Since Rebecca and Sam skipped driving impressions on the last episode, there’s a lot of cars to talk about. Rebecca hit the road in her cousin’s 2008 Honda Odyssey with nearly 200,000 miles on the clock. Even after all those miles, this one is in great shape and proves that minivans are still a great way to haul people and stuff.
Sam discusses the Ford Explorer ST and its poor fuel economy. The Escape Titanium did much better but both Fords are on the pricey side. Finally, there is the Mazda3 hatchback with a manual transmission and Sam is convinced that this is the way they should all be made. Meanwhile, Dan likes everything about the Jeep Gladiator Rubicon except the price tag. Is it any wonder the average age of cars is now over 12 years and people are putting 100s of thousands of miles on old ones? Dan is also quite enamored with the Honda Civic Sport Touring hatchback.
In the news, supplier Faurecia showed off some interesting tech, Nikola announced a pickup truck with a fuel cell plug-in hybrid system similar to a Ford Edge that Sam drove 13 years ago and J.D. Power releases its 2020 dependability survey.
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J.D. Power Dependability Survey
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