Selling more and more goods that lose you money is not a great way to stay in business. The story is that a lot of legacy OEM’s (and non-legacy) are having a large problem building and selling EV’s profitably. You can’t lose $4.5bn year after year and hope to be around a long time. Outside of Tesla, pretty much every…

And how many of us can get that vaunted “7:08" at the ‘Ring out of a GT-R? I would hazard a guess and say NO ONE.

Without taking experience as a modifier, yes the youngest are always the worst. But when you get more experience, you should get better, so any generation that’s older yet not better drivers and “should know better” would arguably be worse.

If you’re old enough, all prices are ridiculous:  I’m old enough.

Every car is overpriced today. I went with my parents to look at motorcycles and cars like we used to, and a Navigator was $102,000!!! There was a used one equipped the same that was 3 years old and it was $56,000. My friend is looking for a Civic. It is all he has ever had and his current one is 11 years old. All of…

“Hey guys we need some more clicks let’s see if we can get people to fight and make generalizations about entire demographics in the comments with nothing more than anecdotes to back it up”

I think they just want something that once they get home, assuming it sits on a battery tender, they can turn the key and it’ll start. Getting a minor service every time you’re back seems like a small price to pay for that, and I’d think their MIL would be willing to come by and drive it every now and then, basically…

190hp was great for 1990, especially in such a light car!

I don’t think anyone would argue that the WRX or EVO were ever “economy cars”.

Minivan is the answer. By far the easiest to get into, tons of space, reliable, it’s everything you need.

But do you really trust a Buick to sit for most of the year and then be dependable and reliable on an East Coast winter road trip?

Re: your Viper comment.  My dad was 16 in 1969. I asked him once how they didn’t all die from those high-horsepower cars with crap suspensions and terrible tires.  His answer was “talent”.  A ‘94 Viper only had 10% more horsepower than a 1969 Plymouth Judge, but had a lot more rubber.

Minivan and unless they plan on going deep into the unpaved parts AWD is unnecessary as winter is not that bad there that snow tires would barely be needed.  

Just about every modern car will. Here in MN we store our Summer cars for 4-6 months every year. If my 71 Nova could handle it, anything made after the year 2000 can. 

I got a 1990 Mitsubishi Turbo GS for high school graduation. Even with just 190 horsepower, it was a speedy, fairly well-handling car for the time that was fun to drive.

The Mondial. Easy to hate, uless you’ve driven one. They are a sublime joy beyond worlds. Performance is relative, as in feel, not numbers.

Plymouth Laser

Maybe if people would put away their phones, slow down, pay attention and make driving their priority while behind the wheel, some of this wouldn’t be an issue.  Nothing we can do about natural disasters, but CA is hardly a beacon for hail damage.  They just need to focus on the task at hand.

I mean... do other states have this problem? Most states generally don’t regulate as tightly as California. I’d bet there are plenty of other states where the only limitation on auto insurance rates is that of natural competition.

I read recently that with all the electronics embedded into baody panels and such, these days, even minor accidents can total a car.