Incredible spec. Always loved these. People are coming around. I love being one of the first people in any iykyk club.
stephen [sticking to cars]
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in a state of autistic burnout & depression. sticking to cars. not interesting enough for anything else here. even cars is an iffy topic. posts often locked due to lack of engagement. no one likes reminders they don't fit in [it was the Double Dare post]
![Replacing the XJ was an impossible ask and this was doomed from the start. KJ [2002-2007] Jeep Liberty [it retained the name "Cherokee" in many markets], green over plastic, seen earlier today. I've driven a few. They were mediocre. The 3.7L V6 was if ennui was an engine. The turbodiesel [drove one!] should have been interesting. It was not. The 2.4L 4 was... who cares? These were very plasticky and felt down market. Daimler was already pilfering Chrysler's cash and it showed.
Posted earlier today, but it drew no interest with the yellow mascot attached. So that's gone. Comments off because why should they be on? I'm just posting something papped here. It's not that interesting, but nothing really was today.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bewmeu3oyroi6xshez2i27oq/bafkreicnq65xp2e5xs2ar6455vdxabetfpmtphxwclidjvfnc2twxsjeh4)
![A black Toyota Echo saloon, in remarkably good shape [complete with factory wheel covers], seen this morning. Sold from 2000-2005 in the US as a replacement for the amazing Tercel. I owned a Tercel as a my first car. I hated the Echo [and it's rare for me to hate on Toyota, so that's saying something].
If you got the reference in my post without looking anything up, seriously, we need to be friends. That's a pretty obscure one unless you were a weird bisexual middle schooler way too into music at the time of the reference. I don't have many friends so I'll buy you a beer as a bribe! As far as the reference goes, it was one of those rare times the cover was better. That said, the original is far better known.
Bringing it back to cars, the Echo was not a good cover of the Tercel.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bewmeu3oyroi6xshez2i27oq/bafkreic4fo3acjdto2wowkyjzy5bkitk7s34rb7ti45sbvt7szrwfvgqwu)