Not a problem where I am. Malls are closed anyway.

I’ve driven by a few dealers that are similarly sparse, especially in the pickup truck category. Crazy times, man.

“The mistake that purported good drivers make is thinking that you steer something like this. You don’t.”

It looks about 500% more bland/boring to me. The last one looked way better!

They managed to make it as ugly as it is unremarkable.

This is why I always kinda laughed when people would say “there’s no replacement for displacement.” Yeah? Come up in the mountains with me and see if you’re still saying that. ;)

This is something that I think is really important. If you look at cars with well liked and modern transmissions- mainly ZF’s 8 speed - people seem to get closer to advertised mileage and a good advantage over previous six cylinders.

It is an issue that the EPA really should try to factor in to their drive cycles used in the fuel economy certification testing. The EPA drive cycles unfortunately do not match the way most people drive nowadays (hard acceleration and 80mph freeway driving vs the test of moderate acceleration and 60mph freeway…

My experiences with new turbo 4 “replacements” haven’t been huge positives. Partly (mostly?) due to the transmissions used, power delivery seems very frenetic and non-linear. It almost feels like riding two stroke dirt racing bikes in the ‘80s. 

Try driving across one of the great plains states.

Considering the difference in response between the US and most other nations when said piracy occurs, there may be a reason for the 200 year gap in occurrence.

Car bodies usually hold out against rust ten times more than they once did, but the unseen underneath bits not so much.

Yes, rust ends all cars. It’s amazing what the salt will do to a car. Terrible, terrible stuff. Most cars regularly driven around me will be swiss cheese by year 15. Period. Mechanicals lasting beyond that is a waste of money.

Based on what I see with a lot of vehicles today, years in existence create more wear and points of failure than actual miles, thanks to things like the ample use of plastic and wiring harnesses made of acorn flavored wrappings.

For those of us who live up north, number of winters will always be more important than number of miles.

At a certain point age and mileage become separate items when it comes to condition. There is mileage which is wear and tear (easy miles and hard miles both exist) and there is age which is deterioration. You can have a high mile car with no real issue, such as those high mile delivery cars that do 1,000,000 miles in…

I realized my Escape was a piece of junk when my wife and I were talking about keeping her old Camry as a backup car instead of trading it in when we bought her new car. Having a 3rd car because one of your daily drivers is a finnicky classic is fine. You need that old Camry on standby for when your Jaaaaag decides to…

You remember that old “Rich man drives a Cadillac, poor man drives a Ford, but my old man is satisfied with 4 wheels on a board”? The back doors on the ‘47 plymouth didn’t stay closed and with no seatbelts Dad traded it on a ‘49 Dodge coupe. A few mor kids and he traded itfor a ‘50 plymouth that wouldn’t start half…

How can any car that hits 300,000 miles be BAD?

Growing up, I pretty much knew our cars always sucked. I’ve been into cars/vehicles/transportation since before Kindergarten. In my family, financial situations dictated that a vehicle was simply to get from home to work and back — if all the paint matched, it was just a bonus. I don’t even like thinking about that…