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12 years ago @ Speed:Sport:Life - Greatest Hits (Demolit... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks for the video, that was fun. You seemed to lead with the front of your car a lot. Is this where your Lemon's cars will go to die?

13 years ago @ Speed:Sport:Life - 2011 NAIAS: 2012 Honda... · 0 replies · +1 points

Love it. Much better styling than other "vanilla" cars in this class. Thanks for posting all the various angles.

13 years ago @ Speed:Sport:Life - Spare Me The Details #... · 0 replies · +2 points

I agree Joel. Sometimes getting rid of Champ Car things just helps to ease the pain.

13 years ago @ Speed:Sport:Life - 2011 Grand Cherokee: A... · 0 replies · +2 points

Great pictures. Were you pressing your imaginary passenger brake pedal on the way downhill?

13 years ago @ Speed:Sport:Life - Avoidable Contact #34:... · 0 replies · +1 points

Nice article. I just had this conversation with my dad this weekend. Most of the cars that graced the walls of my bedroom growing up (NSX, Supra, S2000, MR2, 3000GT, RX-7, 300Z, Firebird, etc..) aren't being made anymore. As a teenager I couldn't afford a 300Z like I wanted, but that's part of the reason why I purchased a Nissan Pulsar instead. I felt like it was getting part of the pedigree of a 300Z. I dreamed of keeping that car for my kids to drive to prom someday. After a few years when the T-Tops were leaking and it kept leaving me stranded places I got rid of it though. Had it been the Twin Turbo 300ZX I probably would have done what it took it keep it going. I had never put it all together until reading your article of why I felt the way I did. I recently was thinking about purchasing a 2nd generation MR2 and came across a nice restored one. When I learned that it was not the Turbo, I had absolutely zero interest in the car. Now I understand why.

13 years ago @ Speed:Sport:Life - First Drive: 2011 Must... · 2 replies · +1 points

Impressive. What octane fuel do the two engines take?

14 years ago @ Speed:Sport:Life - Lord Byron -- Over the... · 0 replies · +1 points

I like the unique review of this thing. I was one who disliked every photo I saw of it... but seeing it in person is a completely different experience. It definitely makes you stare, and I find the design very attractive in person. It does do something different than the Accord though, since it comes with all-wheel drive which is not offered on the Accord.

As much as I like it, seeing as I'm not the target market "empty nester", I'd still prefer a true Accord station wagon. Oh how I miss driving my mom's early 90's Accord wagon through high school. I felt just like you did on the autocross course in her Accord, sans any actual skill or speed, as I was taming the back roads of central Ohio.

14 years ago @ Speed:Sport:Life - NAIAS 2010: Shhh...We'... · 1 reply · +1 points

Thanks for the NAIAS update. Can you explain how the Insight "failed spectacularly"? I know sales were down in the US, but they were down for everyone (wasn't the Prius sales down 61%?). Plus, it has a direct competitor setting next to it in the showroom with the Civic hybrid (maybe not so smart on Honda's part, but could explain lower sales). Sales were way up in Japan. It was the best selling vehicle in Japan for a couple months (something the Prius has never done). It won head-to-head comparisons in Car and Driver, Motor Trend, Automobile, and Edmunds.com. Just wondering you reasoning.
Are the Cruze and Aveo really Daewoo design? What's the connection there??

14 years ago @ Speed:Sport:Life - Avoidable Contact #29:... · 0 replies · +1 points

Haha, your restaurant comment is great. The average American trades in their car every 42 months. So yes, to most what a car is going to be worth is very important. Like I said, I have a 7 year old Civic without a single dollar paid towards repairs. So reliability to me is not wasting time and money at the repair shop. If I had more money, I would agree with you that character and fun should decide my vehicle purchases though. I'd love a Range Rover, but since I knew I'd be taking that baby to repair shop a lot, I got my wife a CRV instead. Saab's reputation as having quality issues is why I didn't look at them.

14 years ago @ Speed:Sport:Life - Avoidable Contact #29:... · 2 replies · +1 points

Focus too much on reliability? How is that possible? Reliability is what determines your "true cost of ownership". It's what effects the car's value the second you drive it off the lot. Before Saturn went under, it took me months and many price drops to get anyone to buy my 2004 Saturn Vue. Why? Because it is looked at as "unreliable". And it was. Many thousands were spent on repairs, which is why I wanted to get rid of it. On the other hand, I have a 2002 Civic with 100,000+ miles and outside of routine oil changes, tires, brakes, when you add all the money I'll spent on it you get $0.00. Not a penny. That's reliability. I know it's not 30 years old yet like your Saab, but I guarantee I could sell my Civic in a second and get a great price for it because of it's reliability. To me, reliability comes first, then character, safety, fun etc...