So why not Ford or Lincoln? Or Subaru for that matter? Feel is a terrible thing to determine "safety" on. I am not saying I don't agree with you with regards to the marques you mentioned but Fifth Gear tested the theory of "solid" vs "new and well-engineered" and crashed an old school Volvo station wagon into a new European hatchback (I think it was a Renault). I would much rather have been in the Renault. Safety is good; the myth/perception of safety is bad.

The Maxima is FWD whereas the M35/45 is based on the RWD platform, lengthened a bit, that the G37 uses.

You're kidding, right?

You're kidding, right?

I think they sacrificed the electronic viewfinder for the sake of size and portability. Note in the post above that it would have been an electronic viewfinder, not an optical viewfinder - it's a limitation (or an advantage) of the technology not to have a mirror and pentamirror/pentaprism.

Definitely disagree. Perhaps it's fair to say most cameras take pretty good pictures in easy lighting situations. I know for a fact that the noise performance in low-light shots of Fuji cameras from 2 or 3 years ago is superior to what they have out currently. It's the same when you look at cameras like the Canon EOS40D and 50D - sure, they're great cameras, but many people are claiming that low-light image quality dropped with the newer one.

If you include transmission, you're probably closer to $10k than $2k.

Matt, definitely not the case. It's simply not safe to drive a rwd car without snow tires here on some days. And when I say some days, it could be 10% of the winter, but either way, it's stupid not to get snow tires. A Miata with snows will do better than a Subaru with all-seasons up here.

Generally speaking, their rules allow either cars that either match EU or US crash test standards, though I can't explain the Nissan Tsuru, which is a third-gen Sentra one can still buy as new.

Geo.Stewart, I've been in México since July 25th and to be honest, the roads are much better than Pennsylvania and Michigan roads, and at least on par with roads in New York. Also, México charges significantly more in road tolls than the United States, as a percentage of GDP because they have to build roads through mountains far more often than we do, as a percentage of our roads built.

To be honest, their roads are much nicer in terms of pavement although some of the layouts are questionable. That likely has to do with the fact that many cities in México are much, much older than cities in the United States and have roads built on pre-existing layouts. They also don't really have snow or roadsalt, though.

Cliffs: México: better pavement than US in many areas, sometimes the road layout isn't brilliant...though if you can, the drive from México City to Acapulco is *incredible*.