Category: Typical Transportation Tribulations
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2026 EBRO s800 PHEV – Undercooked Slop
MSIMA reviews a rebadged Chery Tiggo 8 called an EBRO s800 PHEV and we try our hardest not to shoot ourselves!
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2025 Polestar 2 Long Range – NO I DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR MODEL 3 (Feat. the Deepal S05)
Another year, another Polestar 2 in Norway. But it wasn’t supposed to be this way… Dear consumer, allow me to introduce you to the Deepal S05: Oh boy, what a machine! This rented Chinese electric SUV was supposed to be MSIMA’s first official foray into a 100% Chinese made car. No Swedish or Vietnamese engineering…
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A Silvered Treatise Upon the Lexus of the Year Two-Thousand and Eight
Being a Calm, Comfortable, and Utterly Untroubled Conveyance
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2024 Toyota GR86 and Subaru BRZ: And Subaru took it personally
Do you have 30k and want to feel enough g-force to liquefy your brain? Well it turns out Miata might not always be the answer. And somehow, we haven’t reviewed one of these yet. It might still technically be slower than a Miata, but it is still unreasonably fast.
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2026 Hyundai Santa Fe – It Is… What It Is…
Another day… another rental… and our first model year 2026! Oh, what splendor awaits! And yes, it was driven in “suboptimal conditions”, how’d you guess! By our “professional automotive journalism standards”, that just means we’ve been able to fairly assess the Santa Fe’s all weather abilities. Starting off, no, I’m not in Virginia. I’m in…
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The tragic comedy of the PONTIAC GTO
ITS GOT AN LS BRO IT’LL BE RELIABLE BRO: the devious general motors electronic control unit looking me in the eyes. So there I was, an unwise teenager who thought I NEEEEEDED to have at least 400hp and willing to sacrifice anything to get that treasured 400 under 10 grand. Boy was I in for…
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The 2004 Honda S2000, an Angry Little Thing
By Backlicker For some reason, I never get to drive cars under normal conditions. Where most of our reviews are done on the open road and we get to see how the car is under day-to-day use, I only got to drive this car on a closed course. The advantage is, I could see what…
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2025 Vinfast VF8 Plus – The Tragedy of the Mediocre
Man this was a depressing experience. The car was ok though. We had originally tried to get our cynical grubs on the newer 3-row VF9. But apparently the last one was sold a month ago, so instead we clambered into the infamous VF8 excitingly anticipating the worst. If you know anything about the “upstart” (in…
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MSIMA “The Cars” of 2025 Awards
Yet another year of driving garbage. And occasionally something nice. Welcome ya fucks, to the “The Cars” of 2025! A time for us to look back and reflect on all the four wheeled abominations we’ve driven and reviewed this year. Except for me, as I am both above and incapable of self reflection. Hope y’all…
