lhodge
Lawrence Hodge
lhodge
Staff Writer at Jalopnik. Dad. Lover of all things with 4 wheels. Weird interest in buses.

Its water cooled with both thermal control and a battery conditioner.  Read more

I’ve actually never seen any for sale. Ive searched and everything. Either people gobbled them up, or supply issues have affected them getting to dealers. Even as I was writing this I did a nationwide search and found just one for sale and it was a custom order.  Read more

Yea I say go for it. Mostly because we wont ever see anything like this again.  Read more

I agree with you. Im honestly surprised this thing wasn’t riding on wider 19s or 20s out the gate. But a good aftermarket wheel would probably do the trick. Read more

Oh there definitely are and I’ll address this in my review. There are some that offer more power of course. But long term as far as reliability and repair costs are concerned, I’d feel more comfortable with the IS500.  Read more

Doesn’t look like you can. Seems it only comes with 19s: either the standard Enkei wheels or the optional BBS. Those BBS are 235/40R19 in the fronts and 265/35R19 in the rear. Read more

I’m 6’0 and I was fine. Someone sitting behind me though is a whole other story… Read more

Speaking as a dad, nah I don’t think it could pull off that feat. You could probably fit them in the truck with a tight squeeze but it probably wouldn’t close. Read more

No need to be jealous. You should head there yourself. Flights are cheap right now from what I’ve seen. I’m planning to go back soon myself. Read more

Its because going to the north part of the island was a spur of the moment thing. That kind of thing happens when you travel with others. I hadn’t planned driving anything while I was there. Read more

Its not so much caring about what your drive. Its more Im paying a company to provide a service and expect a least a little quality. You expect these places to maintain their vehicles to a certain extent.  Read more

Not really. The Freestyle was first. It and the 500 were all new. But after those names didn’t resonate well with customers, thats when Ford brought back Taurus and renamed the Freestyle Taurus X. Read more

You do know I was talking about driving the Caravan and not the beaches right? Read more

We did a package deal for the whole trip that included shuttle service from the airport to the hotel and back on both our flights. But for whatever reason we couldn’t include a rental car. And we didn’t want to book a long term rental because the hotel we stayed at charged 8 bucks and hour for valet parking or a $50 a Read more

It was a first for me. I was told years ago that Hertz and other companies get rid of cars at or approaching 50,000 miles. That van might have been on its last legs. But personally Ive never rented a car with that many miles on it.  Read more

Not asking for a new car. The issue is wanting a vehicle thats a least somewhat decent enough for you to drive around in, especially considering that the company rents out said shitty car but will turn around and charge customers for returning the car shitty when it was shitty to begin with. Read more