Again with the ‘boomers’?  Dude - get a hobby.  The fixation is kinda troubling.

I was wondering when I’d get to the Ship of Theseus comment.  I wasn’t disappointed.  It came refreshingly soon.

It’s not a “boomer” thing at all. It’s a human thing. Most of us value the past. And things of historical significance take on additional value. That’s why we have museums. That’s why antiques and vintage [things] are in demand - even among Gen X, Millenials and Gen Z’ers.

With a tan interior.  Green with a black interior is like a great movie that gets let down by the final 30 minutes.  You were SO close to perfection - and then, not.

I’ve driven on a lot of winding roads, dirt roads, unfinished roads and poorly maintained roads. And I’ve driven them in good conditions, winter conditions, limited vis conditions and rainy conditions.

The 2.5 Outback is certainly not fast. But not keeping up with panel vans? That seems like a bit of an exaggeration.  We test drove one, and found it perfectly adequate in that department.  Again, not fast - but not abnormally slow either.  

We have an ‘08 with 100 000 km on it.  Based on what I’ve read, we’re basically driving around in a new car.  

I read this as ‘Ted Cruz robotaxis block traffic’ - and I thought, what fresh hell is this.  

Used to own one - and I’ve found myself in the weird position of acknowleding that it was a complete failure, but still defending it. This is partly because I bought mine right after getting out of a dieing, but not uncomfortable relationship (so it’s tied to a good time in my life). My view?

It never ceases to amaze me how people - even people who grew up around the ocean - get themselves into trouble by not respecting it’s power and unpredictability. They just treat it like ‘some big lake’. Not the shifting, moving, temperamental, unpredictable and freezing cold entity capable of killing you in seconds,…

Maybe I’m just eccentric luddite (or, I would prefer, a purists), but all this stick shift technology - no-lift shifting, rev matching, etc. - sounds like it takes all the fun out of driving a stick. I like the need to match my own revs. I really enjoy the on-off exchange between the clutch and the gas. Sure it’s…

$25 k US, I’m assuming that’s $30 k CND. I’m also assuming this is intended to be an every day, do it all, vehicle - meaning it’ll have to fit my family and interests - including long distance driving, around town commuting and the occasional fire road or gravel trail.

Coming in late on this one, but I’ll still give it a shot. Up here in Canada, that translates to $130 000, so that’s what I’ll work with - assuming an ability to use it on cars, planes and boats (but nothing else):

It’s always the answer: the NA Miata. Not the most recent example - but they nailed the look, feel and sound of the Lotus Elan. My understanding is that the Mazda engineers benchmarked a specific Elan and then designed a new car from the ground up to be the ‘new Elan’ - right down to ensure that the exhaust note was…

I think a four day work week should just be a reality for everyone. So if this is a step in that direction I’m all for it.

So a Corolla Cross?  

Why on earth would they use the Crosstrek. Just replicate the Baja. Chop off the back part of the roof of an Outback. Throw some Rally Lights on top. And call it a day.

So destroying sailboat rudders is really just an Orca meme?  

Or does their transience in our corporeal world simply make them more beautiful? The flowers blossom moves our heart because of, not despite, the fact that it will wilt.

This makes plenty of good sense. Now extend it to include additional licencing and training for larger and more powerful trucks. And probably other types of vehicles that are so dynamically different from what people learned on that it makes little sense to assume they’re competent simply because they got a basic…