7 Habits

Make

Model

Comments

Would The Mattman Own One?

Kia

Sportage

About as solid and sturdy as a paper airplane.

No Way!

Subaru

Outback

Solid and peppy, but terribly suburban.
I think "Subaru" is Japanese for "suburbia."

No.

Mitsubishi

Galant

Initially, the stereo was playing the music of the 'hood and the bass was set at a butt-thumping +6. A more comfortable level was -2. So generic-looking, Mattimus "lost" this non-descript "greige" vehicle in three parking lots. What is "greige"? It depends on the lighting; it's either grey or beige.
It's got zip, but it's oh so ordinary.

No.

Ford

Taurus SES - Pimpin' Beige

Same identity issues as the Galant, but less peppy. There's also one glaringly and confoundingly stupid design flaw: THERE'S NO CUPHOLDER! HELLO?! Ford basically sets the automotive industry back a couple decades with this POS. It's a geezermobile that asks the ultimate question: Why?
*Note: I've been told I wasn't looking in the right place for the cupholder. OK. If it's that non-intuitive, it still sucks!

No.

Toyota

Corolla LE

Unassuming car, boring white exterior. The dashboard lights up nicely. Overall: Passable but unspectacular performance.

No.

Ford

Taurus SES - Extremely Plain White

OK. There IS a cupholder, but it's hidden in a stupid, awkward place and I'm not impressed. It's still a POS.

No.

Buick

Century

Weak excuse for a car. During a heavy rain storm, the entire car shook because the wipers were moving at high speed. Also, the CD player skipped on the pot hole-ridden streets of Baltimore's urban jungle.
On the plus side, the car did survive a freak strawberry milkshake accident. (That mini-typhoon did a great job of cleaning up the exterior.)

No.

Chevy

Malibu

Just another car. While the ability to have the car stereo on without a key in the ignition is a nice novelty, having to turn it off separately becomes kind of annoying after a while. After all, in the life of the Mattman, every millisecond counts.

No.

Nissan

Altima 2.5S

Thoroughly average in almost every way. Bad design on the automatic shift. Superfluous stereo/CD player buttons on the steering wheel are subject to inadvertent pushing while simply driving. That's annoying!

No.

Pontiac

Grand Am

It made me miss my PT Cruiser even more.

No.