Great little ride for a "valley" girl or dread headed surfer in the ice cold waters of the Pacific. So they once again bring to the US market another flop. I want a bus that I can drive 500 miles before I need to find an outlet. I would rather have a diesel pumping out 200 h.p. in order to get up over the hills. I don't want 150 year old technology. Just give me a fun car. Not another 50+ fat woman's car like the last Beetle. Chevy has a hit with the new Corvette, while Ford puts out fake You Tube video's of an electric Mustang. These car makers for the most part have lost their way. Are their designers all high on pot or pills? Give me a 50 mpg gasoline car with some balls. Even if they are little balls. Some are better than none. I give the US Edition of this bus a 4. ... View more

Convertible drivers look silly. Especially older men alone. They just look well, stupid sitting there with the a/c cranked feeling ridicules. They have come and gone many times over the years. They look crummy out on a busy noisy expressway. I knew a guy who would keep asking his daughter to go off with him in his convertible. She said, "No dad, I'm busy." VW used to build "cute" little convertibles. But when they stopped the Beetle, the world stopped and they kept messing up. The Cabrio was nice. But underpowered. The "new" Beetle is and was a toilet. Fat woman in their 40's type of car. ... View more

The electric cars are toilets. They are bulbous and catch on fire. The technology has been around for 150 years now. I'm old and hate them. They can shove the "stop-start" feature way on up. Volvo and Saab people were the goody-two-shoes in my day. Now, it's the electric car people. Ugly is just in their genes. Halle Berry could probably convince me to buy one. If she came with it. ... View more

Great article. I owned Harley's beginning in 1973. An AMF Sportster then onto an AMF Low Rider. Then Harley became a woman's bike. Once I saw a woman driving and a man riding as a passenger. I had to pull over a puke my guts out. From Harley I went to Ducati, now BMW. I love my Vespa Scooters. Have you ever watched Harley riders checking themselves out in the rearview mirrors? "Oh yah, I look just like Captain America. I'm the coolest of cool. I will trailer my Harley to Sturgis and walk around with all the other old dopes trying to find naked woman to gawk at." Not that I find anything wrong with that mind you. It's just Harley's like those old bags have lost their appeal. ... View more

Oh Lordy. Please, why can't Ford get their head out of their sphincter band? They have screwed up the Mustang. A big ugly mess. The Thunderbird for the white shoe, white belt, walking heart attack crew, and this God awful mess of a car. Is it the unions? Why can't they compete with Chevrolet? The GT is so hot. While Chevy builds a beautiful sportscar, Ford designers stand around with their fingers up the butt hole with puzzled looks on their faces. Are they all drunk or high on pot? Give me a hit Ford! Not a stupid truck either. A $72,000 turbo charged rocket that I can go kill myself in. Finally give me a car I am proud to own. Not a dog bone. Get to work! ... View more

I hate Stop/Start technology. I would pay $1800 dollars above sticker for a "GEEZER" package. Dimmer switch on the floor. High/Low beam indicator in RED. A 4 speed wiper control ON THE DASH. Simple little things. But, hey, at 73, who really cares about my thoughts anymore? As far as car companies' are concerned I am a "dead-man-walking." Boost the engine to 400 hp and I will commit. ... View more

The electric Thunderbird will chew the tires off the new Vette and spit them on the Chevy's windshield. Both cars are "look-at-me" weekend drivers. One will just be faster. Way to go Ford. ... View more

In the summer of 1965 while a junior at good ole Houlton High School in Maine, my father trusted me to buy and own a 1956 Ford 2-Door Victoria with that great big V-8 with Thunderbird badging on the valve covers. A few days after I owned it some friends and I took it over to Canada, 12 miles away. We picked up 3 more guys and had a total of six young punks in the car. Time to take it out onto the new 2 lane Trans Canada Highway and see what she would do. At 110 mph I came upon a slower moving car and went to pass it. There was another car coming and I did not trust that he would pull over into the breakdown lane so being an idiot, I nailed the breaks. The car spun around twice going down backwards into the ledgy ditch. Lots of dust and a flat tire. We changed it and were on our way. I called dad and told him a whopper. He wanted to use the car to go to Bocabec and being a mechanic put it on the lift to check it out. I was at the dinner table when he came home and through the door. He pointed one of his massive fingers at me and said, "come out side, we need to talk." He said that there were rocks between the rubber bead of 3 tires and the rim. The whole undercarriage was scratched. I knew I had to come clean. I often wonder why we didn't roll over that dusky summer evening. Just luck of the draw, I guess. There was lots of physics at work. Thanks dad for not reaming me out too bad. He was a pretty understanding dad, I miss him. Bocabec and I are still here. I learned a lesson. ... View more

Speaking of Mercedes Benz. I bought a 2008 C4MATIC Capri Blue/Beige interior when I turned 60 and only drove it 2500 miles. It sits out in my barn and I think I would like to sell it. I'm thinking i want to buy a 4-5 year old Rolls Royce if I make it to 80. With used cars selling like hot cakes I think my Mercedes should be worth $32,000.00. Any ideas out there? The car looks and smells new. I would not be making a plug nickel by selling it. Just adding to the Rolls war chest. (fredwhyzer@aol.com) ... View more

I drive a 2000 Chevy Lumina as an all-around beater.  It was purchased in South Florida back in 2017.  I live in New Hampshire and use that car for Walmart "door-ding" runs, pharmacy "up-front" old lady parking and it glides along in snow as if the snow was not there.  The heater blows nice and warm, and during the summer the a/c is perfect.  The high speed on the blower quit, but hey, it is what it is.  The headliner is falling apart, but a $450 professional repair job is too much for me right now.  I take care of the car and out of all my cars, it is the ugliest, but I love driving it the most.  Funny how that's the way sometimes. ... View more

Why did Mustangs have to get so big?  Why did VW get fancy with the Beetle?  We loved the diesel Rabbit's.  They would go forever and feel good with the sunroof back.  The hell with the smoke.  Porsche had to get big and clumsy too.  Who the hell wants to put the key into the left side of the steering wheel and drive a car that does not even have an oil dip stick?  New cars suck.  Their colors suck and I don't want my windshield wiper controls on a stupid stick.  I want them on the dash.  I want a dimmer switch on the floor.  I have two feet.  I want the high beam indicator be RED.  Not "comfortable" blue.  I hope I see improvements before I die.  And electric cars.  Been around 150 years now.  They still suck.  And catch on fire. ... View more

Are those "Tupperware" lids what normally would be headlamps on the 2018  Bugatti? ... View more

The late 40's, early 50's had tons of chrome.  I would pay $25,000 extra for a car if they had four things I miss.  A wiper switch (knob) on the dash,  a headlight dimmer switch located on the floor with a RED high beam indicator.  And finally, side vent windows.  They called the move away from those simple things, progress.  I call them automotive failure. ... View more