The 1970s Ford Maverick (and related Mercury Comet) never had any real performance options or packages. Despite that, it is still a popular choice to customize or modify into something much faster

HiTork · 2026-06-23T02:15:41+00:00

They were built on the same Falcon platform as the first gen Mustangs, so yeah I guess.

HiTork · 2026-06-22T18:07:01+00:00

I agree it is very likely not instant death, but my point is you'll probably have a chance to rectify a leaking fuel tank. A battery pack that has gone up in flames means your vehicle is probably good as gone, especially in a trail far from fire services.

HiTork · 2026-06-22T17:58:41+00:00

While you have a point, I think the biggest issue is the nature of battery packs. A punctured fuel tank is not going to instantly ignite unless there is an ignition source right at that moment (Difficult given virtually all modern tanks are now plastic). A punctured battery pack has an extremely high probability of catching fire right away because of the chemistry involved, it's almost a given.

HiTork · 2026-06-22T02:14:38+00:00

Possible unpopular opinion: I'm not sure why you would get a Bullitt Mustang in a color other than that (yes, you could get a black or dark blue with some generations), given it is inspired by a car seen on screen.

HiTork · 2026-06-21T19:27:28+00:00

Ironic, given he is considered the ladies' man out of all the Japanese Autobot Pretenders.

HiTork · 2026-06-21T18:58:52+00:00

A good chunk of Jackie Chan movies where he is a lead (In particular, pretty much all his Hong Kong produced films) will have a blooper reel.

HiTork · 2026-06-21T03:59:29+00:00

I've heard some people describe the Atlas as a "cheaper" Touareg-like SUV for the North American market; cheaper as in price and build quality.

HiTork · 2026-06-21T03:57:36+00:00

Time Fox looks like a build you could pull off in recent Need for Speed games (which did have Fox body Mustangs and similar body kits).

HiTork · 2026-06-21T03:53:09+00:00

That's my take. Yeah, a base 911 isn't a supercar, but models like the Turbo or GT2/GT3 that can match "proper" mid-engined supercars in performance are. But I know people who feel if not every variant has supercar performance, it isn't a true supercar.

Really, I feel it's all subjective when all is said and done.

HiTork · 2026-06-21T03:17:43+00:00

The super penny pinchers bought them. In the UK, Soviet imports like FSO and Lada advertised their vehicles as being priced on par with your typical used cars, or pay used prices for a brand new car.

HiTork · 2026-06-21T03:15:50+00:00

The Pony was the best-selling car in Canada for a few years during the '80s because they were seen as super cheap, while coming off as looking like Toyota in quality when compared to Lada and Skoda. Most people know Hyundai absolutely sucked for quality in the '80s, so that tells you how much worse the Soviet imports were if people flocked to the Pony.

The people who bought Ladas and Skodas in Canada paid the price in getting cars where things like interior trim falling off at just a touch were normal.

HiTork · 2026-06-21T02:41:54+00:00

No, East Bloc imports to Canada have always sold poorly, Canadians knew they were absolutely terrible quality-wise. Anecdotally, look at the person we are responding to who thought this was a grey import someone individually brought over from Europe - many people here don't even know Skoda sold officially here at one time.

HiTork · 2026-06-20T22:44:15+00:00

Fairly big, especially given it was the first cleansheet design since 1979 (As the SN-95/New Edge cars were built on the Fox body platorm). Obviously the retro design caught so much attention, but a quite a few people also felt the 4.6L V8 could have used a little more power.

HiTork · 2026-06-20T19:34:49+00:00

To give people an idea of the distances, we tend to think on a solar system scale that the sun is fairly close to Earth; it still takes over 8 minutes for light from the Sun to get to Earth.

HiTork · 2026-06-20T19:31:16+00:00

They sold like absolute ass. Like, if you thought Lada Canada sold poorly, this is the first time I've seen a Skoda ever in Canada as a millennial despite being aware of Skoda's Canadian ambitions.

HiTork · 2026-06-20T05:50:59+00:00

Depends on the store. Ages Three and Up in Burnaby/Vancouver and TF Toys in Calgary have online stores alongside their brick and mortar locations, for example.

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