King Riffle I have always thought of you are a 'Fair Minded' person.
Your 'review' seems to be fair as well. I know you take some flak here from time to time but so be it. It is a Economy Car and that always has to be taken for what it is. An Affordable Car. It will not be perfect and I believe even the higher end cars will have some issues in regards to rattles and squeaks. These can be fixed if the correct person takes the time to do it well.
What I would like to see are reviews of cars after they hit 40-50K miles.(And/Or more then that)
I would call them 'Real Life Reviews'. Meaning we as consumers will keep our cars at least THAT long and to see how a car holds up after many miles to me would be a real test of it's overall build quality.
Mainly for me anyways in 'Ride Quality'. That is why I kept my Buicks for so long. I might have had some odd repairs but the ride quality has always been there. Yes, I had to change out the struts at 70+K (rears) and 100+K (fronts) but that to me is fairly normal with Michigan roads beating the HELL out of my cars.
A lot of people like/want all that suspension 'stuff'. How it handles in a tight curve, etc. To me it is the 'Ride' and will always be the Ride. After all when I travel somewhere I want to show up as refreshed as possible. Sure being able to corner might come in handy but, I don't want something 'stiff' all the time. It wears me out. I enjoy the 'float ride' so I can experience my trip in comfort. Drinks are not jumping out of the cup holders and so forth.
To quote a well known phrase:
"The Journey is all, the End is nothing..."
To bad you didn't have a camera with you. I thought YOU were a Tech-no Geek of some sort.
Not even a phone camera? Tisk Tisk...hehe.