segments were boring. There are two cases where the price of a used car is actually relevant in an entertainment program. The first is a cheap car challenge, the second is when Mike Brewer's paying too much for it…

I'm a digital download guy, but the correct answer here is zero discs. USB drives are dirt cheap. I can buy one right now for $20 that holds 128GB, so factor for bulk discounts and I don't find it hard to believe single digit pricing for the media is possible.

If they were having problems with stolen cars, you'd think that would have been the first thing they stopped doing.

Just to cause the internet to have a collective aneurysm I'd put a Ferrari-style body kit on it.

Who says you need to fix it? At that (obviously imaginary) price it becomes a great parts car for an idiotic awesome project. It doesn't look like the rear end took significant damage, so there should be a nice V10 and six speed transmission somewhere in the middle ready to be dropped in to the bitchin'est Fiero…

How weird it must be to be able to look in the side mirror and see your own tail lights facing back at you.

I've seen some cars that do that, I think the Mk5 GTI was one of them, where around the 2:30-3:00 range on the dial the scale changed. It was a bit weird to look at, but the switch was at such a high speed that I never really got much of a chance to observe it in action.

Plus then you gain a gamepad where the analog sticks (you know, the part you use more in most modern games) are actually the focus of the design rather than being stuck on the bottom like they're still a late addition to the design almost two decades later.